Scott Caan, Dania Ramirez on difficulties of starring in missing-persons drama as real-life parents

Scott Caan is a detective in FOX's new show "Alert: Missing Persons Unit," where his character works with his ex-wife -- played by Dania Ramirez -- to find their missing son.

"When I read things, I don't think about what kind of a show it is. I just, you know, find ‑‑ if I can find something in myself that I can put into this character, then that's what ‑‑ that's what makes me decide I want to do something," Caan said of what drew him to the role during FOX's press day.  Lori Bashian is an entertainment production assistant for Fox News Digital. 

"I'm grateful to be given a job too," Caan added. "I don't do a lot of questioning when it comes to what kind of a show it is. I'm grateful to be hired, and I like to work. And I think that there's a lot of ‑‑ there's a lot of acting problems in this show that I enjoy, and there is a lot of things that make this show something that is different than anything out there."