“NCIS”Emily Wickersham, star “intimated”When Cote de Pablo was replaced. “Obviously everyone loved Ziva,”Wickersham confessed to the truth during an Instagram live video (via Showbiz CheatSheet) with Wilmer Valderrama. “And I was so intimidated and nervous about what the fans were going to think about my character.”Wickersham said the New York Post
“My first day here, I was really, really nervous and intimidated. When I get nervous, my heart races and I talk more than I usually do.”Loyal fans of “NCIS”Many were deeply attached to Agent Ziva Dave and her romance, Anthony DiNozzo. Others even thought Micheal Wetterly and de Pablo had a real-life relationship.Wickersham’s nervousness about being on is a further reason to be on “NCIS”She had never owned a gun before. Wickersham shared her story with the New York Post
“I had never held a gun in my life, but my character becomes an agent so I had to know how to shoot.”The “NCIS” newbie explained, “The tech adviser took me to the gun range, and I felt like the gun was going to turn around and shoot me, even though I was pointing it away … and I went to Camp Pendelton — hardcore! — and met with real NCIS agents, which was pretty cool.”Naturally, viewers fell in love with Eleanor Bishop and Wickersham was the Bishop between 2013-2021.