In a 2012 interview, Van Der Beek recalled how he wound up with “almost nothing” from the CW drama series, which aired from 1998 to 2003.
“There was no residual money,” he told Today.com, adding that he “was 20” at the time. “It was a bad contract,” he explained. “I saw almost nothing from that.”
Actress Rachel True — who appeared in two episodes of “Dawson’s Creek” — explained how the actor might have been cheated out of better compensation for his iconic role in the series.
“TV shows not on ABC, CBS, or NBC are considered already ‘syndicated’ & all that means they don’t have to pay proper residuals to actors,” she wrote on Wednesday.
His GoFundMe has already raised nearly $2 million in donations in support of his family.
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