Travis Fimmel talks about 'The Beast'

<"the beast,"="" stars="" patrick="" swayze="" as="" a="" not-so-by-the-books="" fbi="" veteran="" (charles="" barker)="" who="" must="" train="" his="" rookie="" partner="" (ellis="" dove),="" played="" by="" travis="" fimmel,="" to="" become="" as="" hard-edged="" and="" psychologically="" clever="" as="" he="" is.="" under="" intense="" pressure="" from="" barker="" to="" become="" a="" chameleon,="" ellis="" never="" knows="" when="" his="" mission="" may="" cost="" him="" his="" life.="" add="" in="" the="" stress="" of="" an="" internal="" affairs="" team="" that="" is="" trying="" to="" recruit="" ellis="" to="" spy="" on="" his="" possibly-rogue="" mentor="" barker,="" and="" you="" have="" the="" recipe="" for="" a="" hit="" new="" aamp;e="" drama.="" a="" lot="" of="" talk="" has="" surrounded="" swayze,="" who="" filmed="" the="" new="" series,="" despite="" battling="" pancreatic="" cancer.="" however,="" it's="" his="" co-star="" fimmel="" who's="" gaining="" acclaim="" with="" his="" portrayal="" of="" rookie="" agent,="" ellis="" dove.="" on="" wednesday="" morning,="" 9news="" spoke="" to="" australian-born="" fimmel="" about="" his="" break-out="" role.="" he="" described="" his="" character="" as="" a="" "lonely="" guy,="" kind="" of="" tortured,="" who="" hasn't="" really="" got="" any="" family.="" he="" really="" looks="" up="" to="" patrick's="" character="" as="" role="" model="" and="" father="" figure.="" there's="" also="" a="" corruption="" thread="" so="" that="" makes="" for="" a="" lot="" of="" tension="" between="" the="" two,="" a="" lot="" of="" mistrust."="" in="" order="" to="" prepare="" for="" his="" role="" as="" an="" fbi="" agent,="" fimmel="" says="" he="" spoke="" to="" police="" officers="" and="" some="" agents="" in="" order="" to="" get="" a="" feel="" for="" how="" the="" character="" would,="" think,="" act="" and="" re-act.="" although="" fimmel="" is="" australian,="" his="" character="" is="" american="" and="" he="" says="" getting="" the="" accent="" down="" is="" just="" a="" matter="" of="" monotony="" and="" working="" at="" the="" script="" and="" practicing="" the="" lines="" until="" you="" get="" them="" down.="" "a="" lot="" repetitive="" work,"="" he="" said.="" working="" with="" swayze="" was="" a="" bit="" surreal,="" fimmel="" told="" us,="" because="" he'd="" grown="" up="" watching="" his="" movies.="" however,="" he="" said="" once="" they="" met="" and="" began="" working="" together,="" they're="" personalities="" clicked,="" saying="" swayze="" is="" "a="" bit="" of="" a="" cowboy="" and="" [he's]="" a="" farm="" boy,="" so="" we="" had="" a="" great="" chemistry="" on="" and="" off-set."="" for="" more="" information="" on="" "the="" beast,"="" click="">Aamp;E's home page. />