Behind The Scenes: He's Hot

Finally, after the seventh take of a brutal scene in which Jon Voight, who plays a high school coach with a Bill Parcells complex, roughs up Van Der Beek and screams, "you've shown me the kinda smarts that make me wonder if you know the difference between a sneeze and a wet fart," the beleaguered actor limps off the field. Collapsed and guzzling Gatorade in a rare patch of shade, Van Der Beek quietly half-jokes:

"Jesus. What's Katie doing now? A horror movie? Michelle? Ditto? Maybe they had the right idea after all."

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