While on stage before an audience of Dawson's Creek fans, Van Der Beek shared his first impressions of his castmates, Katie Holmes, who played Joey Potter, and Joshua Jackson, who played Pacey Witter. As Dawson's Creek viewers are aware, both Pacey and Dawson had romantic relationships with Joey over the course of the show.

Katie Holmes, who starred opposite James Van Der Beek in Dawson’s Creek, has paid tribute to her co-star after his death.