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" Boardwalk Empire star Michael Shannon has admitted that he feels &amp;quot;disappointed&amp;quot; in his character Nelson Van Alden. The actor told New York Magazine that he did not enjoy filming the scene in which the government agent turned to alcohol. &amp;quot;The thing that disappointed me the most was when he drank,&amp;quot; confirmed Shannon. &amp;quot;Shooting that episode in general was kind of upsetting. I guess I figured he&amp;#039;d probably drink eventually - I just didn&amp;#039;t think it would happen so quickly.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;You don&amp;#039;t know anything when you view the script for the pilot. It&amp;#039;s... like walking out onto a bridge that isn&amp;#039;t finished being built and then they build it as you&amp;#039;re walking across the chasm.&amp;quot; However, Shannon defended Van Alden&amp;#039;s murder of his traitorous partner Agent Sebso. &amp;quot;Sesbo&amp;#039;s a little creep,&amp;quot; he claimed. &amp;quot;He shot the witness. He&amp;#039;s not a good person. Sesbo&amp;#039;s an asshole. I mean, I&amp;#039;m not saying he deserved to die, but he&amp;#039;s not an example of a good guy.&amp;quot; The first season of Boardwalk Empire concludes on December 5 on HBO. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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