Article continues below advertisementThough James Van Der Beek had to drop out at the last minute from attending the Dawson's Creek reunion on Monday, September 22, due to illness, the actor filmed a short video that played at the NYC event.The actor, who revealed he's battling a stomach virus amid his colorectal cancer battle, admitted he had been "looking forward to this night for months and months ever since my angel Michelle Williams said she was putting it together.