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Q&A: James Van Der Beek on Looking 'Backwards'

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James Van Der Beek has been busy in the decade since the end of his seminal teen drama "Dawson's Creek";  he's played a doctor, a serial killer, an FBI agent and a kidnapper, among other roles. In a few weeks, the actor will return for a second season playing a hilariously repellent version of himself in "Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23," and, this weekend, you can see him in the feature film "Backwards."  

There's no denying it now: Van Der Beek is all grown up. It might be time for us to let go of Dawson.

We spoke to Joey Potter's ex-boyfriend* about playing a high school athletic coach in "Backwards" — a far cry from playing the high school student that made him famous — and how appearing as his own d-bag alter ego is a non-stop laugh riot. Get More »