Every great fictional character has a great name. Duncan Ajdaho, Atikus Finch, Ebenzer Scrooge, Spike Spiegel; All of these are names that immediately sound too good to be selected at random and too evoked not to belong to an unforgettable character. These are the kind of names that make everyone go, "to whomever the name belongs is either total Badas or at least a very interesting person."

Such is the case with Leroy Etetro Gibbs, the main character of the procedural military police procedure "NFIS" leading to CBS 22 seasons of this writing. After starring in Adaptation of the classic episode TV film "Twilight Zone"Mark Harmon has become a huge recognizable face on television for nearly two decades as Gibbs, head of the maritime criminal investigation, which was actually introduced for the first time in the episode of Jag before playing at NFIS.

It is so good a name that it was a big part of what attracted Harmon to the role in the first place. Talking to Fun tonight About what he initially interested in the project, Harmon said he read the name Leroy Ethetro Gibbs and thought "I like that name". Unfortunately for him, "for a short second when I decided that I liked the idea of ​​the project, the name changed."

So it is, we almost had a "NCIS", starring Mark Sharmon, as, according to the actor, it was almost "Bob Nsonson or something like that" name just screaming ", Meh".

As Sharmon says, it was not the network that the name wanted to change, but the creator of "NCIS" Donald P. Belisario who almost changed his mind. He explained:

"I went," No, no, we must be Leroy Ethetro Gibbs, "Harmon continued." The Creator said, "No, you can't play a man named Leroy Ethetro Gibbs," and I said, "Why not?" "The actor and The writer continued. "And then he came back and I was happy about it."

However, in the end, the name stuck and harmmon He continued to play Gibbs 19 seasons until he left NFIS. The character proved to be popular enough that even as it expanded, Harmon remained a child on the franchise and Gibbs even continued to get his story of origin through a series of prophecies.

Even if Harmon was stuck in the drama behind the scenes during his time at NFIS led to what Pauli Pereett withdrew from acting because of clashes with HarmonIt is not denied that at least Leroy Ethetro Gibbs remains a fictional name of Badass.