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"Sean Bean has revealed that he will have a &amp;quot;quite substantial&amp;quot; presence in Missing despite being killed off in the pilot episode.  The Game of Thrones actor&amp;#039;s character Paul was seemingly murdered by a car bomb within the opening minutes of the ABC drama, which focuses on his widow and ex-CIA agent Becca (Ashley Judd) searching for her kidnapped son.  &amp;quot;I get exploded [but] you&amp;#039;ll see me in flashback and that&amp;#039;s the story that unfolds between Paul and Becca,&amp;quot; he told Entertainment Weekly. &amp;quot;It starts off back-to-front, in a way. &amp;quot;The flashbacks are quite substantial. You find out who she is and who Paul is, and what their relationship is all about... there&amp;#039;s a tension between them. You don&amp;#039;t really know what he&amp;#039;s into and she doesn&amp;#039;t know either.&amp;quot; Asked to confirm if his character really is dead, given that the camera cut away from the car before it exploded, Bean simply teased: &amp;quot;Uh, I cant remember.&amp;quot; Missing creator Gregory Poirier recently revealed that Judd was the show&amp;#039;s first choice for the lead role.  &amp;quot;She was the prototype for this role,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;She has an ability to show a depth of character, but also a vulnerability, and she can show her pain. At the same time, she can kick ass.&amp;quot; Missing airs Thursdays at 8pm ET on ABC.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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