I admit it. I get a little giddy every single time I either know James Van Der Beek is going to be on television, or I just happen to catch him. Why? One line and one line only. “I don’t want your life.” I will never ever get that precious Varsity Blues moment out of my head. Truth be told I’ve never seen one episode of Dawson’s Creek so my nostalgia isn’t for him in that show. It’ll always be for Mox. I loved Van Der Beek in that movie.
Nowadays James gets a good amount of work on television but it’s nearly impossible for him to escape his past. I kind of liken him to Mark Paul Gosselaar, although Zack Morris gets a lot more work these days than Jonathan Moxon does. While neither guy will ever escape their teeny bopper past, I think Van Der Beek still gets it pretty hard. Speaking of which, James was a guest on a British talk show This Morning and right off the bat he was annoyed.
This Morning displayed a photo of Van Der Beek from more than 20 years ago, and the actor looked less than pleased about it. “I have been on television the last 20 years, just to let you know,” Van Der Beek noted. “We know that, but it worked better as a link,” Schofield quipped. It only gets worse.
“You have been very busy! When we were looking back at the information on Dawson’s Creek, you played a 15 year old, but you were 20, weren’t you? Visibly miffed, Van Der Beek, who was there to promote his new series Sky One’s Carters Get Rich, responded, “From what I remember. It was a long time ago.”
Check out the whole interview below, it’s awesome.
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