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"James Van Der Beek has revealed that there will be a plot based around Dancing with the Stars on Don&amp;#039;t Trust The B**** In Apartment 23. Van Der Beek plays himself on the upcoming ABC comedy and explained that he thought it would be fun to see his character compete in the talent show. The former Dawson&amp;#039;s Creek star told TV Guide that guest star Dean Cain will play his rival on the contest. &amp;quot;Dean&amp;#039;s a great sport,&amp;quot; Van Der Beek said. &amp;quot;He totally gets it. He has a great comic timing actually. It&amp;#039;s kind of like a brotherhood of people who went through a show where the character&amp;#039;s name is in the title. You look at each other, nod, and go, &amp;#039;I understand&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Van Der Beek also revealed that Dancing with the Stars professional Karina Smirnoff will appear on the programme as Cain&amp;#039;s partner and added that his character is &amp;quot;completely blind&amp;quot; when he begins competing. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s so narcissistic to the point where he doesn&amp;#039;t even realise there are other people in the universe sometimes,&amp;quot; he joked. &amp;quot;This is our way of skewering this kind of actor and pop culture in general. So when he joins Dancing with the Stars, he&amp;#039;s convinced this is the be-all, end-all. &amp;quot;When he first gets his partner, it&amp;#039;s not the partner that&amp;#039;s going to allow him to win. He just goes into complete panic mode and will stop at nothing until he gets the right partner.&amp;quot; Don&amp;#039;t Trust The B**** In Apartment 23, which will also feature guest appearances from stars including Kiernan Shipka and Nora Dunn, has not yet been given an air date by ABC. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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