United Kingdom, Oct. 13 -- Busy Philipps and Joshua Jackson were "giving the people what they want" when they passionately kissed during the Dawson's Creek reunion.

The 46-year-old actress - who joined the beloved series as Audrey Liddell in season five - read Leann Hunley's part of teacher Tamara Jacobs at the recent live reading of the show's 1998 pilot episode and she and her co-star experienced a viral moment when they locked lips during the event.

Busy told People magazine: "We had run through the whole thing the day before. And so we were just doing sound cues and lighting cues onstage the day of. That's all we had time to do.

"That was when Josh and I sat down, and I looked at him and I was like, 'I mean, we could really kiss.'...