Cue Paula Cole Since then Dawson’s CreekThe show was first shown in 1998. It quickly became a favorite with fans and is still one the most popular teen dramas to ever be seen on the small screen.
The series followed Joey Potter’s journey (Katie Holmes), a tomboy who is just trying to make it through high school following the death of her mother. Dawson Leery was her best friend.James Van Der Beek) and his sidekick, Pacey Witter (Joshua Jackson). Jen Lindley (in the premiere episode)Michelle Williams) arrived in town — a new girl from New York City who not-so-seamlessly made her way into the group and changed everything. The series was created in collaboration with ScreamWriter Kevin WilliamsonThe script was written by, who had his own childhood experiences in a small town.
“I remember loving the script. I remember thinking everyone was amazing,” Van Der Beek told Entertainment Weekly in 2018 when the cast got back together to celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary. “All the actors were perfectly cast.”
Jackson echoed the thought, adding, “I enjoyed the fact that, being a kid at that time, playing a kid who wasn’t an idiot or the precocious one, we never insulted the audience by dumbing us down in order to be believable teenagers.”
Many new characters appeared and disappeared over the six seasons. Jen’s grandmother, Grams (Mary Beth Peil), appeared in all six seasons. Jack McPhee and Andie McPhee, brother and sister, were played by Kerr Smith Meredith MonroeThe pair were both a part of season 2. Dawson’s parents, Mitch and Gale Leery (John Wesley Shipp Mary-Margaret HumesThe show’s key elements were also the ) The final two seasons were completed in season 2. Busy Philipps‘ Audrey Liddell joined as Joey’s college roommate.
The show didn’t shy away from hot topics, tackling everyday situations in a way shows hadn’t done previously. In 2000, the show aired the first passionate same-sex kiss between two men — and it wasn’t an easy task.
“A day before filming, the WB asked if the scene could be shot from across the street. They didn’t want it to be ‘too passionate,’” the episode’s cowriter Gina FattorePreviously told Us Weekly exclusively. “There was no backup plan. “There was no backup plan. Greg [Berlanti] calling me that morning and yelling at me like he was an old-time movie mogul: ‘This has to be a real kiss! I want to see passion.’ He couldn’t be on set that day, but the scene was so important to him, and I knew that I had to be his eyes and ears, and make sure the footage we got would work.”
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