More than 20 years later, Busy Philipps precocious sewage immoderate long-overdue closure astir her Dawson’s Creek characteristic Audrey.
The character precocious noted that nan WB show’s creator Kevin Williamson apologized astatine nan September cast reunion for penning her retired of nan 2003 bid finale aft she joined nan play successful nan penultimate 5th season.
“What I heard astatine nan clip was Kevin was like, ‘I don’t cognize this character. I didn’t create her, truthful she’s not going to beryllium successful nan finale,'” she said connected nan Pod Meets World podcast, noting that Williamson returned to constitute nan two-hour finale aft leaving nan show up of Season 3.
“It was a point that really wounded my feelings and I felt for illustration I had fixed 2 seasons of my life to this show,” explained Philipps. “People really loved my character. I really gave up a large portion of my life to beryllium successful Wilmington.”
As she reunited pinch Williamson and her co-stars for a table read benefitting James Van Der Beek amid his crab battle, Philipps revealed that nan Scream 7 co-writer/director apologized for excluding her.
“He was conscionable like, ‘I was conscionable successful a infinitesimal successful my career, my life, erstwhile for illustration I had truthful galore things going on. They had asked maine astatine nan very past infinitesimal to travel backmost and constitute nan finale. I had for illustration a time and a half to do it, and I conscionable made this benignant of weird determination and I could person done amended and I didn’t, and I’m sorry,'” said Philipps.
After premiering successful 1998, Dawson’s Creek ran for six seasons connected The WB, airing its two-hour finale successful May 2003.