Flavour of the decade…Action heroes come from Australia, “I think it is something in the Australian water,” joked Christopher Egan, who plays a modern-day David (of Goliath-slaying fame) in NBC’s new “Kings.”

…Egan was just 16 when he landed a role on “Home and Away“. Then he studied the American accent with a dialect coach for six months and was ready for the jump.

…”It doesn’t really matter how much coaching you have,” he said. “You really have to be living in America” to get the accent right.

…”The biggest thing was seeing how many talented people there are in L.A. and how few jobs there really are.” He was soon landing some of them, including a guest spot in “Everwood,” a regular role in “Vanished” and now “Kings.”

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