Greater than 20 years after originating the function of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Mark Harmon is getting ready to step again into the world of NCIS in a unique capability.
After departing the present throughout season 19 again in 2021, the Golden Globe nominee mentioned his function as narrator and government producer on the upcoming spin-off NCIS: Origins, premiering October 14 on CBS, as he appeared Saturday on the present’s TCA panel.
“I’m simply happy to be a part of it,” mentioned Harmon. “And I’m a distant a part of it often because I’m not there to make any large strikes or something. I’m simply there to help. And the way can I assist? And when you want my assist, nice. And if not, that’s okay too. And thus far, they’re all doing simply superb.”
Mark EPs on the present alongside together with his son Sean Harmon, who beforehand recurred on the father or mother collection as a youthful model of his father’s character and in the end got here up with the concept for the spin-off. Austin Stowell will painting Gibbs within the new collection.
“I don’t know what to say apart from I’m happy to be a part of this staff,” mentioned Mark Harmon on Saturday. “And I’m superb with the step again to let this solid do their work. We spent plenty of time in rooms, discovering this group that sits in entrance of you.”
Mark Harmo and son Sean Harmon communicate onstage on the NCIS: Origins panel throughout the CBS Community portion of the 2024 TCA Summer time Press Tour on July 13, 2024 in Pasadena, California. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Pictures)
He added, “And we’re one week in. One week, however I really like this solid. And I really like what I’ve seen on dailies and what I’ve seen on set.”
After scaling again his onscreen duties, Mark Harmon stepped down from NCIS in 2021 however stays an EP. He praised CBS throughout Saturday’s panel for sticking with the present regardless of rising pains.
“On the time, I used to be touring and doing motion pictures and stuff and gone lots,” he recalled of filming Season 1. “We had a younger household. Sean was very younger, and I simply needed to remain residence extra. And I didn’t take into consideration doing a TV collection in any respect, however I learn the script and preferred it, preferred the character, beloved the identify, Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
“Was making an attempt to remain residence extra, clearly. First day was 22 hours. Didn’t precisely work out like I had thought. We had plenty of these days the primary 4 years. And it took some time. Individuals assume this present jumped off. It didn’t. And I’m grateful at all times to CBS that was in third place and actually didn’t have rather more to placed on. As a result of I believe on different networks, we’d’ve been gone. You’re not on condition that likelihood to develop. You’re not on condition that likelihood to search out the precise solid,” added Mark.
