Back when Netflix began to create its customer base, the company made money by sending its users DVDs of various movies and TV shows. These days, however, Netflix has become a massively popular streaming service that releases a slew of original programming every year. For example, for millions of mostly younger viewers, Outer Banks has become one of Netflix’s most beloved original productions.
As a result of the fact that so many people love Outer Banks, there is a lot of interest in the show’s talented cast. For example, many fans want to know if the people who star in Outer Banks are teens just like their beloved characters. On top of that, many viewers are concerned about the love lives of the actors that help bring Outer Banks to life including the person who portrays JJ Maybank.
Who Is The Actor Who Brings Outer Banks’ JJ Maybank To Life?
Set in the outer banks of North Carolina, Outer Banks focuses on a group of teens living in a world with well-defined socio-economic divides. For example, since the character JJ Maybank’s family has been making money off the water for generations, he is considered to be a member of the “Pogues”. On the other hand, the characters whose families have more money are called the “Kooks”.
Since JJ Maybank is a character who is quick-tempered but fiercely loyal and brave, Outer Banks’ producers needed to find the right actor to embody that kind of nuanced person. Fortunately for everyone involved in the show, they managed to find Rudy Pankow and he turned out to be the perfect actor to take on the role.
Before Rudy Pankow landed his Outer Banks role, he was largely unknown. After all, Pankow only appeared in a trio of shows, Sunny Family Cult, The Politician, and Solved, as well as several short films that largely went unnoticed before that. With that in mind, it is a wonderful thing that Outer Banks’ producers were able to see past Pankow’s limited filmography at the time.
Does Outer Banks’ Rudy Pankow Have A Girlfriend
Just like pretty much all teen shows in history, Outer Banks is a series that has featured its fair share of romance storylines. As a result, it makes sense that many of the show’s fans want to who Outer Banks’ stars are dating in real life. Most noticeably, since they arguably play Outer Banks’ two main characters, fans loved it when Madelyn Cline And Chase Stokes were dating and now that they’ve split up, they hope for a reconciliation.
Given the fact that many Outer Banks fans find JJ Maybank’s actor Rudy Pankow attractive, there has been a lot of interest in who he may or may not be dating. Even though the character Pankow plays is attracted to Kiara as played by the actor Madison Bailey, there is no evidence that the co-stars have dated in real life. However, as it turns out, Pankow managed to find love on the set of Outer Banks although he didn’t get involved with one of his co-stars.
While working on Outer Banks, Rudy Pankow met a talented photographer named Elaine Siemek who worked on the show as a crew member. After getting to know each other on set, Pankow and Siemek were confirmed to be a couple in 2020 and to date, there has been no proven indication that the pairing has gone their separate ways.
Why Rudy Pankow Had To Defend His Girlfriend Elaine Siemek?
When fans watch an actor play the same character they love for years, it is only natural for viewers to come to care about them on some level. However, the reality of the situation is those emotions only go one way and it is ridiculous for any fans to feel any sense of ownership over their favorite actors’ personal life. Despite that, when Outer Banks fans learned that Rudy Pankow was dating Elaine Siemek, a small but vocal minority began constantly trolling her online.
Once Elaine Siemek began dating Rudy Pankow, some of his fans began examining all her social media for anything they could use to call her out. In the months that followed, Siemek was criticized for an array of things including allegations of racism, cultural appropriation, being against feminism, and dating Pankow for the clout. In response to the backlash that was directed at his girlfriend, Pankow put out a statement calling the way Siemek was being treated out.
" Unfortunately I’m here to call out the disrespect and harassment someone who I love dearly is getting on a daily basis. It has gotten to the degree where lies are being spread and accusations are being said that go beyond the normal “hate.” Not only is she not what she is being accused of being, she is the complete opposite and actively is so. Accusing someone you don’t know of being abusive and manipulative is not ok, especially when you don’t know the relationship personally.”
