The Joshua Jackson News Thread

[mucca]

Hey guys! If you find any new articles, interviews or videos that feature Josh, this is the thread to post them in!

Here's one about his new movie:

It's hard to know if Joshua Jackson is actually going through what he calls "a quarter-life crisis" -- after all, he's a busy actor with a hit TV show and a gorgeous girlfriend -- but he speaks knowledgeably about the urge to question who you are and what you do.
"People call it a quarter-life crisis glibly, like it's something you pass when you're 25, but I think this is a crisis, at least in my life, that constantly re-surfaces," he was saying the other day from New York City, where he's working on the program Fringe and frequently photographed with his companion, actress Diane Kruger.
"It's easy to let the days pass by, it's easy to fritter our time away. There are so many quotidian things that have to be taken care of that it is very simple, in fact it's easier, to let yourself be buried by all those little day-to-day things."
That self-examination -- slightly deeper than you may have expected from an actor who made his name in the Mighty Ducks films and the Dawson's Creek TV show -- is part of what attracted Jackson to One Week, a Canadian film about a young man named Ben who discovers he has terminal cancer. Ben, who lives in Toronto, decides to abandon his life and his fiancee and take off by motorcycle across Canada, visiting iconic sites (he's big on the roadside attractions like the giant Canada Goose in Wawa, Ont.) and figuring out who he really is and why he is living the way he is.
Jackson says he has some sympathy with that quest.
"That comes up all the time in my life and that's ultimately at the heart of what Ben's journey is," Jackson says. "Why? Why am I engaged? Why did I have this job? Why am I living this life? What is the purpose of all this? If you never ask the question, I don't think you're ever able to taste the fruits of life."
It's been a sweet flavour for Jackson since he was born in Vancouver 30 years ago to a Canadian mother and an American father. His dual citizenship has taken him back and forth across the border to film sets and movie studios: he's made 32 movies, including The Skulls, The Safety of Objects and even had a small part in Oceans Eleven.
One Week, directed and written by Canadian filmmaker Michael McGowan, is a smaller project. Jackson says one of the things that attracted him was the fact that the movie is so quiet.
"I'd never done anything like that before. Most of an actor's life is reacting rather than being still on camera." Much of the movie depends on the audience putting themselves into Ben's position as we watch him riding his bike -- a vintage 1973 Indian Commando -- along the Ontario roads, through the Prairies and over the Rockies. Jackson says the solitude means a lot of the character is "postural."
"He goes from being a very retiring sort of guy to actually coming into his own physically right at the moment he is getting weaker. And then shrinking back down into an ailing body. You have to keep all of that about you as you're going forward."
But beyond the fact of Ben's cancer, beyond his immediate crisis, there's another crisis that Jackson says he's interested in: the way the character is just going through the motions and not actually living in the moment. He says he has come across such moments several times in his own life.

"There have been several crossroads in my personal life when I needed to take a step back. Go, 'What's the purpose of the thing I'm doing here, and why am I either spending all this effort doing something I really don't care about or not spending effort doing something I do care about?'"
He adds, " I just started my 30s. I think I am just past the last watershed moment. I'm in a very happy place. I think the mid-20s growing period is over now for a little while and I get to whatever the next crisis is. Life is good right now."
One of the good things is the success of Fringe, which is one of the hits of the TV season, although Jackson is playing it cautiously ("I don't like to count the chickens. It's funny how opinions can change.") He says things are going well so far, but he hopes the show can get even better.
In any event, he prefers making movies because they give him the opportunity for well thought-out, conscious and crafted performances. "On television you have to make all the choices about character beforehand because the volume of work is so high that you're really mostly running by instinct," he says. "In film you can be very, very specific about individual moments. Which isn't always a good thing: sometimes you over-think it. But I prefer film."
A low-budget movie like One Week is not new to him.
"Every film I've ever worked on was breakneck. And television the same. Maybe when you get up to the $100-million movies, but I've made 30 some odd films now and it's always a panic to beat the light and get the shots you need in the amount of time, so that wasn't too new. But the intimacy of it was fresh because it was 17 people. That was the entirety of our crew diving across Canada. There's a lot of layers of things that go into making a film that can occasionally get in the way, and there were none of those filters on this one.
"I sympathize with that journey. I sympathize with the fact that nobody makes the right choices all the time. I sympathize with the fact that sometimes, in order to live your life, you have to make hard choices and things get broken. People get hurt."
Source (http://www.canada.com/Jackson+gains+perspective/1331456/story.html)

[mucca]

Josh interviewed for the New York Times, his bit is scattered throughout the clip:
YouTube - Screen Test: Men's Cover Story - NYTimes.com/Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thtismIwqLQ)

[Cathy904]

Thoughtful piece. I saw a short humorous E! segment where he walked, oh, about 25-30 feet down a trailer while talking to the camera, then said, "That's the production trailer of "One Week". It was pretty cute.

He's listed as one of two executive producers for "One Week". It's not all about the money, but executive producer status can mean if it does well, he'll make some more money from it, also.

He also as a (small?) part in "Battle in Seattle". In "Battle in Seattle", there were a couple of pictures of him with a short modified mohawk-type hair style. It looks like he plays one of the more combative protesters in the demonstrations. It'll be interesting if he does any news pieces for "Battle in Seattle", but they have a lot of recognizable names associated with the movie, it stars Ray Liotta, it goes straight to DVD March 9th or 10th? The previews were riveting. I was aware Seattle was going through a lot during the WTO summit at the time, but not like what the previews showed.

[mucca]

Joshua Jackson's hospital visit

Joshua Jackson has revealed he had to go to hospital after shooting a torture scene for TV show Fringe.

The former Dawson's Creek star plays Peter Bishop in the sci-fi series - who has to undergo various bizarre experiments - and revealed he hurt himself filming a scene involving a wire being stuck up his nose.

"They didn't even use the take because there was blood coming out of my nose, and it didn't fit into the scene," he said. "I was strapped onto a table, and we stuck a copper wire up my nose with a rubber protector, but that popped off during the scene in the midst of all the craziness, so it tore my sinus. It felt like someone taking a steel wheel to the back of your eyeball."

He continued: "It sounds dramatic but it was more comedic than anything else. They didn't rush me to hospital straight away. My brother Jonathan, a New York paramedic, was astonished. I had to get the doctor to write me a note, saying that I couldn't stick any foreign objects up my nose. It's my favourite doctor's note ever."Source (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jRAHdE6xJssqJ3miZ6XRDNrW4lSw)

[dach]

YouTube - Fringe - @ NY Comic Con with Joshua Jackson! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-56WiUhgU)

[GoodPeter]

I just read that Joshua Jackson will be in Toronto tomorrow promoting a cell phone. He's part of a contest - kind of a "where's Waldo," only Josh is the Waldo. He's the treasure in a treasure hunt with clues etc. I wish I lived in Toronto!

I hope that it's OK to post this here! I'm only trying to promote Josh, not some cell phone. Here's the press release from CNW (Canadian News Wire)

Canadian star returns for one-day Toronto tour on June 1 to celebrate the
mobile revolution from Rogers Wireless and meet Toronto fans

TORONTO, May 29 /CNW/ -

What: To celebrate the launch of Canada's first Android-powered
smartphones from Rogers Wireless, Canadian star Joshua Jackson
will tour secret locations in Toronto to meet fans and offer
chances to win Rogers prizes to anyone who can find him.

Join Joshua Jackson for a one-day tour of Toronto as he makes
several stops around the city to give away prizes including
Rogers phones, Rogers gift cards plus a chance to win a grand
prize high-seas Caribbean adventure for two valued at $4,000.

Jackson's progress can be tracked on rogersrevolution.com where
he will provide clues to his secret locations with live blog
updates and photos. Use Google Latitude(TM), Google Search(TM)
and Google Maps(TM) to follow Jackson's tour online and plot
the best way to find him.

Where: Rogers Building (Media kick-off)
333 Bloor Street East, Toronto
NOTE: other landmark locations to be revealed at
www.rogersrevolution.com throughout the day

When: Monday, June 1, 2009
- 9:00 - 9:45 a.m. (Rogers Building, 333 Bloor Street East)
- 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. (Location No. 2)
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Location No. 3)
- 12:45 - 1:30 p.m.(Location No. 4)
- 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. (Location No. 5)

Interview/
Photo Op: Canadian star Joshua Jackson interacting with fans at major
Toronto landmarks and offering chances to win Rogers prizes.

[xofringe314]

I just read that Joshua Jackson will be in Toronto tomorrow promoting a cell phone. He's part of a contest - kind of a "where's Waldo," only Josh is the Waldo. He's the treasure in a treasure hunt with clues etc. I wish I lived in Toronto!

I hope that it's OK to post this here! I'm only trying to promote Josh, not some cell phone. Here's the press release from CNW (Canadian News Wire)

Canadian star returns for one-day Toronto tour on June 1 to celebrate the
mobile revolution from Rogers Wireless and meet Toronto fans

TORONTO, May 29 /CNW/ -

What: To celebrate the launch of Canada's first Android-powered
smartphones from Rogers Wireless, Canadian star Joshua Jackson
will tour secret locations in Toronto to meet fans and offer
chances to win Rogers prizes to anyone who can find him.

Join Joshua Jackson for a one-day tour of Toronto as he makes
several stops around the city to give away prizes including
Rogers phones, Rogers gift cards plus a chance to win a grand
prize high-seas Caribbean adventure for two valued at $4,000.

Jackson's progress can be tracked on rogersrevolution.com where
he will provide clues to his secret locations with live blog
updates and photos. Use Google Latitude(TM), Google Search(TM)
and Google Maps(TM) to follow Jackson's tour online and plot
the best way to find him.

Where: Rogers Building (Media kick-off)
333 Bloor Street East, Toronto
NOTE: other landmark locations to be revealed at
www.rogersrevolution.com (http://www.rogersrevolution.com) throughout the day

When: Monday, June 1, 2009
- 9:00 - 9:45 a.m. (Rogers Building, 333 Bloor Street East)
- 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. (Location No. 2)
- 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Location No. 3)
- 12:45 - 1:30 p.m.(Location No. 4)
- 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. (Location No. 5)

Interview/
Photo Op: Canadian star Joshua Jackson interacting with fans at major
Toronto landmarks and offering chances to win Rogers prizes.
Lucky Canadians!

[animus]

HOLY COW!!! I am SO going!!! If anyone watches the news on tuesday and sees a story about a crazed fangirl that attacks Joshua Jackson, ya..... that will probably be me. :ninja:

[GoodPeter]

animus . . . if I don't see you on the news, I still want a full report! I live no where near Toronto, dang it. JEALOUS! :haha:

[animus]

animus . . . if I don't see you on the news, I still want a full report! I live no where near Toronto, dang it. JEALOUS! :haha:

Done and done!! Hopefully I can get a picture with him. If that happens my life would be complete HAHA.:D

[lezario]

lucky canadians.... i don't even live in the US ! *bawls*

[Arctic Fox]

I feel your pain, lezario!

[Cathy904]

Animus! You're in, or going to Toronto?! Yea!!

*dances around*

Go, Animus, GOOOOOO!

[animus]

Animus! You're in, or going to Toronto?! Yea!!

*dances around*

Go, Animus, GOOOOOO!

Yup, I live in Toronto:D And right now I am very happy that is the case! HAHA..

[lezario]

Yup, I live in Toronto:D And right now I am very happy that is the case! HAHA..

Why ? Why ? Why ? Come on, where's the teleportation device ?

grumsh. *is eating the mousepad*

...


so, err... where did you meet him exactly ?

[animus]

Why ? Why ? Why ? Come on, where's the teleportation device ?

grumsh. *is eating the mousepad*

...


so, err... where did you meet him exactly ?
Oy.. Leave the mousepad alone!! It didint deserve such a cruel end did it?? :P

:lolol: Haha.. I met him at the Rogers building, that's the company he's doing the promo for.

[lezario]

Oy.. Leave the mousepad alone!! It didint deserve such a cruel end did it?? :P

:lolol: Haha.. I met him at the Rogers building, that's the company he's doing the promo for.


rmfff.. okay ! you lucky Benchy !

*is chewing the mouse cord now*

edit : any pics ? :D

[animus]

rmfff.. okay ! you lucky Benchy !

*is chewing the mouse cord now*

edit : any pics ? :D

HAHA... I feel sorry for your equipment right now. :P As for the pics I did manage to get a couple. :D They are on my friend's camera though so as soon as she uploads them (which should be tonight) I will post them for you guys! :D

[lezario]

thanks a lot !

http://img1.uplood.fr/free/v3m6_smiley_benchy4.gif

*stops chewing mouse cord*

[Cathy904]

*rubs hands excitedly together* Pictures, Pictures, animus!

Did you tell him you play on FringeForum.com?

And of course, the forbidden question, does he read the forums?
(I'll bet he'd say no, but a *cough* girl can dream.......)

[GoodPeter]

Yay animus! Congratulations! I'm living vicariously through your adventure . . . need full report and photos ASAP. GIMMIE! :D :flailsmilie:

Oh so jealous. :ashamed0001:

I'm obsessed, I tell you, OBSESSED!

[Ellie]

Awww animus,
I'm so envying you...
You have to tell us everything :D

[animus]

SO no pictures just yet, but I should have them tonight!! :D
HAHA, yes I got to meet him and talk to him for like 2 minutes.. And I must say that at the time I was trying to concentrate all my energy on not jumping him, so asking him questions, or even coming up with coherent sentences was difficult to say the least. :haha:
I can say, however, that he is very good looking in person, more so than any pictures I have seen of him. And tall. He is very tall.. I am 5'8'' and I came up to about his shoulders. He's also very nice, made jokes while I made an idiot of myself. :D All in all it was AWESOME!!! :happy15:

[Arctic Fox]

animus, that's fantastic! I'm so jelous and happy for you at the same time :D

Did you have your picture taken with him?

[lezario]

animus, that's fantastic! I'm so jelous and happy for you at the same time :D

Did you have your picture taken with him?

Yes she has pics, and she'll post them tonight (morning for us poor europeans !) :D

[animus]

Yes she has pics, and she'll post them tonight (morning for us poor europeans !) :D

HAHA thank you lezario, Im not sure how many times I have been asked the question!:haha:

[Cathy904]

Hey, animus, when ya gonna.......:haha:

I'm about to go home, just had to chime in there.......

BTW, did you mention to him you live, er, visit here at Fringeforum?

[Arctic Fox]

Oh I know she has pictures don't worry, I was just wondering if she got her picture taken with him, or has pictures of him. Either way, it's pretty awesome. :happy15:

[animus]

Hey, animus, when ya gonna.......:haha:

I'm about to go home, just had to chime in there.......

BTW, did you mention to him you live, er, visit here at Fringeforum?
No... :( I didn't!! I really should've though!! 'Specially now that I think about it. Darn it... NEXT TIME!!! (because now that I have met him once, I will stop at nothing to make it happen again...:ninja:)

Oh I know she has pictures don't worry, I was just wondering if she got her picture taken with him, or has pictures of him. Either way, it's pretty awesome. :happy15:
Got pictures with him!! :D Although they are on my friend's camera so I have to wait for her to upload them... :mad: Hopefully I will have them for you guys tomorrow.

[Arctic Fox]

Gosh, you're so lucky! :D I'm so happy for you!

[lezario]

Oh I know she has pictures don't worry, I was just wondering if she got her picture taken with him, or has pictures of him. Either way, it's pretty awesome. :happy15:

oh, ok :ashamed0001:


No... :( I didn't!! I really should've though!! 'Specially now that I think about it. Darn it... NEXT TIME!!! (because now that I have met him once, I will stop at nothing to make it happen again...:ninja:)

Got pictures with him!! :D Although they are on my friend's camera so I have to wait for her to upload them... :mad: Hopefully I will have them for you guys tomorrow.

arf, next time !
so, errr... 'bout those pics ! :D
take your time.

*wishes for a scavenger hunt in Europe*

[Cathy904]

No... :( I didn't!! I really should've though!! 'Specially now that I think about it. Darn it... NEXT TIME!!! (because now that I have met him once, I will stop at nothing to make it happen again...:ninja:)

Got pictures with him!! :D Although they are on my friend's camera so I have to wait for her to upload them... :mad: Hopefully I will have them for you guys tomorrow.

Hey, that's okay! You can tell him Next Time, I'm sure he knows about FringeForum, or an assistant told him.

Waiting expectantly for your pics!

[Arctic Fox]

oh, ok :ashamed0001:


Don't worry about it :D


*wishes for a scavenger hunt in Europe*

Ah, anywhere in Europe- I'd do my best to be there! :P Although UK would be nice...

Are there going to be anymore of those things, does anyone know?

[Cathy904]

Don't worry about it :D

Ah, anywhere in Europe- I'd do my best to be there! :P Although UK would be nice...

Are there going to be anymore of those things, does anyone know?

He has a fan website, but sometimes that webmaster doesn't know until the last moment, like everyone else. His appearance on Craig Ferguson a few months back was on a Tuesday night, she didn't announce until the Monday before, then also sent out a message that it might not happen.

[3bagsful]

Josh was in Toronto to be a face man for Rogers (a cell phone company in Canada) for their launch of 2 new phones

He has a short interview in the video

plus I think these new phones are kinda cool. wondering if they are available in the US

http://video.itworldcanada.com/?bcpid=1886192401&bctid=25074703001

[animus]

SO they are bad quality and there aren't that many of them but.....

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv175/obssest2009/IMG_4269-1.jpg?t=1243996714

Josh Jackson and my friend
http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv175/obssest2009/IMG_4268.jpg?t=1243997318

AND ME!! :D
http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv175/obssest2009/IMG_4267.jpg?t=1243997362

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv175/obssest2009/IMG_4266.jpg?t=1243997388

And this pic you can find at RogersRevolution
http://rogersrevolution.com/wp-content/gallery/default-gallery/jackson-6-1.jpg

[dach]

I agree with Josh, I dont understand the big deal about twitter.

[animus]

I agree with Josh, I dont understand the big deal about twitter.

Amen.

[D-Roc]

Duplicate thread moved and merged into appropriate section.

[lezario]

I agree with Josh, I dont understand the big deal about twitter.

I only use Twitter when I'm not in my country, or when i'm working on animated short cuts, to keep my friends updated :D
Did he just said FRANCE ? :haha:

more than 100$. :S

edit : thanks again for the awesome pics !

[GoodPeter]

Excellent pictures, animus! I know I'm a dork, but what did you guys talk about? What did he say?

You look great in these photos! Not kissing up . . . just callin' it as I see it.

[Cathy904]

Since the first of the year in the US it's been all "Twitter" this and "Twitter" that from celebrities. Greatly paraphrasing, he says he doesn't do Twitter. Thank goodness.

It's fine for those who like that sort of thing. I admit I get into major silliness on the shipper thread, and I may have some spells as the summer sets in, but it's also because I'm locked at a desk inbetween busy spells earning an hourly paycheck.

Especially with only a few weeks before filming next season, I hope all the cast is out in the fresh air with significant others enjoying themselves. I don't need to know what they had for dinner or how they feel about gossip du jour.

[animus]

edit : thanks again for the awesome pics !
You're most welcome!! :D

Excellent pictures, animus! I know I'm a dork, but what did you guys talk about? What did he say?
Well considering I was practically paralyzed with shock and could barely put together a sentence, conversation was kept to a minimum... :ashamed0001: I remember asking him what he was promoting. I told him that when I saw his name I forgot to look at the rest of the promo, and he laughed and said something along the lines of that being OK with him. :ashamed0001: He was super nice and even signed my friend's yearbook!! :haha:

You look great in these photos! Not kissing up . . . just callin' it as I see it.
Thank you:ashamed0001:

[GoodPeter]

So sweet . . . it sounds like he's pretty good at putting women at ease. A very good quality, when one can overwhelm a lady with his charisma and his charming disposition. I would have lost all power over my legs and uttered something close to "Uhhhaahalove your . . . gah?":crazed:

Or, of course I might be able to charm him with a momentary attempt at wit, and he would instantly sweep me away, forgetting his girlfriend altogether.
What? A benchwarmer can dream, right?

Oh alright. I gotta admit he's got a pretty cool lady. I would never want to be the "other woman."

OK. Must stop. I'm a grown woman whose feet are firmly planted in reality. Sometimes. :rolleye0012:

[Xeen]

i'm not really sure it's the right thread to post this news, but Joshua Jackson will be on THE HOUR (http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/index.html) with George Stroumboulopoulos on CBC network tonight, Thursday July 23rd, 11pm.

Xeen

[Fringified]

Thanks, Xeen!