Title: Mariska Hargitay Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Drama on Law and Order: SVU Set
Subheading 1: Mariska Hargitay’s Influence on Law and Order: SVU
While Mariska Hargitay does wield a lot of influence on the set of “Law and Order: SVU” as an executive producer, she told Variety that at least one choice Wolf made rankled her — writing Kelli Giddish off the program. She fought to retain Giddish and her character, Amanda Rollins, but was overruled. She’s currently hoping to bring Giddish back for Season 26.
Subheading 2: Mariska Hargitay’s Favorite Co-Star
“Kelli is my favorite actor to work with. Kelli is my heart. It’s a sore subject. I have a lot of say on the show, but I didn’t have enough there. I don’t like not being listened to, especially when I’m right,” she told the magazine.
Subheading 3: Future of Stabler and Benson’s Relationship
For fans worried that the tension between Stabler and Benson might be a casualty of Dick Wolf’s vision for the series, Hargitay — who long ago confirmed what we’ve long suspected and admitted that Benson has a crush on Stabler – promises that it will continue to bubble, even with Elliot now busy on the Peacock-bound “Law and Order: Organized Crime.” “We want to hold the tension. And do what’s right and truthful for both characters,” she said, adding that, should “Organized Crime” meet with cancellation in the future, it’s possible Stabler might move back to “SVU.” “I think that we’re sort of irrevocably locked,” she said. And Bensler shippers wouldn’t have it any other way.