Dawson's Creek's James Van Der Beek On His New Holiday Film

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Hallmark Channel's latest holiday offering, Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle (Saturday at 8/7c) has a secret weapon. "I don't think everybody has Doris Roberts," says the film's leading man, James Van Der Beek. "She's our ace in the hole."

In the film, based on the Macomber novel of the same name, Van Der Beek plays Seth Webster, a recently widowed father of two in desperate search of a nanny - and the strength to move past his wife's death. Enter Roberts as Mrs. Emily Merkle, a nanny who not only works her magic on the laundry and dirty dishes, but also on Webster's love life.

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While Emmy winner Roberts plays the title role, Mrs. Miracle represents a return to form for Van Der Beek, who has branched out to play darker roles since the wholesome, introspective Dawson's Creek closed up shop.

"I've done so many dark characters," he says, bringing to mind the serial killer he played on Criminal Minds and the sleazy financier he played on The Forgotten earlier this month. "The idea of going into a safe, Christmas-y world where I played a father, which I hadn't done before, where I didn't kill anybody and I didn't have any severe mental disabilities ... it just appealed to me, to kind of go back and play a nice guy for a change."

But Van Der Beek makes it clear that his biggest motivation for doing Mrs. Miracle was the opportunity to work with Roberts. "She's one of those iconic actors and just such a force of nature," he says. "She's so good, and I thought this could be really fun."

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cookiegal

I really like Dawson's creek and all but this looks like SPAM!