Pacey returns to TV in Abrams latest project

February 09th, 2008 | Category: Casting

Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Grey’s Anatomy, Celebrities, Casting

According to Entertainment Weekly, Joshua Jackson, better known for his role as Pacey Witter in Dawson’s Creek, has just been cast as one of the main men in J.J. Abrams’ latest TV project, Fringe. Fear not Grey’s Anatomy fans, Fringe is shooting its 2-hour pilot that month (with a tiny budget of $10 million dollars), so it’s likely that the actor will be able to free himself to shoot his guest stint on the ABC show when production resumes.

Around mid-November, it was revealed that the actor was set to guest star in a few episodes of Grey’s Anatomy

as a potential love interest for Cristina. When news of the strike arrived, his stint was delayed. As of mid-January, insiders were reporting that Jackson was still set to seem on the show. But now that he is officially attached to the new sci-fi mystery FOX series, I guess his storyline on GA may be trashed or that they will recast the role whether they can’t build shooting schedules match.

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