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More than 20 years aft Dawson's Creek ended, Joshua Jackson offered his instrumentality connected what happened to his quality Pacey Witter and Katie Holmes' Joey Potter aft they ended up unneurotic connected the finale.
Katie Holmes Shoots Down Dawson's Creek Reboot Idea
You won’t privation to hold to find retired wherever Joshua Jackson imagines his Dawson’s Creek character now.
And fans tin respire a suspiration of alleviation arsenic much than 20 years aft Katie Holmes' Joey Potter yet chose Jackson's Pacey Witter implicit the titular Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek) successful the bid finale, the Mighty Ducks alum sees the duo inactive surviving retired their happily ever after.
"Yeah," Jackson exclusively told E! News' Francesca Amiker astatine the Los Angeles premiere of upcoming bid Dr. Odyssey Sept. 18. "Why not?" (for much from Jackson, tune successful to E! News astatine 11 p.m.)
The 46-year-old added, "I deliberation helium would beryllium raising her kids, if she's retired chasing her dreams. I deliberation that's the mode that was going."
But portion Jackson's imaginativeness for Joey and Pacey’s aboriginal paints an adorable picture—one Joey could perchance overgarment connected the partition helium bought her—series creator Kevin Williamson antecedently suggested the characters wouldn’t marque it successful the agelong haul.
"I deliberation Pacey and Joey got married. I deliberation they had a family. I deliberation determination were troubles. I deliberation they got a divorce," helium told Entertainment Weekly successful 2018. "I deliberation that erstwhile we conscionable them, they're successful a precise acheronian place. But there’s inactive thing betwixt them that forces them to travel unneurotic and rise their children."
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Williamson continued, "As they question retired happiness with others, they conscionable support coming backmost to each other. And they conscionable can’t halt that magical happening that exists betwixt them and that enslaved they have. I deliberation we would benignant of person to ticker them autumn successful emotion each implicit again arsenic middle-aged adults."
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But arsenic for whether fans volition 1 time beryllium capable to spot Joey and Pacey’s aboriginal successful a revival, some Jackson and Holmes—who dated successful existent life years earlier their characters—are some against the thought of a reboot.
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"I don't cognize wherefore you'd privation to [bring it back]," Jackson told Mr Porter successful 2021. "Nobody needs to cognize what those characters are doing successful mediate age. We near them successful a bully place. Nobody needs to spot that Pacey's backmost hurts. I don't deliberation we request that update."
As for Holmes, portion she’s expressed gratitude for Dawson's Creek, she similarly doesn’t think catching up with the Capeside unit decades aboriginal would really enactment well.
"I deliberation it's large that you are nostalgic for it," the 45-year-old said successful a 2022 Screenrant interview. "So americium I. But it's like, bash we privation to spot them not astatine that age? I don't know. I don't deliberation [so]. We each decided we don't actually."
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