Origins casts his Ducky & Abby replacements for Gibbs’ prequel team

The prequel NCIS: Origins Casts his Abby and Ducky replacements for Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Mike Franks’ prequel team. After the divisive cancellation of NCIS: HawaiiCBS is once again expanding its top-rated procedural franchise. This time, however, it’s a prequel story with the Origin story of Mark Harmon’s Leroy Jethro Gibbs. NCIS: Origins has recast young Gibbs with Austin Stowell, who will play the character in the ’90s, during his first decade at the agency under Mike Franks’ (Kyle Schmid) tutelage. Aside from the couple and Diany Rodriguez’s Vera Strickland, the rest of the team are new characters.

A new report from Variety reveals that NCIS: Origins has cast his version of Pauly Perrette’s Abby Sciuto and David McCallum’s Ducky Mallard with Bobby Moynihan and Lori Petty, respectively. Moynihan will portray Woodrow “Woody” Brown“The wildly overworked senior chemist and director of the NIS forensic lab, who compensates for his lack of sleep with an uncanny sense of humor. Meanwhile, Petty will play Dr. Lenore Friedman, “A Seasoned Pathologist in the San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office.”

As Friedman & Woody in NCIS: Origins shapes Gibbs MCRT original team

Abby & Ducky were part of Gibbs’ inaugural team in NCIS

Ducky and Abby are part of NCIS‘Original team. In fact, their involvement in the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) predates the events of the flagship series, since they were Already members of Gibbs’ squad during the show’s flagship backdoor pilot in JAG. Bringing in Moynihan and Petty like Friedman and Brown is a way to fill the void in what is technically a nice version of MCRT. However, aside from their roles on the team, it’s also likely that this is CBS’ way of bringing new, yet familiar, character types into the upcoming NCIS Prequel.

Joining Young Gibbs, Franks, Strickland, Friedman and Brown in the core cast of NCIS: Origins are all fresh characters to the police procedural franchise, that being Mariel Molino’s Lala, Tyla Abercrumbie’s Mary Jo, and Caleb Martin Foote’s Randy. Gibbs’ experience at Camp Pendleton shapes his unique but effective leadership style in particular NCIS Show. As a newly discharged Marine, his time under Franks will be pivotal in his future. So seeing Gibbs work with people reminiscent of Abby and Ducky could be the sentimental reason why he eventually develops a close relationship with Perrette and McCallum’s characters.

Apart from the production NCIS: OriginsMark Harmon will also serve as the narrator for the prequel. His voice-overs can confirm this idea, offering the project a chance to establish its connection to the main show despite not being able to do any crossovers. Finally, while NCIS: Origins Is really about Gibbs, his ensemble will be integral in his chance to succeed. So, it will also be interesting to see how Frank’s team will perform in comparison to his MCRT team.

What the original Abby & Ducky actors are doing now

Perrette and McCallum no longer play

Pauly Perrette’s final episode of NCIS How Abby appeared in 2018. While she appeared in another series in 2020, broken, She has since retired from the world of acting. This does not mean that she has completely left the entertainment industry. Perrette has also worked as a director and producer since leaving the show. She appeared in the documentary short Red ribbons of love In 2023, however, he also produced and directed the short. She is also one of the producers of the documentary Studio One Forever.

David McCallum’s Ducky appeared in his latest episode of NCIS in 2024 through previously recorded footage. The legendary actor, who starred in The Great Escape And The man of the uncle in the 1960s, died in 2024. He had already scaled back his work on the series in the years leading up to his death, opening the door for Brian Dietzen’s Jimmy Palmer to take on a larger role on the show.

with these NCIS Franchise expanding with multiple spin-offs in the near future like NCIS: OriginsThere will be more opportunities for new characters to become fan-favorites and for similar character types to be explored in new ways within the franchise.

Source: Variety