“She’s lovely,” Jackson added of his former costar.

I loved that we were able to get in there in those formative years for people.

Thats why people, I think, are so connected to it," Williams said at the time.

Actress Katie Holmes stars as Joey and actor Joshua Jackson stars as Pacey in the Warner Brothers television drama “Dawson’s Creek,” circa 2000. (Photo by Columbia TriStar International Television/Courtesy of Getty Images)

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“When something affects you while you were growing up, it kind of stays in there forever.

Michelle Williams and James Van Der Beek on ‘Dawson’s Creek’

Katie Holmes, James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams, and Joshua Jackson on Dawson’s Creek

1997 The cast of “Dawson’s Creek.” From left to right: Michelle Williams (Jennifer Lindley), James Van Der Beek (Dawson Leery), Katie Holmes (Joey Potter) and Joshua Jackson (Pacey).

‘Dawson’s Creek’ cast Michelle Williams, James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson.Getty