{"id":1160,"date":"2024-09-03T19:33:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2024-09-03T19:33:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T19:33:07","slug":"ncis-origins-new-gibbs-will-be-different-because-of-mark-harmon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/?p=1160","title":{"rendered":"NCIS: Origins\u2019 New Gibbs Will Be Different Because Of Mark Harmon"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCIS: Origins will take a different course, thanks to Mark Harmon. The seasoned actor portrayed the legendary Leroy Jethro Gibbs character in the original NCIS series that spun off from the 1990s legal procedural JAG. The NCIS: Origins prequel will explore the origin story of Mark Harmon\u2019s character, but the catch is that the series will go back in time to explore how the Special Agent-in-Charge came to be. Austin Stowell took over the role of Jethro Gibbs for the prequel series, and he will form a new Gibbs persona as he starts at NIS at California\u2019s Camp Pendleton.
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\nThe original actor portrayed Leroy Jethro Gibbs on the flagship for years until Mark Harmon exited NCIS in season 19. While the actor stepped away from the role in 2021, Harmon remains ingrained in the NCIS franchise, working as an executive producer for the flagship series even after his departure. He holds the same role on NCIS: Origins alongside his son, Sean Harmon. As such, Mark Harmon has sizable leverage on how the prequel series turns out and has undoubtedly exercised it. However, Harmon used his leverage to give Stowell freedom with the Jethro Gibbs role.<\/p>\n

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\nMark Harmon\u2019s Advice To Austin Stowell Inevitably Results In A Different Gibbs In NCIS: Origins
\nAustin Stowell Will Create A New Leroy Jethro Gibbs
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\nAs an executive producer for NCIS: Origins,Mark Harmon has had opportunities to impart wisdom to his successor. In an August 2024 TV Insider interview, the NCIS: Origins young Gibbs actor revealed Harmon\u2019s advice for playing the character was simple: \u201cTrust yourself.\u201d The words are powerful, especially from someone with an established presence as the character. Mark Harmon would have every authority, as executive producer and the original Gibbs actor, to try to control the next installment of the character. Instead, his comment suggests he wants Austin Stowell to make the role his own rather than copy his performance.<\/p>\n

The NCIS: Origins series premiere is on CBS on Monday, October 14, at 9 pm Eastern.<\/p>\n

The vote of confidence that Mark Harmon trusts Austin Stowell is significant coming from someone who has played the role for nearly two decades, and Stowell is aware of Harmon\u2019s massive presence as the character. Stowell said, \u201cMark Harmon has done a job that actors dream to do,\u201d in the way he captured the world as Jethro Gibbs. Another comment Stowell made during the interview suggests he understood and will apply Harmon\u2019s advice: \u201cThis is not the Gibbs leader that the world knows now.\u201dStowell\u2019s understanding of the role\u2019s complexity is promising for his success.<\/p>\n

Why Stowell\u2019s Young Gibbs Being Different From Harmon Good For NCIS: Origins
\nStowell Will Bring An Authentic Portrayal Of Gibbs<\/p>\n

Austin Stowell\u2019s interpretation of the role strikes the right balance. Austin Stowell has researched the Gibbs character and understands Mark Harmon\u2019s impressive contributions to television as Jethro Gibbs. Still, Stowell understands that the Gibbs of NCIS: Origins is different. That\u2019s good for NCIS: Origins because while the character has an established presence, Gibbs would have been an entirely different person a dozen years earlier than in 2003 when NCIS debuted. Stowell\u2019s variant of the Gibbs character will encompass what happened to Gibbs\u2019 family in NCIS, with NCIS: Origins exploring how that tragedy affected the future NCIS leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NCIS: Origins will take a different course, thanks to Mark Harmon. The seasoned actor portrayed the legendary Leroy Jethro Gibbs character in the original NCIS series that spun off from the 1990s legal procedural JAG. The NCIS: Origins prequel will explore the origin story of Mark Harmon\u2019s character, but the catch is that the series…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1164,"href":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions\/1164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzzflash1.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}