As NCIS followers know, Leroy Jethro Gibbs has a algorithm. And so they’re very a lot a part of his story within the prequel. “My spouse believed all of us ought to have a code to stay by, a algorithm,” Mark Harmon says in a voiceover on NCIS: Origins. “And I believed in her. So for years, I wrote my very own guidelines down on napkins, scraps of paper. I adopted all of them to the letter.”
And so when Austin Stowell, who performs the younger Gibbs, got here into TV Insider’s workplace through the first half of the season, we needed to discover out whether or not a few of these guidelines extra so apply to him or the model of the character he’s taking part in.
Rule 3, “Don’t imagine what you’re advised, double verify”? “That is so introspective. I really feel like I’m in a remedy session rapidly,” he stated with a smile. “I might say that at this level, this pertains extra to Gibbs than to me, that I’ve acquired some very trusty voices in my head proper now — one in all them being Mark Harmon, who’s been a sage to me throughout this time. I imply, that is anyone who actually did this for 20 years and so he’s getting to present me the within scoop on methods to go about my life proper now. At the beginning, telling me that sleep is overrated.”
Rule 4 — “One of the best ways to maintain a secret: Maintain it to your self. Second finest: Inform one individual—for those who should. There isn’t a third finest.” — very a lot utilized to Gibbs on the time of the interview, after Episode 7, Stowell identified, as he anxious about extra individuals discovering out he killed Pedro Hernandez, the person who murdered his household.
The star additionally stated that Rule 23 (“By no means mess with a Marine’s espresso if you wish to stay”) pertains extra to himself as he takes on the position of Gibbs — although he teased which may change.
Watch the complete video above for extra of Stowell’s takes on a few of Gibbs’ guidelines and the piece of recommendation Harmon gave him earlier than he left his audition.
NCIS: Origins, Midseason Return, Monday, January 27, 10/9c, CBS