'Law & Order' star helps child find her mom after being mistaken for real-life police officer
Mariska Hargitay plays Olivia Benson of the Special Victims Unit on hit 'Law & Order' spin-off series
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Mariska Hargitay fully embodied her "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" character by helping a young girl find her mother.
Hargitay was dressed in her "SVU" detective gear for filming the show on April 10 in New York City, thus bearing a striking resemblance to a police officer.
A young girl, unaware of the cast and crew around the location, approached Hargitay, mistaking her for a real-life police officer, seeking help locating her mother.
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Hargitay quickly jumped into action, channeling her inner Olivia Benson, the detective she plays on the show.
A witness told People magazine that Hargitay paused production for 20 minutes to help the child find her mother. The interaction took place at Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park.
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Eventually, the young girl, with the help of Hargitay, was reunited with her mother.
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It seems as though Hargitay has learned a thing or two from playing a detective on the "Law & Order" spin-off since 1999.
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"SVU" is currently filming its 25th season. The show is the longest-running, prime-time live-action series in the history of American television.
"We’ve been on a parallel journey," Hargitay told People ahead of the premiere of the show's 25th season in January. "There’s a thing: WWOBD, ‘What would Olivia Benson do?’ The fans would always talk about it, and one day it hit me. I also have those moments where I’ve sort of slipped into her. If there’s a crisis, I just take over and lead like that. Being strong and fearless. It’s sort of this perfect feminist story."
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"What would Olivia Benson do?" has become quite a phenomenon among "SVU" fans, and the thought process was put into action by Hargitay in helping the lost child find her mother.