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"James Van Der Beek has joked that he is always confused for Mark-Paul Gosselaar. The former Dawson&amp;#039;s Creek star appeared alongside Gosselaar in last night&amp;#039;s episode of Franklin &amp;amp; Bash. However, he admitted that he is surprised that they have not worked together before. &amp;quot;After years of being confused for one another, we actually met,&amp;quot; Van Der Beek told Entertainment Weekly. &amp;quot;I always thought we were the same person. It wasn&amp;#039;t until I saw him on set that I realised we weren&amp;#039;t.&amp;quot; Van Der Beek, who will star in ABC&amp;#039;s new series Apartment 23, also revealed that he is pleased that he is getting more comedy roles and again credited his Funny or Die videos. &amp;quot;The drama [offers] you expect, because that&amp;#039;s what I&amp;#039;ve done before,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;But the comedies, getting offers for that, was a new experience and one I relish.&amp;quot; Apartment 23 will premiere on ABC in midseason and will air on Channel 4 in the UK. &amp;gt; What Dawson Leery did next... &amp;#039;Apartment 23&amp;#039; Watch a trailer for Apartment 23 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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