It certainly doesn’t seem like we should expect former “NCIS” stars Pauley Perrette and Mark Harmon to embrace each other on a red carpet anytime soon (via Twitter). However, that doesn’t mean all of the cast’s behind-the-scenes interactions were quite so dramatic. Luckily, it sounds like there was no drama at all between Perrette and her scientific successor, Diona Reasonover.
Shortly after Reasonover began her run on the show, she was interviewed by Parade, where she opened up about her character taking over for Perrette’s. Reasonover shared, “Pauley was so warm. She gave me this huge hug. She could see that I was nervous, and she told me, ‘Just be yourself,’ and it was so comforting. It was so nice because it was like, ‘Oh, yeah, they like me. That’s why I was cast. They like me.'”
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In an interview with TV Insider, Reasonover additionally addressed some of her nerves, saying, “I was really worried coming into a show that was already established. 15 years is a long time. People know [the series] and people love it. To be coming in as the new person in this dynamic is really hard.”
In the years since Reasonover joined the cast, “NCIS” fans have watched a number of other cast members join and/or leave the series, but like Ms. Sciuto for the first decade and a half of the show’s run, Ms. Hines is now a constant and reassuring presence on the series.
