Philipps, 46, joined the seminal drama<\/a> in its fifth season as Joey Potter\u2019s (Katie Holmes<\/a>) college roommate, Audrey Liddell. Her character eventually began a relationship with Joey\u2019s high school ex, Pacey Witter (Joshua Jackson<\/a>). <\/p>\n However, years before Audrey and Pacey met, Pacey was controversially involved with his 36-year-old high school English teacher, Tamara Jacobs (Leann Hunley), in the series\u2019 pilot episode. <\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re not even together,\u201d Philipps noted of Audrey and Pacey, in a new interview with People<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s going to have a really insanely inappropriate relationship with a teacher, which by the way, is so wild. And just goes to show you culturally how much we have changed for the better, right?\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n (L-R) Joshua Jackson and Busy Philipps played lovers in ‘Dawson’s Creek’ (Getty Images for MPTF NextGen)<\/p>\n In the show\u2019s first season, Tamara is introduced as a new resident of Capeside, Massachusetts. Shortly after her arrival, she enters the video rental store where Pacey works, and begins to flirt with him, unaware that he\u2019s 16 and her soon-to-be student. They then embark on a secret love affair, and she ultimately takes Pacey\u2019s virginity. Their relationship is eventually discovered, leading to Tamara\u2019s resignation from the school and her moving away. <\/p>\n At the recent Dawson\u2019s Creek reunion event,<\/a> which brought together most of the show\u2019s original cast, including Philipps, Jackson, Holmes, and Michelle Williams, for a special live reading of the pilot episode, Philipps played the part of Tamara. <\/p>\n \u201c[Series creator] Kevin Williamson didn\u2019t write the part of Audrey, he wasn\u2019t a part of that,\u201d Philipps explained. \u201cHe was already long gone from the show when they went to college, and my character was added.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the show, I said, \u2018Well, Kevin, I guess you did write a part for me on Dawson’s Creek<\/a>. You just didn\u2019t know that it would take 20 years for me to be the right age to play it,\u2019\u201d she quipped.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n (L-R) \u2018Dawson\u2019s Creek\u2019 cast Michelle Williams, James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson pictured in 1998 (Channel 4)<\/p>\n![\"(L-R)](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Joshua-Jackson-and-Busy-Philipps.jpeg\")
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