Joshua Jackson Teases the Spark Between Him and Katie Holmes in New Film: ‘A Beautiful Love Story’

“We spent so much intense time at a particular moment in our lives and then we have maintained our friendship for all of these years, but we’ve never had a chance to be on camera together, and it was magic,” Jackson fondly shared about their reunion.

“It was so nice to go back into that place. And, you know, you never know until you’re actually doing the thing, but to still have chemistry with somebody after all of those years is nice.”

During his interview with Today, Jackson also broke his silence on the death of his former costar James Van Der Beek. “I think it hits in a variety of different ways, and so for me, as a father now, I think the enormity of that tragedy for his family hits me in a very different way than just as a colleague, so I think processing is ongoing,” he said.

Van Der Beek died on February 11 at age 48 after a battle with stage III colorectal cancer. (He is survived by his wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, and their six children: Olivia, 15, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 12, Emilia, 9, Gwendolyn, 7, and Jeremiah, 4.)

Jackson continued, “He became what we used to just call a good man, a man of the kind of belief, the kind of faith that allowed him to face the impossible with grace — an unbelievable partner and husband, just a real man who showed up for his family, and a beautiful, kind, curious, interested, dedicated father.”