Chase Stokes as John B.
Jackson Lee Davis/Netflix(2)Chase Stokes had a funny response after her age was cited as the reason why Foreign Banks comes to an end.
Creator Jonas Pate he spoke to him Port City Daily On Tuesday, December 10, about why the new Netflix series is ending after season 5, they joked, “We don’t want to do this and it looks like Chase Stokes is turning 40.”
Stokes, 32, got in on the fun by sharing a few snaps of herself on Instagram. “Looks like I’m turning 40,” she wrote alongside the post on Wednesday, December 11.
The actor, who plays John B. on the show, was 28 when the series premiered in 2020. Stokes recently showed his time no. Foreign Banks.
“This has been my baby for five years – almost six years now – and being in those cooking machines for a long time, you know what it takes,” he said in September during an interview with. People. “It’s about finding the right people to do the next chapter with.”
He called Stokes Foreign Banks “a big, beautiful chapter” of his life. “I will always be grateful for it,” he continued. “I’m excited to continue telling that story, but I’m also excited about the opportunities I can’t talk about right now. It was a lot of learning, a lot of hard work, a lot of funny moments, but it all led to me being able to say, ‘Here I am.’

The hit Netflix series introduced viewers to a coastal town on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, which is divided into rich and working-class sides. Meanwhile, a group of teenagers accidentally find themselves in a dangerous treasure hunt.
After Stokes was cast in the show, his character quickly became a fan favorite alongside his on-screen love interest, played by Madelyn Cline. John B. and Sarah (Cline) develop a romantic relationship in the first season that has now turned into an unofficial marriage as the fictional couple await the arrival of their first child.
Offscreen, Stokes and Cline, 26, began quietly dating when season 1 ended.
“At that time, we were very worried about the program and we were afraid of always competing against each other. I think we were all under this kind of weird umbrella, like, ‘Dear God, we got a chance. Let’s screw it up!’ “So, it was always about work – right up until the day we closed,” Stokes said exclusively. Us Weekly in February 2021. “It wasn’t until after that, until we started entering the [coronavirus] to close the place where we were like, ‘Is there something here or am I crazy?’ That’s where it blossomed from there. I think we have invested a lot in the work.”
Us confirmed in November 2021 that Stokes and Cline had called it quits after more than a year of dating. Cline was then connected to Zack Bia, Jackson Guthy again Pete Davidson. Stokes started dating Kelsea Ballerini following his breakup with Morgan Evans in 2022.
“What we decided, and each of them, is that if you have someone you feel safe with and proud to have, why not share it?” Ballerini, 31, told StyleCaster of Stokes in July 2023. “And she is a Virgin; we are both Labrador Retrievers in human form. It doesn’t take much discussion to be on the same page. It’s been half a year and it’s been great.”
Foreign Banks is currently streaming on Netflix and has been renewed for a fifth and final season.
