Daniela and Eric talked recently to TVLINE about the undercover episode that aired last tuesday night.
Daniela Ruah and Eric Christian Olsen are huddled very close together, and things are starting to get extremely warm.
That’s because the NCIS: Los Angeles scene partners have gathered in the tiny non-air-conditioned bathroom of an L.A. apartment building, down the hall from where their next scene from the CBS drama is setting up. There, they are hovering over a publicist’s cell phone to speak with TVLine about the episode airing this Tuesday at 9/8c, in which Deeks and Kensi pose as husband and wife to suss out a Russian sleeper cell in a suburban nabe.
TVLINE | It was back in January when Shane Brennan first told me about this “married” episode. Were you filled with anticipation waiting to see the actual script?
ERIC CHRISTIAN OLSEN | [Sarcastically] I was so excited I’ve hardly been able to sleep.
DANIELA RUAH | Eric wishes we were a married couple, so this is the only way he’s ever going to get it. [Laughs]
OLSEN | Wow. Gee, that’s a fantastic quote. Let’s use that.
RUAH | Fine, Eric – “I love you.”
OLSEN | Use that, too! I think it’s awesome because it’s a pretty big departure from a lot of the episodes that we’ve done, and yet it drives storyline as these two characters are forced to go undercover and play this married couple. And there’s a great speech from Hetty that talks about how the dynamic changes just based on proximity, which is true. There are some pretty fantastic scenes between the characters that are really fun to play. The end result is fulfilling as far as what the audience wants.
RUAH | I’ve been told by people who’ve seen the final edited version that there’s more comedy involved than in other episodes. There’s definitely a different tone.TVLINE | What can you say about “Melissa” and “Justin,” the personae they create for themselves?
RUAH | Honestly, Kensi has an immense amount of fun with this. She’s playing a character that she’s probably not really ever go to be in real life, because she’s an agent. We have a very sort of Desperate Housewives-like lifestyle, we’re very couple-y, there are cute dresses, she bakes cookies for her neighbor…. Plus she just loves undercover work. So she’s having fun with it, and at some point she talks about how she thought she’d hate being a “married “couple, and it turns out she’s enjoying it — and it might be something she wants in the future.
OLSEN | Mostly because she’s in love with Deeks.
RUAH | Ha!
OLSEN | We find out that my character loves running in short shorts — because, yeah, that happens. I decided as a character choice that I’m go to run around the neighborhood to do surveillance but I’m not go to wear traditional shorts. I’m going to go with the short shorts.
RUAH | They’re not that short.
OLSEN | They’re pretty short. I’m showing a lot of thigh. What, you wanted them shorter?
RUAH | No, I think they should have been Spandex.
OLSEN | It’s fun, because Deeks definitely sees opportunities to kind of push it, the relationship, because it’s under these false circumstances. He kind of puts her into positions that lead to some pretty interesting things that would never happen in real life.TVLINE | That was my next question. What lines of intimacy need to be crossed as part of keeping this cover?
OLSEN | There’s initially an argument because you’ve got to sleep in the same bed, because if [the bad guys] have any sort of heat sensors or cameras or microphones planted or something…
RUAH | …we have to play a married couple all the way, as far as anyone else is able to see. So obviously within that there are…
OLSEN | … a lot of lines to be crossed.
RUAH | Huge lines. And they’re crossed.
OLSEN | By both characters.
RUAH | Deeks is pretty cheeky, but I agree – lines are crossed by both characters for sure.
OLSEN | You say “cheeky,” some would say “charming.”
RUAH | Cheeky, charming, tomato, tomahto.TVLINE | Are there plentiful PDA moments for “Densi” fans to enjoy?
RUAH | I don’t think we should reveal any of that.
OLSEN| You don’t want to talk about the PDA moments?
RUAH | I want the audience to be surprised.
OLSEN| But by saying that they’re going to be surprised, doesn’t that mean there will be some? Isn’t that what you’re hinting at?
RUAH | No, not at all. [She pauses] OK, I get smacked in the butt once, by Deeks.
OLSEN | That wasn’t the moment I was talking about.
RUAH | And she doesn’t punch him in return!
OLSEN | But that’s what we’re talking about, the circumstances that make it impossible for her to do what she’d normally do. Because if we weren’t undercover, she’d knock him out! He knows she has to play that role, and in turn there’s something that Kensi does to Deeks that completely throws him, and it will leave a lasting impression with everybody who watches.TVLINE | Turning serious-ish, will this fuel any real talk between the two of them? Do they have a “moment” at the end of all of this?
RUAH | There’s a moment where they’re sitting down on the couch and Deeks brings her a bag of frozen peas because she got hurt, and that’s when she talks about what I said before – how she thought she would hate all of this. But she actually likes it. It’s comforting and nice. So there are definitely moments where they get serious with each other.
OLSEN | I think the best version of a relationship as it matures is two characters that are kind of discovering each other and themselves through that relationship, and this is a good example of that. Every episode has elements of that, and obviously some are more light-hearted, but even in those we put our defenses down and you see who these characters are at the end of the day.
RUAH | Or even who you would like to be. You live a certain lifestyle, and then you see this other lifestyle, and it becomes something that they may want in the future — with or without each other.
judy
May 14, 2012
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meet daniela
If your in the Washington area the lovely duo Daniela Ruah aka Special Agent Kensi Blye and Eric Christan Olsen aka LAPD Detective Marty Deeks will be at the 2nd annual USA Science & Engineering Festival this weekend!
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April 27, 2012
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bts on set of both hawaii five-0 and ncis:la
Looks like NCIS:LA and Hawaii five-0′s major crossover is spreading like wild fire til it airs next mon/tuesday nights,
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April 18, 2012
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New design
Worked on a new header after seeing the new s3 promo still of Daniela and had the urge to make something spring like with brighter colors and use of the pics. Hope you enjoy the new look and comment with what you like about it too 
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April 12, 2012
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new season 3 promo photos
Sorry it has been a few days for an update had some laptop problems and had order parts that took longer than thought but now am back with a few updates thanks to the awesome people behind NCIS-LA source for grabbing the new individual cast pics of the cast of their s3 awaited photoshoot hope there be more floating around soon which are added to the gallery.
GALLERY UPDATE
-NCIS:LOS ANGELES > SEASON 03 > Kenzi Blye x002
-NCIS:LOS ANGELES > SEASON 03 > EPISODE STILLS > 320 – Patriot Acts
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April 10, 2012
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Meet the ‘NCIS:LA’ star who won ‘Dancing’ in another country
New article that doesnt have anything spoilery.
(CNN) — For the past two seasons, Daniela Ruah has played junior field agent Kensi Blye on “NCIS: Los Angeles.” But the vivacious olive-skinned actress first became famous in another country: her parents’ homeland of Portugal. She even won the Iberian version of “Dancing with the Stars.”
Ruah is descended from a family of doctors. Her father is the former resident chief of otolaryngology (which is a fancy word for an eye, ear and throat doctor) at Boston University Hospital and her 92-year-old grandfather still practices medicine. The family moved back to their homeland when Ruah was 5.
Fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English, Ruah moved to London at 18 to attend university and eventually made her way to New York to study at the Lee Strasberg Institute.
In her little time off, Ruah loves spending time with her dog and decorating her recently purchased home. She recently spoke with CNN about her show, her heritage and the advice she gets from a famous co-star.
CNN: Your character has a big story arc this week.
Daniela Ruah: We knew from season one that her father died when she was a teenager and this is the unveiling of what happened. She grew up never believing he had died accidentally. She’s always believed foul play and she’s been pursuing this her entire life.
She gets asked, “What are you going to do when you find the guy you think did this to your dad? Are you going to shoot him?” And she says, “Well, what if I do?” It’s a big dilemma between killing for vengeance and going the right way and dealing with things legally. There’s a lot of turmoil going on inside her and it affects the team
read the rest at edition.cnn
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March 20, 2012
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screencaps
GALLERY UPDATE
-NCIS/NCIS:LOS ANGELES > NCIS:LOS ANGELES > SEASON 03 > SCREENCAPS > 3×17 Blye,k part2
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March 20, 2012
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NCIS:LA returns for S4!!!
CBS has announced that it has renewed 18 shows in total for the 2012-13 season.
The Tiffany Network has given early pick-ups to its most popular crime dramas NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, CSI and Criminal Minds……..
More on the other shows that are returning HERE at Digital Spy
CBS has renewed 15 shows for next season, the network announced Wednesday.
The pick-ups include nine dramas, four comedies and two reality shows. They are: NCISNCIS: Los Angeles, Criminal Minds, CSI, The Mentalist and Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, Hawaii Five-0, Person of Interest, 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, Undercover Boss and The Amazing Race. Previously renewed shows include How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory and Survivor.
60 Minutes and 48 Hours have also been renewed for the fall.
As for Two and a Half Men, CBS and Warner Bros. Television are in “preliminary discussions regarding future seasons,” the network said.
Shows that didn’t make the cut so far are CSI: NY, CSI: Miami, Unforgettable, A Gifted Man, Rob, Rules of Engagement and NYC 22, which will premiere in April.
SOURCE:TVGUIDE
judy
March 14, 2012
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Tons of more interviews
earlier today interview EXTRA TV –
Yesterday morning CBS THE TALK –
Yesterday morning KCAL9 –
judy
February 29, 2012
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KTLA interview
Thanks to daniela ruah webs for the video interview she did for KTLA this morning. The other interviews will hopefully be up on the web soon as well.
-Edit There was a problem with the video that Ana posted some of the interview was cut but Ladies of NCIS posted a full interview that has been changed.