In the crime series NCIS, actress Cote de Pablo joined the main cast as Ziva David in season 3. From the first scene one prevailed great attraction between Cote de Pablo’s character Ziva and the character Tony DiNozzo played by Michael Weatherly.
Michael Weatherly supported Cote de Pablo in their love scene with his attentive manner
In the summer, the NCIS cast started their own podcast, Off duty: An NCIS Rewatch. With this project they want to sweeten the waiting time for excited fans until their upcoming spin-off series NCIS: Tony & Ziva.
In one of her podcast episodes, Cote de Pablo unpacks how she nervous before the first one Love scene with Michael Weatherly, as reported by Cinemablend. As soon as she arrived on set, Cote de Pablo realized that her colleague had also given a lot of thought.
For example, even before their scene began, Michael Weatherly assured himself that Cote de Pablo’s choice of deodorant was pleasant:
I remember thinking, ‘Oh my God, he’s really worried.’ And you thought, ‘Oh, is that okay? Is this deodorant OK? And I’m like, ‘Oh my God!’
Cote de Pablo was full of praise for her colleague
Michael Weatherly continued to be very attentive to his fellow actor as their intimate scene continued. So he made sure that Cote de Pablo was in front of the camera showed from its best possible side:
…You did something that was so nice, you grabbed me by my hair, held my head and lifted me up a little so I was standing at a good angle and looking good. I remember thinking, ‘What is he doing?’, because I wasn’t used to that.
As Cote de Pablo continued, this was a new experience for her:
I was used to doing things in the theater or something where you don’t really think about these things. Like the weight, the angle and whether it’s flattering and whether you see a double chin or whatever. And you were very aware of it, and Without me knowing, you protected me. You made me look good.
For many endless seasons, fans of Tony and Ziva – affectionately known as “Tiva” – had to wait for the two to finally find each other.
By upcoming spin-off However, viewers can look forward to a sequel to “Tiva”, in which there will probably be exciting investigations again.