Netflix's 'Outer Banks' Stars' Best Friendship Moments: Photos

Best friends both on and offscreen! The Outer Banks cast has become BFF goals ever since their show premiered on Netflix in April 2020.

The fan-favorite series stars an epic fivesome comprised of Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Rudy Pankow, Madison Bailey and Jonathan Daviss. They met each other while filming the show’s first season in Charleston, South Carolina, in Summer 2019, and stayed close when they wrapped the show. Not knowing what was going to happen when the series premiered amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Netflix stars quarantined together and hoped for the best. While the world was on lockdown, they often showcased what Madelyn dubbed as “tomfoolery” on Instagram.

In July 2021, the five main stars teamed up with Glamour to take a friendship test where they complemented each other and reflected on their shared memories.

“We are friends and we are this close. Nothing I’ve said on here has been a lie or fabricated,” Jonathan said during the 12-minute video. “I wish I could say more, honestly. I’m just glad to know that we were all in the same place with each other. It’s nice to hear. … I was just a nostalgic trip from that first season to now of just growing with you as people.”

In the whirlwind year that followed these young stars and their rise to fame, they’ve had nothing but amazing things to say about each other in various interviews.

“It was very tight-knit, so the filming of the first season felt very intimate in the best way possible. We really vibe with our crew and our cast, obviously. We immediately had chemistry, and we immediately started hanging out, which is amazing,” Madelyn told Grazia magazine in May 2021. “We all, kind of, started in the same place when we got the show, and we just stuck together. We’re all going through the same thing and it just helps to have people around you who understand and who are there for you. We keep each other grounded and we hype each other up. We’re all each other’s best hype man.”

From posing with each other on red carpets to meeting fans and even reuniting to film a second season — which premiered on the streaming service in July 2021 — the actors have proved to their show’s fans that they really are the Pogues in real life.

Scroll through our gallery to look back at the cast of Outer Banks‘ best friendship moments.

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Onscreen Friendships

While chatting with Entertainment Weekly in July 2021, Madison explained that the show is really about “friendship and family.”

“We’re all brought closer together and realize that all that’s ever mattered is family,” she said, referring to her character. “That’s such an important arc for Kiara because she does feel like these friends are her family.”

Living Together

“It was really great because the entire cast all lived in the same apartment complex,” Chase told NYLON in May 2020. “I lived with Rudy who plays J.J., J.D. who plays Pope and Austin who plays Topper lived a couple doors down. Maddie lived on the floor below us. Drew, who played Rafe, lives in a building maybe three minutes away, Madison Bailey lived five minutes away. On the weekends everybody would come over, play games, blast music, eat food.”

Dealing With the Boys

“It is very hard when we’re doing a serious scene, and then the boys are cutting up in between scenes, and me and Maddie are trying to get it together,” Madison said while chatting with POPSUGAR in October 2020. “We’re all very, very similar to our characters, and we’re just telling our friendship basically, which is very real and very easy to perform.”

Working Together

“I want to take a second & brag on these goobers,” Austin shared via Instagram alongside a cast photo. “Here are some of the hardest working & dedicated people I’ve encountered. The amount of passion & effort they put into this project is immense. I’ve learned so much from them not only as actors but as people.”