Chase Stokes, popularly known to play the role of John B in the Outer Banks series, reveals to have turned down the offer to “bro workout” alongside Chris Hemsworth and Arnold Schwarzenneger. During his appearance on The Tonight Show, Stokes mentioned that when he was staying in a Brazil hotel for a Netflix event and hit the gym, he bumped into the Marvel star and Schwarzenneger, who were working out. As they spotted the young actor, Hemsworth offered him to workout together. 

As the actor shared the incident with Jimmy Fallon, the talk show host joked, “That’s too much man for me.” Stokes went on to add that the two actors were “just having a bro workout in Brazil, just doing dude things. So I kind of look over and Chris is like, ‘Hey, man, want to join in?’ And I’m like, ‘No, no. I’m so good. I’m just gonna go do some yoga and a little mindful breathing. I’m going to hit the treadmill, actually.’ I sprinted out.”

Meanwhile, the actor is set to star in the fourth season of the Netflix series, where John B. and his gang return for new adventures and search for treasures.

Within five years of her career in Hindi cinema, Ananya Panday has now carved a niche for herself in the industry. Her latest choice of projects, witty interviews and how she remains vocal about social issues, say it all. The young star recently credited her mom, Bhavana Pandey for choosing Vikramaditya Motwane’s CTRL. Ananya recalled that the actress felt ‘over the moon’ when she agreed to do the film.

In a new interview with Hindustan Times, Ananya Panday spilled the beans about wishing to work with Vikramaditya Motwane even before her career began in 2019. Ananya shared that it happened as her mom, The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives star Bhavana Pandey was obsessed with Motwane’s 2010 film, Udaan.

Recalling what Bhavana told her about Udaan, the CTRL star stated that whenever The Fabulous Lives… actress watches it, she cries “without fail”. Despite knowing the climax, Bhavana gets emotional every time, the young star added.

“That’s why when he offered me the film, I was over the moon and so excited to be able to work with him. I’m so happy that one of his films is part of my filmography also,” the CTRL actress said.

Ananya Panday made her debut with Karan Johar’s directorial, Student of the Year 2 in 2019. Ananya was cast alongside Tiger Shroff and then-newcomer Tara Sutaria in SOTY 2. It was a sequel to Student of the Year (2010), starring Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, and Sidharth Malhotra as leads.

Vikramaditya Motwane started his career as an assistant to Sanjay Leela Bhansali in movies like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas. Vikramaditya helmed his debut film, Udaan in 2010 which starred Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy, and Ram Kapoor.

The filmmaker has also directed movies like Lootera, Trapped, Bhavesh Joshi: Superhero, and AK vs AK. As a producer, he has worked in films such as Hasee Toh Phasee, Queen, NH10, Udta Punjab, Raman Raghav 2.0, Manmarziyaan, and others.

Ananya Panday’s CTRL premiered on Netflix on October 4, 2024. It also stars Vihaan Samat of Mismatched fame. In the cyber-thriller film, Ananya plays the role of Nalini Awasthi aka Nella and Vihaan is cast as her boyfriend, Joe Mascarenhas.