Joshua Jackson's Career Timeline_ 'Dawson's Creek,' 'Mighty Ducks' & More
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00:00This is my partner in crime.
00:02The best thing we can do is just be ourselves,
00:04carry on in our typical, usual, distracting, assorted, love triangle ways.
00:12I don't think you can really anticipate something like Dawson's Creek,
00:16because when it hit, it hit really hard.
00:18We didn't have to really go in there and scrap,
00:20and all of a sudden it was just like, boom! It's ridiculous. It's crazy.
00:23And while technically his breakout role was playing the lovable Pacey Witter
00:27on Dawson's Creek for six seasons,
00:29Josh has actually been on screen since he was just a kid,
00:32appearing in The Mighty Ducks in 1992.
00:35You can't walk out on the ducks. We're your team.
00:37We were with him on set of the 1998 horror hit Urban Legend,
00:41where he told us early success made it difficult for him to get more mature roles.
00:45Nobody knows it, but this is my tenth feature film.
00:47I've been doing this, knock on wood, for a while,
00:49but the problem that I was coming up against is that people only knew me as a child.
00:53Anything else?
00:54Yeah. Have fun out there, coach.
00:57And at six foot one with a deep voice,
00:59it's really hard to play somebody's son or somebody's younger brother.
01:03So Dawson's Creek was what took me on to the next level,
01:06and now it's up to me to see whether or not I can actually thrive as a young adult
01:10as opposed to just a child.
01:11And thrive he did, immediately landing parts in huge films
01:15like Cruel Intentions and Ocean's Eleven.
01:17Why were you in prison?
01:19I stole things.
01:21It's excellent. It's about the coolest movie I've ever seen.
01:24And now Dr. Odyssey has everyone buzzing about Josh all over again.
01:29We are describing this show in three words.
01:31How would you describe this show in three words?
01:32You know what it is, big deck energy.
01:35Hey, should we talk about what happened?
01:37Did you want to talk about us?
01:38No, no, I was just wondering if you wanted to.
01:39No, no, no, I totally don't have to.
01:41No, no, no, I'm good.
01:42And in a full circle moment, he's now being compared to his old Ocean's Eleven co-star.
01:46People are saying you're looking like George Clooney.
01:49Do you see the resemblance?
01:50I wish, but I'll take it.
01:52George, if you're hiring, I'm here.
01:54Call me in February.