Drew Starkey Believes His 'Outer Banks' Character Rafe Cameron Is More Than Just a Villain

In Netflix's YA drama series 'Outer Banks,' Kook member Rafe Cameron is a ruthless, hotheaded villain performed by Drew Starkey. Let's get to understand him.

Reminiscent of teenybopper journey shows like Riverdale and The O.C., Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke's YA collection Outer Banks spotlights a teenager's power hunt for the buried treasure attached to his father's disappearance. Set on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the show features a magnificence divide between the Kooks and the Pogues — aka the haves and the have-nots.

While protagonist John B. (Chase Stokes) is the ringleader of the Pogue pack, Rafe Cameron serves as some of the display's Kook antagonists. Being the son of crafty businessman Ward Cameron (Charles Esten) and brother to Sarah Cameron (Madelyn Cline), Rafe struggles with his temper and would do just about anything to turn out himself to his father.

Most viewers believe Rafe Cameron to be an glaring villain, but 29-year-old actor Drew Starkey, who performs the hotheaded character, has a more complicated view of him. Let's get to grasp Drew a little better.

North Carolina native Drew Starkey snagged the function of Rafe Cameron in 'Outer Banks'.

According to Drew Starkey's IMDb bio, he used to be born in Hickory, N.C. in 1993. He grew up to attend Western Carolina University, the place he studied theater and English.

Now recognized for his paintings in tasks like 2018's Love, Simon, 2020's The Devil All the Time, and 2022's Hellraiser, Drew's pastime for the performing arts started in youth.

"I started doing theater when I was a kid, probably around 9 or 10," he advised Pop Culturalist in 2020. The actor went on to expose that his love of appearing runs thru his veins.

"My family is a very musical family. Grandpa was an opera singer. He was on Broadway in the late fifties. My uncle started an opera house in Asheville, N.C. We grew up going to the theater, and ergo I ended up doing that as a kid with school theater and some community theater and stuff," he persevered. "I think when I got into my high school theater class with my theater teacher, Molly Rice, is when I really started developing a passion."

Though his talented family unquestionably evokes him, Drew relayed that the paintings of late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) has very much influenced his career.

"Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of those actors that I always really admire because he came from the theater as well, but his ability to play a variety of people on stage and in movies is something that I really look up to," Drew said.

Drew Starkey does not consider his 'Outer Banks' character is all unhealthy.

"What me and showrunners [Josh Pate, Jonas Pate and Shannon Burke] wanted to establish early on was not making some bad guy just for the sake of making a bad guy," the actor informed People in an interview.

"He's constantly at a push-and-pull with what he's going through internally, and even though he makes some pretty insanely stupid decisions, he struggles with those," he persevered. "There's just a little hint of maybe he's still a good person, but ultimately he gives into his internal thoughts too much."

Rather than full-on empathizing with Rafe, Drew hopes people try to perceive his (regularly debatable) thought procedure. Additionally, the Hate U Give star believes that "anybody's redeemable," and that includes Rafe.

"Most 'bad people' start off as good people and then end up making bad decisions. The more you make, the larger the monster in the room becomes."

You can catch Drew Starkey in all 3 seasons of Outer Banks, which are these days streaming on Netflix.

Who is Drew Starkey courting?

We all know the web has a manner of twisting words and blowing issues out of proportion. And it sounds as if that's just what it did with Drew and actress Odessa A'zion's relationship. While rumors swirled that the 2 have been dating, it seems as although they are just in point of fact good pals. On Nov. 5, 2022, Odessa took to Instagram to wish Drew a glad birthday. She additionally uploaded a a reel of photos of the two casually striking out.

Although Drew now appears to be unmarried, he was said to had been connected to Claire Van der Linden, easiest known for her roles in Empire (2015) and Knives and Skin (2019).

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