'NCIS' Season 13 Cast News, Update: Former Series Star Confirms Character's Involvement
Fans who are keeping close tabs on the casting side of CBS' hit police procedural drama TV series "NCIS" Season 13 may already know that there will be a "significant" guest cast who will be appearing when the show finally bids goodbye to one of its pioneer stars, Michael Weatherly. The latter plays the fan-favorite NCIS Special Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo who will now be exiting the long-running series.
Series executive Gary Glasberg previously spoke with TVLine saying that these appearances will help the viewers to "reflect" on what the series star really meant for the show.
Over the course of few months, there have been talks indicating the possibility that among those who will return is Cote de Pablo, who plays another well-loved character, Ziva David. But the latest reports confirmed that the 36-year-old won't be joining the send-off party in the Season 13 finale.
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The Chilean actress herself, dropped the bomb during a Q&A session at the Babson College where she promotes her new film, "The 33."
One fan-made video taken during the affair has Ziva heard as saying:
"...And scripts not being good enough, I chose not to."
"Look, I love this character. I worked eight years crafting this character and loving her and when I felt or perceived that the character was not being treated with the respect she deserved all the money in the world couldn't bring me back," the star went on to explain as the audience expressed their dismay.
De Pablo however made it clear that she remains "very close" with Weatherly and the rest of the cast.
"NCIS" Season 13 is currently on hiatus and won't be back until next week. The Futon Critic drops the synopsis for the upcoming episode titled "Homefront" where the squad will be looking into a case of a failed home invasion. Meanwhile, NCIS' own will fly to London with the executive officer of the FBI to continue their investigation on the escaped British spy.
