Many actors walked through the door of the team's headquarters to respond to the NFIS team in the yard. Some were relatively fresh, but NCIS also had many roles with actors who had a lot of pedigree before joining the show. Actors like Mark Harmon (as team leader Leroy Ethetro Gibbs, who originally had a very different name), David McCallum (Dr. Donald "Daki" Malard), Lauren Holly (director Eneno Shepard), Gary Cole (Alden Parker) and Wilmer Valderama (Nick Torres) all tasted success in previous projects before NCIS, but even one name.

In a joint oral history interview with Hollywood reporterSeveral manufacturers of the show discussed casting, and they found that Aniston's name was once at the table to play tragic Caitlin Todd, a role that eventually went to Sasha Alexander. "I think Ennenifer Aniston was available at the time, and her name was floating," said NCIS executive producer Charles Floyd Nsonson. The director of the show's casting, Susan Blustin, specified that Aniston had never learned about their potential interest to throw it away. "I don't remember offering ENNENIER Aniston. Jennifer Aniston could have been a very good name we talked to, "Bluestin said.

Caitlin's character "Kate" would have been a serious departure from the usual comic price of "Friends" Starvers, Ennenifer Aniston. Todd's two -season bow with the show, after all, is extremely tragic and ends with shocking death, the politeness of the NCIS "Antagonist Ari Hassvari (Rudolf Martin). Perhaps the rough nail polish is combined with the fact that Aniston was primarily known as the comedian, led to the decision to never reach the actress. However, while Sasha Alexander did a great job like Todd, who knows? Perhaps the takeover of Aniston's character would change its nail polish significantly, potentially even leading to a longer NCIS mandate.

As is the case, Kate Todd's role was not the only one that went through some very strange casting thoughts. In particular, Leroy Ethetro Gibbs proved to be a heavy nut for cracking. In the Hollywood reporter's article, people behind NCIS have revealed that Actors who were thought to play Gibbs before Harmon It was moving from relatively serious options Scott Glenn and Andev McCarthy to review the fog for Harrison Ford's likes, Patrick Wwejce and Charlie Sheen.

Despite these fascinating names floating around, co-creator NCIS Donald P. Belisario and others ended up having a pretty strong opinion on the casting of the show-to-the degree that Belisario at one point threatened to cancel the show for one casting decision. Knowing this and the long -standing success of the show, it is probably that the people playing the roles are the absolute best available.