{"id":3219,"date":"2025-07-29T20:43:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:43:50","slug":"ncis-tony-ziva-stars-michael-weatherly-cote-de-pablo-strike-a-pose-in-our-sdcc-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3219","title":{"rendered":"\u2018NCIS: Tony & Ziva\u2019 Stars Michael Weatherly & Cote de Pablo Strike a Pose in Our SDCC Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tony and Ziva are together again! And what better way to (grab your) gear up for the NCIS spinoff premiering in September on Paramount+ than to see Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo together again?<\/p>\n

The stars and executive producers, along with showrunner John McNamara, were on hand at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 to promote the new series, and the three of them stopped by TV Insider and TV Guide Magazine\u2019s studio to talk all things NCIS: Tony & Ziva and pose for some photos.<\/p>\n

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Seeing how much fun Weatherly and de Pablo have together shows us just why we needed this new series \u2014 it\u2019s been over a decade since they\u2019ve shared the screen! Cote de Pablo left NCIS in its 11th season, with Weatherly following in its 13th, and while both have been back, they\u2019ve never returned at the same time. They shared with TV Insider in June 2024 that they checked in with each other about those reprisals.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMichael and I talked about my return in 2019, and I remember calling because we already had the idea of Tony and Ziva and [playing these characters again],\u201d de Pablo said. \u201cAnd I said, \u2018Do you think this would get in the way?\u2019 And he said, \u2018No, this would not get in the way.\u2019 And so in a way, I got a green light from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, when it was Weatherly\u2019s turn, for the episode paying tribute to the late David McCallum, \u201cHe said, \u2018I really want to go back.\u2019 And I said, \u2018Well, if you go back, I\u2019m not going to go back because we can\u2019t both be back because then it gets in the way of the spinoff,\u2019\u201d she recalled. \u201cSo I said, \u2018I know that you had a very special relationship with McCallum, and I think if you really want to do it, you should go, which means I have to sit this one out.\u2019 So we\u2019ve worked from the get-go for many years as a partnership, which means at times we have to confide in each other and sort of ask permission to do things in order to allow the other one to sit down or for things not to get in the way of the final objective, which is really to make this show and to give the audience the element of surprise on that show.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Scroll down to check out the portraits of Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, and John McNamara.<\/p>\n

NCIS: Tony & Ziva, Series Premiere, Thursday, September 4, Paramount+<\/p>\n

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