US EditionA Psychic Told Mariska Hargitay She’d Pivot From Comedy: ‘Six Months Later,’ She Got ‘SVU’
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A Psychic Told Mariska Hargitay She’d Pivot From Comedy: ‘Six Months Later,’ She Got ‘SVU’
Mariska Hargitay might be known for her dramatic acting today — but at the beginning of her career, she was set on doing comedy. In a new interview with Amy Poehler on Good Hang, the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star shared a story about a visit to a psychic that she thinks led her to playing the iconic Olivia Benson. “I did a lot of comedy auditions,” Hargitay told Poehler. “I did Seinfeld and I did Single Guy, and I tested for Friends s…
Mariska Hargitay Auditioned for ‘Friends’ and ‘Tested So Many Times’; She Only Wanted to Do Comedy Until a Psychic Said It Wouldn’t Make Her Famous: ‘Six Months Later’ I Got ‘SVU’
Mariska Hargitay only wanted to be a comedy actor. Then a psychic told her otherwise and she landed 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.'
Mariska Hargitay appeared on Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang” podcast and revealed that she auditioned and tested several times for “Friends” a few years before getting Olivia Benson’s role in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” Both programs are basic for NBC. “I did a lot of comedy auditions,” Hargitay told Poehler (via The Daily Beast). “I did ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Single Guy’, and I tried for ‘Friends’ several times. I think for Monica. I always thought…
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