James Van Der Beek says Michelle Williams is way beyond her years

Michelle Williams' 'Dawson's Creek' co-star James Van Der Beek has praised the Hollywood beauty, saying that she was always a deep thinker and way beyond her years.

The 37-year-old actor told the New York Post that the stunning actress was always incredibly smart.

Beek said that he always joked that he and the duo's co-stars of the show, including Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson, would be asking her for a job because he thought she would produce and write.

The blonde beauty was the youngest in the cast, age-wise, and the oldest in every other way, he added.