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"James Purefoy has described his role on The Following as the darkest character he has ever played. The English actor plays Joe Carroll - the serial killer nemesis of Kevin Bacon&amp;#039;s FBI agent Ryan Hardy - on the new US drama.  &amp;gt; Kevin Bacon&amp;#039;s The Following does not glorify violence, says Fox boss &amp;gt; The Following is &amp;#039;fast-paced adrenaline rush&amp;#039;, says Kevin Williamson &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a man who is nihilistic to the Nth degree, who celebrates death... he&amp;#039;s pretty bloody frightening!&amp;quot; said Purefoy. &amp;quot;He wants to get Ryan and cause him immeasurable pain.&amp;quot; Purefoy went on to describe The Following - which has been created by Scream&amp;#039;s Kevin Williamson - as &amp;quot;incredibly exciting television&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s fast-paced, you never know what&amp;#039;s going to happen next,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;Just when you think you&amp;#039;re safe, the writer pulls the rug out from underneath you and spins the audience off in a different direction.&amp;quot; The Following debuts on Sky Atlantic in the UK on Tuesday, January 22 at 10pm. The series premieres a day earlier on Fox in the US. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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