‘Law and Order’ Actress Halts Filming When Young Girl in Need Mistakes Her for a Real Police Officer
One lost little girl in New York City mistook actress Mariska Hargitay for an NYPD officer earlier this month. According to People , which cited a witness it did not name, the incident took place April 10 near the Anne…
One lost little girl in New York City mistook actress Mariska Hargitay for an NYPD officer earlier this month.
According to People, which cited a witness it did not name, the incident took place April 10 near the Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park in Manhattan.
Unaware that she was walking into filming for one of TV’s most successful series, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” the girl honed in on the badge Hargitay wore as part of her costume portraying Detective Olivia Benson, believing her to be an NYPD officer on duty.
The problem was that the girl, whose age wasn’t given, had lost contact with her mother and sought assistance from Hargitay.
All production of the episode — one of the show’s final filmings of the season — stopped while real life took over.
After about 20 minutes, mom and daughter were reunited.
Last month, “Special Victims Unit” was renewed for its 26th season.
“We’ve been on a parallel journey,” said Hargitay, 60. “There’s a thing: WWOBD, ‘What would Olivia Benson do?’ The fans would always talk about it, and one day it hit me.