James Van Der Beek’s final acting role leaves heartbroken viewers ‘sobbing’

James Van Der Beek plays a local mayoral candidate in Elle (Picture: Prime Video via AP)James Van Der Beek’s final screen role debuted this week to an emotional reception from viewers, after his death aged 48 from cancer.The Dawson’s Creek actor filmed scenes in four episodes of the new Amazon Prime Legally Blonde prequel Elle, before his death in February.In the new eight-parter, Van Der Beek plays Dean Wilson, a local mayoral candidate who befriends Elle’s mum Eva, played by