Overview
- Philipps said the early storyline pairing 15-year-old Pacey with his 36-year-old teacher illustrates how views on teen sexuality and consent have shifted for the better.
- At the Sept. 22 live reading in New York, she voiced Tamara Jacobs opposite Joshua Jackson, and their recreated kiss drew a viral response.
- She clarified that despite frequent on-screen romance, she and Jackson never made out off camera during their time on the series.
- The one-night event benefited F Cancer tied to James Van Der Beek's Stage 3 colorectal cancer; he appeared via video as Lin-Manuel Miranda read Dawson and Renée Elise Goldsberry hosted.
- Jackson has previously said adolescent attraction can be real but the adult bears responsibility, adding the show did not present the relationship as romanticized.