‘NCIS: Tony & Ziva’s Cote De Pablo Explains Why She Didn’t “Need” An Intimacy Coordinator For The Show: “We Don’t Want To Be Micromanaged” https://t.co/9AUGWo79Mc
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Cote de Pablo explained why she didn’t feel the need to work alongside an IC for the upcoming Paramount+ spinoff.
“Did not need one. They asked me first, I think because I’m a female and blah, blah, blah, and I said, ‘I don’t need one. Thank you for offering.’ Michael and I have a lot of trust with each other and are great friends. So, when it comes to shooting these things, we don’t want to be micromanaged. We like to explore it, and we trust each other enough that we allow that to happen.”
Weatherly added, “I said, ‘Whatever Cote wants.’ Love scenes are complicated because that level of nonverbal communication — you kiss someone the way you want to be kissed or you touch someone the way you want to be touched — that is a deep level of communication. Physical interaction starts with trust. Luckily, Cote and I do not have an issue in that area. We had to do that right out of the gate in [NCIS‘s ‘Under Covers’] episode.”