Source: Seventeen (September 1998)
Gig:
He plays the wisecracking (but oh-so-cute) Pacey Witter on the WB's Dawson's Creek.
Coming attractions:
In October you'll dig Joshua as practical jokester Damon in the bloody-smart horror flick Urban Legend (with Jared Leto and Alicia Witt). Also in October, grab a seat to see him in Apt Pupil with Brad Renfro. And early next year, you'll want to check out Joshua's miniscule-but-pivotal role in Cruel Inventions (with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe).
Birthday:
June 11, 1978, which makes this green-eyed 20-year-old a Gemini.
Lovematches:
There's a serious chance Joshua will swoon for you if you're a Libra, an Aquarius or a Taurus.
A little bit wanted:
"If girls were going after me, I would not only admit it, I would probably exaggerate about the swarming masses. At this point, it's narrowed down to my little sister and a couple of girls I grew up with - but they don't exactly swarm."
Less than impressed:
"My mother is like, 'Congratulations, you're on a TV show! Now take out the trash.'"
Surrogate family:
"When Dawson's started, the four of us [Joshua plus Katie Holmes, James Van Der Beek and Michelle Williams] hung, like, eighteen hours a day because we didn't know anybody else. We were this minifamily. Now we know things about one another that we shouldn't."
Slobby boy:
The Day Seventeen met Joshua, he was wearing flip-flops, a gray hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants. "Most people call my style of dress slovenly - I call it extreme casual. If I didn't have a mother and a sister for the times I do have to get dressed, I'd be absolutely lost."
Star crush:
"Uma Thurman is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. She has these wicked eyes - it looks like there is such a brain behind those eyes."
Actor envy:
"I think Ryan Phillippe is the real deal. He's the only next-generation guy I've met where I'm like, 'Yup, that guy is not a pretender.'"
Red-carpet virgin:
"The Godzilla premiere was my first experience walking down the red carpet. It was so crazy. I didn't expect anybody to know who I was - but they [the paparazzi] were screaming 'Josh! Josh!' I appreciated the sentiment, but it was kind of dehumanizing."
Where's your mustache?:
Joshua's smirky smile has landed him a new starring role - he'll be sporting the requisite milky mustache in those ever-present cow-juice ads.
Call me a misfit:
"The best compliment I've ever gotten was when a Dawson's Creek director said, 'You remind me of Holden Caulfied' [from J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye]."
Pretty scary:
How did he scream bloodcurdlingly (and believably) for the terror scenes in Urban Legend? "I thought of my seventh-grade English teacher - naked."