Q&A: Joshua Jackson Talks 'Shutter' and 'Fringe'
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Friday, March 21, 2008
He got his start playing hockey for the Mighty Ducks and later reached teen heart throb status on the hit show Dawson’s Creek, but these days Joshua Jackson is trying his hand at two very different genres; horror and sci fi.
Friday marks the release of Jackson’s haunting new horror flick Shutter, the story of a newly married photographer who invites his wife on a business trip to Japan, before realizing his past is about to catch up with him in a big way.
The actor, 28, is also returning to television for the first time since Dawson's wrapped in 2003. Jackson landed the role of Peter Bishop on JJ Abrams new pilot Fringe, a science fiction series with a twist.
Hollywood.com caught up with Jackson to find out more about his two new projects and more …
Hollywood.com: Shutter addresses the idea of spirit photography, when a ghostly image appears in a picture. What is your take on this phenomenon?
Joshua Jackson: I've never had the experience of it. I don't really work on absolutes. I think it's impossible to say absolutely yes or no to just about anything. So it's like my take on faith. I'm not a man of faith. I have a real hard time when people of faith tell me that something is absolutely correct, but then it would be hypocritical for me to say that something is absolutely incorrect. I've never had a ghost moment. I've never had a ghost in the machine, but I don't deny that it's possible. That's my two cents.
HW: Your character speaks Japanese fluently, but do you?
JJ: I don't speak Japanese, but I had to learn…a very formal way of introducing me and my wife Jane. One of the hardest words was Konichiwa…It's more like a double N in the middle. Little things like that trip you up.