And before you ask — no, there won't be any more Dawson's Creek reunions this season.
Source: ABC
BuzzFeed Celeb spoke to James Van Der Beek last week about what it's like to talk about his character of the same name all the time (weird), Don't Trust the B**** in Apartment 23 (crazy), and if there would be any more Dawson's Creek reunions to look forward to in the new season (there aren't).
BuzzFeed: We are loving the new season of Don't Trust the B**** in Apartment 23.
James: Oh, thank you! We're doing a lot of fun things this season.
BuzzFeed: I am especially loving the plot line in which James discovers that the rest of his Dawson's Creek cast mates hate him. Can you tell us anything about how that's going to affect his mind-set for the rest of the season?
James: After the initial Dawson's Creek reunion episode, we kind of left that [idea] behind and it gives us license to just go crazy [with James] and make up all kinds of crazy stuff on his résumé. Like the movie Love Monster, with a giant pink puppet.
BuzzFeed: Is there anything that the writers have pitched for James you would think is too crazy or are you game to do it all?
James: I'm game to do everything. They've yet to come up with an idea where I've thought, Ah, guys, that's a little too insulting, you know. The only criteria [for me] is that we have to make sure nobody's feeling bad or sorry for me. If you're feeling sorry for me then you're not laughing, and that's no good. So as long as people are laughing, we're golden.
BuzzFeed: What made you sign on to play this exaggerated version of yourself in the first place?
James: You know, this is the [same] kind of humor that was really how I kept sane during the Dawson's heyday. These are the kinds of jokes I would make to friends of mine, privately. When you suddenly become famous at 20 [years old], it doesn't make sense on any logical level. I was always the guy [that] if we ever didn't get a table at a restaurant, I would turn to my friends and say, "Does she have any idea who I think I am?" So that's always been my sense of humor, but it's been more or less private up until now. So when this opportunity came along it just felt like a very good fit.