NCIS: “I learned it the hard way” … Cote De Pablo (Ziva) returns to the unexpected reprimand from Mark Harmon (Gibbs) – News Series

In addition to the NCIS spin-off based on the characters of Ziva and DiNozzo, their actors have launched their own podcast called “Off Duty.” The opportunity for them to watch all the episodes of the flagship CBS series and reveal multiple anecdotes about the filming.

And very recently, Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly welcomed Sean Murray who plays Tim McGee. A special guest! It was during this very special moment that the actress made some rather unexpected revelations about Mark Harmon (Gibbs).

She explains : “You shouldn’t take sick leave. I learned that the hard way. When I came on in season 3, I was really, really sick. I had a doctor come to my house and I had a terrible fever. He said, ‘You can’t go to work.'”

“I figured if the doctor told me I couldn’t go to work, I had to follow his instructions. So I made the big mistake of staying home and when I went back to the set, Mark came to see me. He was nice but he was strict and he told me I had to come to the set and it was up to them to decide if I was sick or not.”

She goes on to explain: “‘You have to come in and then we’ll decide how to handle it.’ I don’t think I got sick again after that, actually. But mentally, I think it does something. And when you think about it, anybody can do their job when they’re sick, whether they do it well or not. But nobody can play McGee or DiNozzo for you.”

Ziva’s interpreter concludes: “So you always have to be there and it’s a monstrous pressure.” Fortunately, this little reprimand did not damage the good relationship of Cote de Pablo and of Mark Harmon !