Facts You (Probably) Didn’t Know About ‘NCIS’

Published on 07/17/2019
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Works Out In The End

Donald P. Bellisario thought about casting Scott Bakula as Gibbs. I know, right?! However just 11 years later, Bakula was actually cast as Special Agent Dwayne Pride, who is Gibbs’s former partner and is now the star of NCIS: New Orleans.

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Works Out In The End

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Gibbs!

Speaking of characters who almost played Gibbs… As if the image didn’t give it away! Harrison Ford (who was in a bit of a slump at the time) was urged to try out for the part of Gibbs. He chose not to do so however. In the very first episode though, Mark Harmon drops For’s name and his classic film Air Force One.

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