In this Sunday Sitdown preview clip, Mariska Hargitay opens up to Willie Geist about the moment she 'panicked' right before an audition for Dick Wolf for the role of Olivia Benson in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” She also recalls meeting Chris Meloni for the first time.
Mariska Hargitay has been the embodiment of one of her favorite mottos, “I decide,” since the creation of Olivia Benson in the late ‘90s. In an upcoming Sunday Sitdown with Sunday TODAY host Willie Geist, the actor opens up about her audition for her Emmy Award-winning role in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” Before Hargitay officially landed the job, she had a moment of anxiety.
This is my part. I am Olivia Benson.’ And was sort of laughing, I could tell, and I was like, ‘No, no, you don’t understand.’” While Hargitay has always been one with Olivia Benson, she knew she needed a partner. Enter Christopher Meloni, aka Detective Elliot Stabler. “You and Chris get in a room together and Dick Wolf says, ‘That’s it,’” Willie said to Hargitay. “Yeah. That is what happened,” Hargitay answered. “It was a sort of once-in-a-lifetime experience,” she said.
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