Joshua Jackson Advocated for Pacey and Joey Endgame on ‘Dawson’s Creek’: ‘The More Interesting End’
20.05.2022 - 17:47
/ usmagazine.com
He bought (rented) her a wall! While Pacey and Joey had their ups and downs throughout Dawson’s Creek, actor Joshua Jackson knew their connection was something special.
“I am the advocate,” the Canada native, 43, told Entertainment Weekly in an interview published on Thursday, May 19, of initially learning of the twosome’s on-camera breakup. “I was like ‘Hell no! No. No. No. That’s not gonna work for me.’”
He continued: “I had a whole conversation with Kevin [Williamson, the show’s creator] about this. Like, ‘Look, I get it. This is the idea that you had in your head, but I’m just gonna ask you to watch the tale of the tape and this is the more interesting end for these characters.’”
Jackson, who played Pacey opposite Katie Holmes’ Joey, told the outlet that Williamson, now 57, had returned to the drama “only” to pen the series finale after he previously stepped back following the second season.
Dawson’s Creek ran for six seasons on The WB between 1998 and 2003, following Joey Potter (Holmes) who attempts to make it through high school after the heartbreaking death of her mother. To help her find her way, Joey has the support of her best friend Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek) and his lovable sidekick, Pacey Witter (Jackson). While Joey’s love triangle with both Dawson and Pacey became a show staple, Jackson enjoyed his ship the best.
“I remember being most excited about the episode where Katie and I … it’s just the two of us, we’re stuck in a Walmart or something after hours,” the Mighty Ducks actor — who wed Jodie Turner-Smith in December 2019 — said on Thursday. “In the sort of slug of doing television, it was so nice for her and I to have the opportunity to get the script ahead of time and then be able to really work on