Christopher Meloni On His Favorite ‘Svu’ Scene Opposite Mariska Hargitay

Christopher Meloni took a trip down memory lane, dishing on his favorite Law & Order: Svu scene opposite longtime on-screen partner Mariska Hargitay.
Speaking in a recent interview with Us Weekly, the Organized Crime star pointed to a particularly fraught moment within the grisly crime procedural’s world — and one that would have repercussions for his character Elliot Stabler and Hargitay’s Benson for seasons to come.
“My favorite Law & Order: Special Victims Unit scene featuring myself and Mariska Hargitay was when Lou Diamond Phillips had a gun to my head, and Stabler told Benson to take the shot,” Meloni revealed, referencing the Season 7 episode titled “Fault.”
Recognized by fans as an especially difficult episode, the aptly named installment caused a seismic shift within the duo’s friendship. When hunting down serial killer and sex offender Victor Gitano (Phillips), the characters are forced into a life-and-death decision...
Speaking in a recent interview with Us Weekly, the Organized Crime star pointed to a particularly fraught moment within the grisly crime procedural’s world — and one that would have repercussions for his character Elliot Stabler and Hargitay’s Benson for seasons to come.
“My favorite Law & Order: Special Victims Unit scene featuring myself and Mariska Hargitay was when Lou Diamond Phillips had a gun to my head, and Stabler told Benson to take the shot,” Meloni revealed, referencing the Season 7 episode titled “Fault.”
Recognized by fans as an especially difficult episode, the aptly named installment caused a seismic shift within the duo’s friendship. When hunting down serial killer and sex offender Victor Gitano (Phillips), the characters are forced into a life-and-death decision...
- 10/14/2024
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Deadline Film + TV
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