Joshua Jackson Says He Felt ‘Imposter Syndrome’ Over His ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Salary, Was Paid Money He Didn’t ‘Deserve’
usmagazine.comThe struggles of teen stardom. Joshua Jackson opened up about how he developed imposter syndrome during his time on the beloved teen series Dawson’s Creek.“I wouldn’t want to go back to my twenties again, that amount of angst,” the Fringe alum, 44, confessed in an interview with The Sunday Times published Sunday, April 16. “I would make more money doing four episodes of Dawson’s Creek than most of my friends’ parents made in a year.” Jackson played heartthrob Pacey Witter alongside costars James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams on The WB series, which ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2003.He continued: “That was the center of my imposter syndrome: ‘You’re trying to set me up to be a role model to kids, and I definitely am not, and you’re paying me all this money that I don’t deserve.'”Jackson has gone on to achieve personal and professional success since his days in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts.
In addition to starring in shows and films such as Dr. Death, The Affair, Shutter and more, he married his wife, actress Jodie Turner-Smith, in 2019.
The two became parents to their daughter, 2, the following year.The Little Fires Everywhere alum — who described his forties as the “best decade” of his life so far — went on to share his appreciation for how Dawson’s Creek offered a more realistic view of teen life than other series like it. “I think the secret to the show was that it didn’t talk to young people like they’re stupid,” Jackson explained. “Those characters and what they were going through felt real.
We were trying to tell stories about those moments in your life and we were close enough to it in our own ages that we deeply remembered what that angst was.”The Skulls star also revealed
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