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

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."

Date：2009-12-8　【Return】