But the creators of the show decided that his character would make a good villain, and so Henry Gale was unmasked as Ben Linus, creepy Other, and Michael Emerson became a series regular and an Emmy nominee. Asked recently what draws him to creepy characters, he answered with a question of his own: why are audiences drawn to these characters? "I don't know what the scary element is. I don't know if it's something in me."
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