Chase Stokes is photographed by Mekhi Turner for The Artchive Magazine. For Chase Stokes, X marks the spot right at the shoreline between his wrist and hand, where “I told the sunset about you” is etched in ink. After wrapping filming 50 episodes of Outer Banks over the course of seven years, it would be fair to assume that Stokes might be feeling a little stranded. But as we chat about his expedition towards his directorial debut, I Told the Sunset About You, he’s resolute that there’s treasure where he’s headed. He can feel it surfacing as goosebumps; the same feeling he and his castmates had after season one of Outer Banks, when it was simply “a little boat show.” But after spending years as John B., learning to paddle along the way, he knows only a fool tries to control the course or the current. So whether he’s in a beat-up jalopy from a recurring dream or a NASCAR racing toward his next project, Thunder Road, he has more than enough fuel in his tank. 

Kelvin Harrison Jr. In conversation with industry peer and friend, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, he tells her about moments of intense doubt, swiftly countered by the kind of immense courage that only comes from a source far greater than yourself. Harrison describes a “triumph” as all the times purpose goes toe-to-toe with fear, and wins. With Randolph, Harrison explores obstacles throughout his life: attending a majority-white high school, “filling” Jeffrey Wright’s former shoes as Jean-Michel Basquiat in Samo Lives and Beetee Latier in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, and sitting with uncertainty after their shared project was scrapped. Harrison’s sense of purpose puts fear to shame nearly every time, even when the fear seems insurmountable. 

Josh Heuston loves a day stamped with a sunburn. The Sydney-born actor rides on the edge of adrenaline, right in the pocket of a wave that crests at fear, but breaks into excitement and impact that carries him forward. From his very first acting class to learning how to sing for his newest role as Justin Kohl in Prime Video’s Off Campus, he knows that whenever he’s thinking “What is happening?” he’s probably in the right place.

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Milo Manheim is best known as Zed in Disney’s hit movie musical franchise Zombies, which premiered its 4th installment, Zombies 4: Dawn of Vampires last year. But in a different universe he’s Wally Clark in Paramount+’s YA drama series School Spirits, which is releasing its third season on January 28. 

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