The One Hidden Talent Cote De Pablo Wanted To Show Off While Starring In NCIS

Cote de Pablo has a background in theater, and her dance training came in handy when she had to film physically demanding, choreographed fight scenes. She also learned how to sing, telling Carnegie Mellon Today in 2010 that taking drama class in middle school made her realize that she wanted to perform for a living.
However, during a 2019 BUILD Series interview, she revealed that she was reluctant to embrace her theatrical side on "NCIS." For the 2008 episode "Last Man Standing," Ziva David was supposed to go undercover as a lounge singer at a nightclub in Morocco. "I was like, 'What! She's a killer, not a singer,'" de Pablo recalled of her reaction to the storyline. "And they were like, 'She's got many talents.'" She even told People that she feared the show would "be jumping the shark" if she filmed the singing scene.
However, after speaking to executive producer Shane Brennan, she changed her tune. "[He] clearly put it in a way I couldn't resist," she said. De Pablo ultimately decided to accept the challenge of making the ability to carry a tune seem like a natural addition to Ziva's skillset. She performed a sultry rendition of the Tom Waits song "Temptation," and it sounds like she's glad that Ziva got to take the stage before an explosion cut her singing career short. "It turned out to be a really fun moment," she said. "I enjoyed it tremendously."
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