This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Watch the trailer for NCIS' Ducky tribute episode NCIS would have looked very different without Michael Weatherly but there was a point where someone else may have taken over the role of charming Tony DiNozzo . Ahead of the spin-off NCIS: Tony and Ziva coming out later this year, stars Michael Weatherly and Ziva David actress Cote de Pablo have teamed up for their new Off Duty: An NCIS Rewatch podcast.
On the series, which is set for 25 episodes, the onscreen couple take a look back at their time on NCIS, both in front and behind the camera, with future guest stars like Sean Murray and Sasha Alexander. The first episode, however, focused on Weatherly and Pablo’s journey on the CBS police procedural, including how they got their roles in the first place. While it was a relatively straightforward journey for the DiNozzo actor in getting onto the set, he was soon put in his place by creator Donald P Bellisario.
Read more: Tragic General Hospital star Johnny Wactor starred in NCIS 5 years before death NCIS boss threatened to replace Michael Weatherly who was ‘shook’ by candid intervention. (Image: CBS) Explaining on the Off Duty podcast, he said: “I was working with Peter Bogdanovich in Australia and we are going to be talking about this with a few of our guests in the future. “But I had a magical dinner with Donald P Bellisario and his family and after the d.