We’re closer to 200 than we are to a 100 episodes of the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles, and yet, sometimes, it seems like only yesterday that we were watching the show’s backdoor pilot over on NCIS. We’ve come a long way.
They’ve come a long way.
We know Callen’s name now! We don’t like Hetty anymore (at least, not always). Kensi and Deeks are an actual functioning couple. And Eric still wears shorts to work.
So, in honor of the show we still, after all these years, love, here are some things you probably didn’t know about NCIS: LA and its cast.
1. Daniela Ruah and Eric Christian Olsen, who plays Kensi Blye and Marty Deeks, a couple on the show, are actually related. Well, sort of.
Ruah is married to Olsen’s older brother, David Paul Olsen, who is also his stunt double. Now, that’s awkward.
2. The real name of Chris O’Donnell’s character, billed as G. Callen for seven seasons, is Grisha Alexandrovich Nikolaev. His first name, Grisha, is a diminutive of Gregory.
3. In 2006, way before she was cast as Kensi Blye, Daniela Ruah won the Portuguese version of the reality competition show Dancing with the Stars.
6. Deeks shot his father in self-defense when he was only 11 years old.
