NCISwriters and executive producers David J.
So it’s like this giant puzzle that we’re working with.
Another piece was finding an actor who couldfill Harmons historic shoes.
Austin Stowell in ‘NCIS: Origins’.Sonja Flemming/CBS
That is, untilAustin Stowellentered the room.
We just knew when Austin came in that he was Gibbs, he recalls.
At the end of the audition, after some direction from Mark, he said, There you go.
Austin Stowell and Mariel Molino on ‘NCIS: Origins’.Sonja Flemming/CBS
If I were you, I would just walk out of the room right now, Stowell recalls.
So I just walked out of the room.
I went back to Vermont and went back about my life.
‘NCIS: Origins’.Sonja Flemming/CBS
Where I live is off the grid a bit, Stowell explains.
So, truly, two minutes before then, I wouldn’t have gotten the call.
We laughed so hard about that, North says.)
I just want to give everything to this.
I know what it means to the fans.
I know what Gibbs represents to a whole lot of people out there.
There’s lots of firsts going on right now.
He is very much still reeling from the immense loss of his family onNCIS: Origins.
It’s a more raw look at these characters.
Gets much more personal.
The dynamic between Gibbs and Franks is complicated, North says.
We don’t have any of that," North says.
“That’s really solved by investigation skills and thinking things through.
And so I wanted to double-check I was paying respect to the man and to the character.
We talked about Gibbs Sense, like Spidey Sense, he teases.
He isn’t fully formed.
NCIS: Originspremieres on Monday, Oct. 14, at 10 p.m. ET/PT, on CBS.
