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TV’s number one drama, NCIS Enquêtes spéciales has a pair of explosive (pun intended) episodes coming up (Nov. 16 and Nov. 23 on CBS) that will focus on Israeli weapons expert Ziva David (Cote de Pablo). We caught up with de Pablo to find out what’s in store for Ziva, and whether we should be worried about the future of our favori Chilean actress on NCIS.
We hear there are two big episodes coming up for your character, Ziva. What can toi dish about the episodes?
It’s a two-part episode where the whole Israeli team comes back from Israel, including Ziva's father. So obviously that’s going to be a big thing for Ziva because she finally gets to confront her father for sending her away on, basically, what I would call a suicide mission. They get to see each other after all of that and there’s conflict.
Is Ziva’s dad going to let her know that he’s sorry for what he did?
These characters are able to justify [their actions] because they come from a country that’s at war. toi learn to sympathize with her dad, who’s played so beautifully par Michael Nouri. The audience will get some answers, but there’s plus to come.
Rumor has it that the two-part episode will deal with bombs and bombers. Is stuff going to be blowing up left and right?
Stuff is going to be blowing up, and not only that, but it was a crazy episode to shoot because there were sooo many stunts for me. And so that was a little hard. I had a big fight sequence, I had to shoot a lot—there was a lot of gunfire—and there was one huge explosion in which a whole cuisine blows up and I’m in the middle of it! Needless to say it was fun, but incredibly challenging.
Ziva is a weapons expert, so that means she can create bombs herself, can’t she?
Oh yeah! For sure. We’ve never done it on the montrer so I think its something we’re going to explore. In that particular episode, Abby (Pauley Perrette) asks, ‘can anyone make this type of a bomb?’ and all of the Israeli’s that are in the room raise their hands. It’s kind of funny the way we are all very well taught in the art of making them.
For years, NCIS Enquêtes spéciales fans have been waiting for ZIva and Tony (Michael Weatherly) to become a couple on the show. Is that ever going to happen?
toi know what? I have no idea. But people l’amour that tension between these two characters. It’s great and we definitely play around with it, because we both l’amour it. We enjoy working with each other and there’s an innate chemistry between us.
How does it feel, as a Latina, to be playing one of the biggest badasses on TV, in terms of strong, female characters?
I don’t know how it feels as a Latina, but I’ll tell toi what it feels like as an actor: fantastic! I’m an actor playing a role and I think it’s fantastic that people can play any type of role—and that I am playing this particular role—it’s awesome. We get a lot of Latinos in this montrer that don’t play Latin and the first thing they say is how cool it is that I’m playing an Israeli character.
You’ve been on this montrer for a long time now. Are toi planning to stick around for as long as the montrer does?
We’ll see. toi can say, I want to be here forever, but the truth is toi can only enjoy every jour as it comes and hopefully get the most of it. As of now, I’m in my sixth an and it’s been an awesome journey. We’ll see if I’m lucky enough to come back suivant year. I would l’amour it.
TV’s number one drama, NCIS Enquêtes spéciales has a pair of explosive (pun intended) episodes coming up (Nov. 16 and Nov. 23 on CBS) that will focus on Israeli weapons expert Ziva David (Cote de Pablo). We caught up with de Pablo to find out what’s in store for Ziva, and whether we should be worried about the future of our favori Chilean actress on NCIS.
We hear there are two big episodes coming up for your character, Ziva. What can toi dish about the episodes?
It’s a two-part episode where the whole Israeli team comes back from Israel, including Ziva's father. So obviously that’s going to be a big thing for Ziva because she finally gets to confront her father for sending her away on, basically, what I would call a suicide mission. They get to see each other after all of that and there’s conflict.
Is Ziva’s dad going to let her know that he’s sorry for what he did?
These characters are able to justify [their actions] because they come from a country that’s at war. toi learn to sympathize with her dad, who’s played so beautifully par Michael Nouri. The audience will get some answers, but there’s plus to come.
Rumor has it that the two-part episode will deal with bombs and bombers. Is stuff going to be blowing up left and right?
Stuff is going to be blowing up, and not only that, but it was a crazy episode to shoot because there were sooo many stunts for me. And so that was a little hard. I had a big fight sequence, I had to shoot a lot—there was a lot of gunfire—and there was one huge explosion in which a whole cuisine blows up and I’m in the middle of it! Needless to say it was fun, but incredibly challenging.
Ziva is a weapons expert, so that means she can create bombs herself, can’t she?
Oh yeah! For sure. We’ve never done it on the montrer so I think its something we’re going to explore. In that particular episode, Abby (Pauley Perrette) asks, ‘can anyone make this type of a bomb?’ and all of the Israeli’s that are in the room raise their hands. It’s kind of funny the way we are all very well taught in the art of making them.
For years, NCIS Enquêtes spéciales fans have been waiting for ZIva and Tony (Michael Weatherly) to become a couple on the show. Is that ever going to happen?
toi know what? I have no idea. But people l’amour that tension between these two characters. It’s great and we definitely play around with it, because we both l’amour it. We enjoy working with each other and there’s an innate chemistry between us.
How does it feel, as a Latina, to be playing one of the biggest badasses on TV, in terms of strong, female characters?
I don’t know how it feels as a Latina, but I’ll tell toi what it feels like as an actor: fantastic! I’m an actor playing a role and I think it’s fantastic that people can play any type of role—and that I am playing this particular role—it’s awesome. We get a lot of Latinos in this montrer that don’t play Latin and the first thing they say is how cool it is that I’m playing an Israeli character.
You’ve been on this montrer for a long time now. Are toi planning to stick around for as long as the montrer does?
We’ll see. toi can say, I want to be here forever, but the truth is toi can only enjoy every jour as it comes and hopefully get the most of it. As of now, I’m in my sixth an and it’s been an awesome journey. We’ll see if I’m lucky enough to come back suivant year. I would l’amour it.
"Come on, Elijah. Smile for your Ima."
"I’m telling you, Ziva, that smile the other jour was just gas."
"It was not, Tony. He was smiling and I will get him to smile again."
"Whatever toi say, David."
"Come on, smile, baby. Yes, Mama is shaking your hand. toi l’amour to hold Mama’s hand. Smile."
"I’ve never heard toi talk baby-talk before, Ziva. Frankly, it’s a little scary."
"Would toi rather I yell at him as if I were interrogating him? Because I could do that."
"No toi couldn’t. You’ve gotten soft. And I l’amour it."
"Ah! Tony! Did toi see it? He smiled!"
"It was probably just gas."
"I will kill toi if toi take this away from me. It was a smile."
"I’m telling you, Ziva, that smile the other jour was just gas."
"It was not, Tony. He was smiling and I will get him to smile again."
"Whatever toi say, David."
"Come on, smile, baby. Yes, Mama is shaking your hand. toi l’amour to hold Mama’s hand. Smile."
"I’ve never heard toi talk baby-talk before, Ziva. Frankly, it’s a little scary."
"Would toi rather I yell at him as if I were interrogating him? Because I could do that."
"No toi couldn’t. You’ve gotten soft. And I l’amour it."
"Ah! Tony! Did toi see it? He smiled!"
"It was probably just gas."
"I will kill toi if toi take this away from me. It was a smile."