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James Van Der Beek merely couldn’t keep away.
On Monday night time, the actor made an surprising video look at a charity occasion held on the Richard Rogers Theatre in New York Metropolis… beaming in nearly above the stage on which his former Dawson’s Creek castmates have been answering questions and talking with the viewers amid a particular and highly-anticipated reunion.
Van Der Beek had beforehand mentioned he’d be unable to affix the reunion as a consequence of sickness.
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“I have been looking forward to this night for months and months ever since my angel Michelle Williams said she was putting it together,” Van Der Beek started.
“I can’t believe I’m not there. I can’t believe I don’t get to see my cast mates, my beautiful cast in person.”
Van Der Beek opened up months in the past about his colorectal most cancers prognosis.
He continued yesterday:
“I want to stand on that stage and thank every single person in the theater for being here tonight. From the cast to the crew to everybody who’s doing anything and has been so generous, and especially every single last one of you – you are the best fans in the world.”
Dawson’s Creek premiered in 1998 on The CW and aired a complete of 128 episodes over six seasons.
It went off the air in 2003, however lots of its stars (Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson, Katie Holmes) have gone on to very profitable post-show careers.
James Van Der Beek stops by WarnerMedia Lodge: Elevating Storytelling with AT&T throughout Sundance Movie Competition 2020 on January 24, 2020. (Picture Credit score: Vivien Killilea/Getty Pictures for WarnerMedia and AT&T )
“Thank you for coming,” Van Der Beek went on in the course of the reunion.
“It’s simply completely humbling simply how a lot you probably did for this night time, and I simply need to say thanks. Thanks to each single individual right here.
“And, obviously, on Dawson’s Creek, I had no understudy, but this is Broadway, and I needed one. So we figured we’d try to find somebody who had never understudied in this theater before.”
With that, the 48-year outdated launched Lin-Manuel Miranda as his reunion stand-in.
James Van Der Beek attends the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Picture by Frazer Harrison/Getty Pictures)
In an Instagram submit on Sunday, the veteran actor wrote that he was “gutted” after growing two totally different abdomen viruses, though he assured followers that he would have an “understudy,” who he confirmed to be Miranda on the time.
Again in March, in the meantime, Van Der Beek spoke to Folks journal about his aforementioned prognosis.
“I have colorectal cancer. I’ve been privately dealing with this diagnosis and have been taking steps to resolve it, with the support of my incredible family,” he mentioned again then, including:
“There’s reason for optimism, and I’m feeling good.”
Van Der Beek and his spouse Kimberly have six youngsters: Olivia, Joshua, Annabel, Emilia, Gwendolyn and Jeremiah.
James Van Der Beek together with his youngsters attends Operation Smile’s eleventh annual Celeb Ski and Smile Problem offered by Alphapals, Barefoot Goals and the St. Regis Deer Valley on April 1, 2023 in Park Metropolis, Utah. (Picture by Alex Goodlett/Getty Pictures for Operation Smile)
Throughout the occasion — which perhaps featured Jackson and Holmes exhibiting off their romance — Kimberly and the couple’s youngsters joined the forged onstage to sing Paula Cole’s “I Don’t Want To Wait,” which served because the present’s theme tune.
“Miracles do happen — and they happen all the time,” the star mentioned in November. “It’s scary on the onset. It’s overwhelming. Go simple on your self. You bought this.
“I’ve really been so blessed with my wife and kids. I’ve got a lot to live for, and it’s a beautiful life.”
