Austin Stowell Says Mark Harmon Gave Him Feedback on His Performance as Gibbs Immediately: 'Right Away in the Room'

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00:00Did Mark, I'm curious, did he share his thoughts on your performance and how soon did you want his

00:04appearance on, his opinion on your version of Gibbs? Like was it before or after the episode

00:09started coming? Oh no, he gave it to me right away in the room. It was vocal about maybe not what to

00:17do but certainly guiding me more in terms of posture and mindset. Things that I've learned

00:29to inhabit all the more over time. But he's never given me many acting notes. It's more been,

00:37he leads by example. You know that he's a guy who I've learned a lot more about being a human

00:45being than being Gibbs. He's been so welcoming to not just to me and not just to the rest of

00:52the cast but the whole crew. He's really such a wonderful leader for us because he makes

00:59everybody feel so comfortable. That this could be a daunting task to recreate Gibbs and to

01:11to go back and try to tell this story while being respectful to the to the fans and to

01:16the storyline of the original show. That we wanted to, of course we want to do our best job

01:25as actors, as artists, as writers and storytellers. That there could be a lot of

01:34pressure and he's been our valve to let the pressure off all the time. He makes us feel

01:41so comfortable and so he makes us feel justified in our decisions.