James Van Der Beek Prepared To Mock Themself On ABC Comedy

First Released: The month of january 10, 2012 2:20 PM EST Credit: ABC La, Calif. -- Caption James Van Der Beek encourages Dont Trust The B In Apartment 23 in the Television Experts Association Winter Session 2012, Pasadena, The month of january 10, 2012James Van Der Beek is playing a publish-Dawsons Creek James Van Der Beek in Basic steps Dont Trust the B----- In Apartment 23, which premieres April 11 on ABC. I needed to audition against six other James Van Der Beeks with this role. I had been lucky that four of these weren't stars and 2 of these didn't speak British, the actor chuckled because he required part inside a panel to advertise his new show in the Television Experts Association Winter 2012 Session in Pasadena, Calif. on Tuesday. Within the half-hour comedy, that also stars Krysten Ritter (Gilmore Women, Veronica Mars) because the B (yes, its short for your word), James plays a imaginary version of themself, who's single and a minimum of within the pilot pleased to use his Dawson fame to find the ladies. This character is simply type of crazy, he stated from the imaginary James. Hes really sweet, but hes narcissistic. Hes got a lot of blind spots, it has been really fun to type of exploit individuals blind spots and go so far as we're able to in to the land of absurd, but simply ensure that it stays grounded in some way. Within the pilot, you will find numerous references to James past work (remember his scene with Ali Larter in College Blues?), however the real existence actor told the shows producers he was prepared to enjoy his past. I stated to Natch (Executive Producer Nahnatchka Khan) and David (Hemington, E.P.) at the start, Dont be scared of problem me, go with what is funniest, he stated. When requested throughout the panel how lengthy it required following the finish of Dawsons Creek to become comfortable making fun of his past work, James displayed exactly the same spontaneity hes displayed lately in the online Funny Or Die clips. I believe when the residual money went out (laughs), it grew to become OK to poker fun at it, he smiled. Fortunately theyve stored me around lengthy enough to possess a second coming and it is much more fun not to take myself so seriously Its fun to possess a large amount of laughs The actual reason to get this done it had been by far was easily the funniest script Id read. The very first episode includes a fun mention of the Dawsons penchant for flannels, but James accepted he never pocketed among the famous clothing products from his youth. I figured my mother may have stored one strangely enough, he stated, mentioning he known as her up lately to check on. She was without any flannels. I believe theyve all gone the clear way of Salvation Military at this time. Although James is able to play a parody version of themself on television, using his real title has led to an apology to his child. Every every now and then I return the place to find my daughter and say, Sorry [for] what Im doing towards the family title, kiddo, he stated. Dont Trust The B---- In Apartment 23, premieres April 11 at 9:30 EST/PST on ABC. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.