This is exactly what happened to actor James Van Der Beek when he received a colorectal cancer diagnosis.Van Der Beek rose to fame in the late '90s and early 2000s as every millennial teenage girl's favourite character Dawson Leery on the teen drama series Dawson's Creek.

Van Der Beek revealed to PEOPLE last year that he is fighting colorectal cancer James Van Der Beek has the full support of his Dawson's Creek family as his cancer journey continues. On the Tuesday, April 22,

The Fringe actor said that his Dawson's costars — including Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes, and Busy Philipps — have rallied around James Van Der Beek in the wake of his colorectal cancer diagnosis."James is going through something really truly terrible right now,