Archive for Casting News
Gena Rowlands is headed to NCIS, and she’s bringing a world of pain with her.
Sources confirm to me exclusively that the three-time Emmy winner has been cast in the potentially recurring role of Joann, Gibbs’ intelligent, upscale mother-in-law.
As exec producer Shane Brennan recently told me, the character’s arrival will shed light on Gibbs’ past, unleashing a wave of heartache, anger and blame in the process. You know, standard mother-in-law stuff.
Rowlands makes her NCIS debut in March.
TV’s top-rated show will ring in the holidays with a guest star-filled episode on December 15.
Ralph Waite will return on that date as Gibbs’s father, while TV Guide Magazine reports a
pair of other semi-big names have signed on for roles on the NCIS installment titled “Faith.”
Corey Reynolds (The Closer’s Sgt. David Gabriel, pictured) will play a naval chaplain that assists the team with its investigation.
Meanwhile, Joe Regalbuto (best known as Frank Fontana on Murphy Brown) will play a reverend whose son turns up dead.
On other casting news, Robert Wagner will show up as Tony’s father on NCIS‘ 150th episode.
