Former Dawsons Creek star, Joshua Jackson, has talked about how he has failed to hit the big time since the teen drama ended.

He told the Press Association: “I didn’t make popular films, which was a decision, sort of. There were some popular films which I would have loved to have done but I didn’t get those jobs. After the show was finished, I wanted to make smaller movies to make myself better as an actor.”

He added: “I’m not Tom Hanks or Leonardo DiCaprio, I can’t create movies on that scale, so I have to do it on a smaller scale.

But you get to work with great people on great material and hopefully with great directors. And every once in a while, do a more commercial film which everyone wants to go and see.”

Jackson is currently promoting his new horror movie Shutter, which opens in the UK this week. He will also appear in J.J. Abrams’s new sci-fi series Fringe.