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Austin Stowell on What Drew Him to Playing 'NCIS Origins' Young Gibbs: 'making mistakes' 

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Austin Stowell visits "The Talk" and reveals what drew him to playing young Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the prequel series "NCIS Origins." On how the series begins, Stowell says, "It is his first day on the job, it's NIS, it's not even NCIS yet, and this is a guy who's had life knock him in the teeth and he's trying to figure it out.... He is a part of this team, he's trying to contribute, he's trying to do his best to prove to himself and to the team he can be a viable member of it. And he's thrown to the wolves right away...he realizes he may have bit off a little more than he can chew." On the original Gibbs played by Mark Harmon, he says, "He's charming and he's confident and he's, you know, he's got all the right answers, shows up at the right time all the time. My character is someone who is making mistakes and he's learning from those mistakes. And I think that's what drew me to this character from the very beginning.  When I originally read the script, this is a real guy. This is something that everybody can learn from, that's it's okay to make mistakes. We know what he becomes eventually. So how does this hero get created, because heroes aren't born...this is somebody who any of us can be so I think that's a wonderful lesson for all of us, that anybody can be Gibbs." The 2-hour series premiere of "NCIS Origins" airs tonight at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.