{"id":2042766,"date":"2025-09-23T03:32:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T03:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2042766"},"modified":"2025-09-23T03:32:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T03:32:52","slug":"james-van-der-beek-will-miss-dawsons-creek-reunion-amid-cancer-battle-worst-possible-moment-star-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-van-der-beek-will-miss-dawsons-creek-reunion-amid-cancer-battle-worst-possible-moment-star-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"James Van Der Beek Will Miss \u2018Dawson\u2019s Creek\u2019 Reunion Amid Cancer Battle: \u2018Worst Possible Moment\u2019 \u2013 Star Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fans hoping to see the original Dawson\u2019s Creek<\/em> cast together again at a charity event on Monday, September 22, will have to wait.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite every effort\u2026 I won\u2019t get to be there,\u201d James Van Der Beek<\/strong> \u2014 who is battling<\/a> Stage 3 colorectal cancer \u2014 announced on Instagram<\/a> on Sunday, September 21.<\/p>\n

The Dancing with the Stars<\/em> alum, 48, revealed that he was \u201cgutted\u201d when \u201ctwo stomach viruses conspired to knock me out of commission and keep me grounded at the worst possible moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michelle Williams<\/strong>, who starred on the WB series with him from 1998 to 2003, had organized the reunion to benefit Van Der Beek and the F Cancer charity.<\/p>\n

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The original cast \u2014 including Williams, Katie Holmes<\/strong><\/a>, Joshua Jackson<\/strong>, Mary Beth Peil<\/strong>, John Wesley Shipp<\/strong>, Mary-Margaret Hume<\/strong>, Nina Repeta<\/strong>, Kerr Smith<\/strong>, Meredith Monroe<\/strong> and Busy Philipps<\/strong> \u2014 will do a live reading<\/a> of the show\u2019s pilot episode at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cI DO have an understudy.\u00a0 A ridiculously overqualified replacement\u2026. Someone my kids would definitely consider an upgrade over me,\u201d Van Der Beek added, revealing that Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/strong> will be playing the role of Dawson for the event.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou were a hero to my kids before,\u201d he gushed to the Hamilton<\/em> creator, 45. \u201cNow you\u2019re a demigod \ud83d\ude07\u201d<\/p>\n

The father of six, who is now based in Texas, finished by urging the audience to \u201cplease enjoy all the love in that room. Shine some on my family<\/a>.\u00a0 I will be beaming and receiving from afar in a bed in Austin.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n