Joshua Jackson: the actor, ex Pacey from Dawson's Creek, returns to the big screen

Get off yourself the role of Pacey Witterfor someone like Joshua Jackson, it must not have been easy: for a whole generation, the Canadian actor will continue to be the boy madly in love with Joey Potter, in eternal competition with his friend Dawson Leery.

It takes a lot of skill to rebuild a career, and an identity, after a success like that of Dawson's Creek. Joshua Jackson seemed at least partially successfulparticipating in several films (including Cruel Intention And The Skulls) and some theatrical performances much appreciated by audiences and critics. Then, the small screen: Joshua Jackson played the lead role of Peter Bishop in the science fiction series Fringecreated by JJ Abrams, and played the brilliant lawyer Dan Gallagher in the TV series based on the film with Michael Douglas Fatal Attraction (coming in May on Paramount+).

In the career of the ex Pacey he had been missing a role in cinema for a long time: his last work on the big screen dates back to 2015, with the interpretation of the role of detective Ruther in Sky, Franco-German drama film directed by Fabienne Berthaud. Now, almost ten years after that last time, Joshua Jackson announces his return at the cinema, with the official entry into the cast of the last chapter of the saga Karate Kidwhich will be released in December next year.

Played by the young Chinese-American actor Ben Wang, the new Karate Kid will bring back to the screen the events narrated in the first unforgettable film of 1984, which marked the imagination of an entire generation.

Details about Joshua Jackson's role are still under wraps, but his is the third name in the cast revealed (after those of Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio), which would suggest a leading performance.