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"The executive producers of Lost have praised Allison Janney. It recently emerged that Janney, who previously starred in The West Wing, will appear in the 15th episode of the show&amp;#039;s final season. Speaking to TV Guide magazine, creator Damon Lindelof revealed that Janney has a major role but added: &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s incredible, but we can&amp;#039;t give away who she&amp;#039;s playing. We will confirm that she will be a woman.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, executive producer Carlton Cuse said: &amp;quot;We were so happy that she was able to do this. It was really hard for her because she was getting ready to shoot a pilot, but she squeezed us in. Then once we saw her in this part we were like, &amp;#039;How could anyone else have done this but Allison Janney?&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Lindelof added that they had called the character &amp;#039;Allison Janney&amp;#039; while writing the script but explained that they had never expected she would agree to join the show until they had a &amp;quot;lovely conversation&amp;quot; on the telephone. Cuse also claimed that Janney&amp;#039;s role required &amp;quot;incredible presence&amp;quot; and said: &amp;quot;She had so much presence in The West Wing. She was in charge and had the strength we needed.&amp;quot; The final season of Lost continues Tuesday at 9/8c on ABC in the US and returns Friday, May 7 at 9pm on Sky1 in the UK. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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