
NCISâ Ziva star Cote de Pablo has shared the âawfulâ reality of working closely with Tony DiNozzo actor Michael Weatherly.
NCIS Tony and Ziva is the long-awaited NCIS spin-off which sees what former agents Ziva David (played by Cote de Pablo) and Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) have been up to since starting over in Paris.
As fans wait for the new series to land on Thursday, September 4, on Paramount+, Pablo and Weatherly have been busy working on their podcast Off Duty: An NCIS Rewatch.It is during their conversations with former co-stars that the pair delve into what really went on behind the scenes of NCIS and the truth came out while talking to Sasha Alexander.
As the former Kate Todd star spoke of her experience filming NCIS, Pablo began hysterically laughing which is far from the first time when Weatherly was in the room.
She explained: âThere are moments that I catch myself [laughing] and weâll be in the middle of talking to somebody.
âAnd I think you and I [Weatherly] have worked together for so many years that if you start laughing at something I say, it just immediately lights me up.
âAnd I started laughing and -â, Pablo began before Weatherly added: âAnd it all goes sideways.â
Pablo clarified: âBut by the way, it used to happen on set too in the middle of a take. It was awful and so wonderful but it was awful.â
But not everyone was impressed by the stars’ antics as Weatherly shared: “It used to happen so much. We’d do the same thing. When we got on a laughing tank and especially when you’re punchy and it’s late and then certain other fellow cast members would not be as amused.”
âWe were like toddlers,â Alexander quipped.
Pablo then reminisced with a smile: âOr directors. Remember we had Tom Wright who was like âCut it out!â and that would make it worse.â
When NCIS Tony and Ziva does come out, it will see the pair go on the run across Europe after his security company is attacked.
The spin-off will not only delve into the mysterious attack itself but Tony and Zivaâs turbulent dynamic, as well as their relationship with daughter Tali (Isla Gie).