Chase Stokes opened up about a very unexpected and awkward gym run-in that occurred when he was in Brazil attending Netflix’s Tudum Festival.
The 32-year-old Outer Banks actor appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night (October 3).
While chatting with Jimmy Fallon, he revealed that he met up with Chris Hemsworth at the festival and felt inspired to hit the hotel gym after.
When he did so, he ran into Chris and Arnold Schwarzenegger, resulting in a silly story.
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Looking back on the festival, Chase said that he took the stage to introduce Chris, who was promoting his Extraction film franchise.
“They gave me the script, and I’m sitting backstage with the mic. And I’m like, ‘Hi, I’m Chris Hemsworth. I’m Thor, God of Thunder,’” he recalled.
He continued, saying, “They came up to me and they’re like, ‘Hey, you should stop.’ And I was like, ‘Why?’ And they’re like, ‘Chris just entered the building, and you’re on the loudspeakers.’ And I was like, ‘Oh s-it.’”
Chase said that they met backstage, and he “could not stop staring at this gorgeous human being. And the biceps are insane.” He described the Marvel star as “the perfect human specimen.”
After the event, Chase joked that he was inspired “to get 25-inch biceps” so he went to the hotel gym after the event… Where he promptly ran into Chris and Arnold.
“Just having a bro workout, just in Brazil. Just dudes doing dude things in Brazil,” Chase said. “So I kind of look over, and Chris is like, ‘Hey man, you want to join in?’ And I was like, ‘No. I’m so good.’”
He jokingly said that he was going to “hit the treadmill,” explaining, “And I sprinted out.”
The actor recently opened up about feeling pressure to keep his body looking a specific way for Outer Banks.