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How Austin Stowell Leaned Into Personal Tragedy to Embody Young Gibbs for ‘NCIS: Origins’


Austin Stowell shares his emotional connection to Gibbs as he takes on 'NCIS: Origins.'

Austin Stowell arrives at this conclusion 90 minutes into an emotional conversation about taking on the leading role in “ NCIS: Origins,” the prequel series to the long-running procedural. After the teen drama, he took on several “artistically accepted” projects, including Steven Spielberg’s “Public Morals” and “Bridge of Spies,” and “Catch-22” alongside George Clooney. He often references Lou Gegrig’s famous speech, quoting it during our interview: “Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.” Stowell continues, “He talked about catching a bad break but having a whole lot to look forward to.

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