‘Dawson’s Creek’ Star Kerr Smith on Feeling ‘Isolated’ After Being Told His Character Was Gay: ‘I Never Felt More Like the Fifth Wheel’

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In the exclusive excerpt below, he details his conversations with Kevin Williamson and Greg Berlanti during filming, as well as the discussions in the years that followed. As seen below, the book also includes an interview with James Van Der Beek, conducted in 2025.

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It was probably five or six episodes into season two when you and Kevin blew into town on the jet. GREG : Yeah, I was down there with him when he was coming to tell you.

Just to give some context—because I think it’s important— at that time, straight actors did not want to play gay. Back then, nine out of ten actors who were straight did not want to play gay parts.

Even if they weren’t straight, nine out of ten male actors did not want to play gay parts. So, the fact that you were finding out after being hired was going to say a lot about who you were as a person, just in terms of how you responded.

I don’t think people can understand the pressure most actors would have been under. As far as telling you, we were all thinking it was going to be a disaster… or at least, “Hmmm.

I wonder how this is going to go …” We were shooting in downtown Wilmington that day. Between shots, as they reset lights and turned cameras around, Kevin came up to me at video village, pulled me aside, and said … KEVIN : “Kerr, let’s go get a cup of coffee.” I immediately think, Holy shit, am I being fired?!

Am I about to lose the best job I’ve ever had—six episodes in? Then I thought, Or does he want to make the character gay?

I know that sounds insane, but in the back of my head, I had this idea because the “core four” were facets of Kevin’s personality, and there wasn’t a character on the show that represented his sexuality. “Let’s go get a cup of coffee.” It was a loaded moment, followed by me blurting out… KERR : Yeah, sure, let’s do it!

… as casually as I could with my heart pounding out of my chest. After a block or two of small talk—about the show, the shooting schedule, how things were back in LA—we wound up at this coffee place on Front Street, downtown.

I ordered a caramel macchiato, and we found a table. For what felt like a week, we just sat there.

Then Kevin looked me in the eye and said … KEVIN : Kerr, we’re gonna go down a different avenue with Jack.

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