![]() Within 10 episodes, the actor’s charm made it impossible to view him as anything less than a leading man, one who gets the girl in the end. Pacey was supposed to be Dawson’s lesser sidekick. He recalls the two toughest jobs of his life: “Fringe,” starring in 100 episodes that had scripts changing all the time, and “Dawson’s Creek,” a wordy show that he led for 128 episodes. Working hard doesn’t scare him - and that’s proven by his résumé. In fact, he made sure that wasn’t the case for “Fatal Attraction” when signing on. But he’s also not looking to do a series that could run forever. Jackson, who has been acting since he was 11 (with a breakout role as a hockey player in Disney’s “The Mighty Ducks”), is attracted to story more than genre. So that works! If that’s your thing - excellent.” ![]() It’s a weird thing where she’s like a voyeur. And, anyway, he finds more intimacy in scenes between characters falling in love, since sex scenes are more technical.Īfter a pause, he laughs and adds, “The sex scenes themselves, Jodie kind of enjoys them, actually. “Jodie is not fussed about my sex scenes,” Jackson says. The couple do watch each other’s work though. (In fact, they wanted to do a “Romancing the Stone” remake together but “someone else is doing it,” he says.) But their daughter, whose name they’re keeping private, has visited the set with her mom on Bill Lawrence’s upcoming series, “Bad Monkey.” And Jackson’s hopeful that he and Turner-Smith can work together on-screen eventually. “Now, it’s just not something that I want to put on camera and have my daughter see.”įor the most part, Jackson and Turner-Smith don’t involve the baby in their work lives. “There are things I would have been interested in doing before having the baby, like playing a real racist motherfucker,” Jackson says. It changed everything - including what types of roles he takes. Nearly three years ago, Jackson welcomed his first child, a daughter, with his wife, Jodie Turner-Smith. Joshua Jackson, Amanda Peete and Lizzy Caplan in “Fatal Attraction” Michael Moriatis/Paramount+ In fact, he’s kind of a shithead, in Jackson’s opinion: “The second his principles bump up against his convenience, he chooses his convenience.” “I went back and watched the original,” Jackson says, “and was like, ‘Holy shit, we’ve come a long way.’ The movie is incredible, but the gender dynamics are impossible to wrap your head around.” ![]() The show, however, is a bit more up-to-date, showing Alex’s point of view as well as Dan’s, and giving her character more depth and complexity. It influenced dozens of psychological thrillers, from thirsty teen drama “Swimfan” to “Obsessed,” starring Beyoncé. At the time of its release, the movie created a discussion around the consequences of infidelity and casual sex in general, especially amid the AIDS epidemic. The movie paints Douglas’ Dan Gallagher as a hapless victim after having an affair with Close’s Alex Forrest, who becomes murderously obsessed with him. Most know the story behind the 1987 film starring Glenn Close and Michael Douglas, which grossed $320 million worldwide and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |