Christopher Meloni Reveals Favorite SVU Scene With Mariska Hargitay

Christopher Meloni appeared in 283 episodes of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit over the years in accordance with the lead of the series Mariska Hargitaybut there is one scene that stands out as the most memorable.

“My favorite Law and Order: Special Victims Unit when was the incident between me and Mariska Hargitay Lou Diamond Phillips he had a gun to my head, Stabler told Benson to shoot,” Meloni, 63, said in a recent news release. Us Weeklyon newsstands now. “We were tied to each other at that time as people and characters. And I think Mariska was eight months pregnant at the time, so it’s a special moment for me.”

The actress was expecting her first child, son August, while filming Meloni: season 7, episode 19, “Fault.” She is also the mother of children Amaya and Andrew, whom she had in 2011 with her partner Law & Order: SVU actor Peter Hermann.

Meloni also shares this one thing that he shares with his SVU the character, Elliot Stabler, has a “complicated relationship with God.”

All four seasons of Law and Order: Organized Crime they are broadcasting now on Peacock. For more personal facts from Meloni, including an unexpected favorite item in her closet, keep scrolling:

1. I sold my first car, a Jeep Renegade, to pay my way to New York to start my life as an actor. Ten years ago, I bought another Jeep with that car in mind. It takes me back 20 years.

2. The most important moment in my life was when I did 12 Monkeys and met Terry Gilliamwho was my hero in his movie Braziland, apparently, in his own Monty Python days. I almost cried while talking to him, letting him know that it makes sense Brazil it happened to me.

3. When I was growing up, my favorite thing was to play soccer with the neighborhood kids. Also, I loved riding my bike. I loved the feeling of freedom it gave me.

4. My favorite movie I saw last year was The Maestro. I thought everything about it – the writing, the directing, the acting – was brilliant, and I know it Bradley [Cooper]and I was amazed and inspired by what he did.

5. One quality I share with Elliot Stabler is a complicated relationship with God.

6. I love books, whether fiction or non-fiction, because I learn a lot about human behavior and species: who we are, what we are and how we work. Three that I read recently Herzog with Saul Bellow, Rabbit, Run with John Updike again Sapiens with Yuval Noah Harari.

7. I looked up Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando, Daniel Day-Lewis again Christian Slater when I was young. I respect the way each of these actors immerse themselves in their characters. It’s a wonderful thing.

8. My favorite item in my closet is this silly sweater that my daughter, Sophia, bought me. I once told her how I wanted a tattoo of this crazy actor making a crazy face, but her mother wouldn’t let me, saying “You don’t want that on your body.” But you know, I did it! I felt like a crazy lunatic was talking to me. One day, my daughter went into a thrift store, found this crazy sweater and bought it for me.

9. History was my best subject at school. For whatever reason, it was the only thing I was good at. I like trying to understand who our ancestors were and how they lived.

10. “Time of the Season” by Zombies takes me back to when I was young and life was an adventure.

11. When I was 18, I started working as a director of surgery in a hospital. I saw my first autopsy from start to finish, and I had seen the boy alive the day before, enjoying his tapioca pudding. The next morning, they told me to take him out of the fridge.

12. If I were not an actor, I would like to be a sculptor. I just started recording. It’s a different source of creativity, a new creative angle that I haven’t seen before. It’s very exciting. I was committed to recording. I went to art school, got my hands dirty. I slept with clay under my nails and dreamed of marbles.

13. The proudest moment in my career was when I started making a living as an actor and was able to finish my side hustle, bartending.

14. I’ve worked everywhere, from rowdy honky-tonks to Studio 54 on its last legs.

15. My favorite place to go on vacation is the Caribbean and my little lake getaway.

16. Maybe I’m a company man, but the show I just binge-watched Murder: New Yorkdocumentary series [executive produced by Dick Wolf] about the north and south murder gangs in Manhattan. I thought it was great – how dedicated the detectives are to their work and to their pursuit of justice for the victims and their families. It made me proud of what I do, and I try to express their strengths through my character.

17. My favorite home cooked food is rare meat [with] caramelized onions, mushrooms and a nice Caesar salad. Some asparagus too.

18. I would like to visit places of the world that I have never seen before, such as South America, Greece and the Nordic countries.

19. After a busy day, I like to unwind by going out to eat. I am lucky to be alive [near] 20 great restaurants within a five block radius of Manhattan.

20. The app I use the most is Venmo, unfortunately.

21. Bicycle is my favorite mode of transportation.

22. My workouts include a little cardio, a lot of movement work and strength training. I like to do my own thing because I am very in tune with what my body needs.

23. What I like Law and Order: Special Victims Unit The scene that shows me and Mariska Hargitay is when Lou Diamond Phillips puts a gun to my head, and Stabler tells Benson to shoot. We were bound to each other at that time as people and characters. And I think Mariska was eight months pregnant at the time, so it’s a special moment for me.

24. I am passionate about the Global Lyme Alliance. As a GLA ambassador, I led a group of Lyme disease advocates on a trip to Capitol Hill to advocate for increased funding for Lyme disease treatment and diagnosis. Lyme disease has brought a depth of pain and turmoil into my family’s life that I never dreamed of, but that pain requires from all of us an equal response: you face what you have to face, and you fight through it all. you have. I want everyone to know how insidious Lyme disease is and how little is known about it.

25. My favorite weekend activity is waterskiing, which I started 23 years ago. Sometimes my son will join me or my daughter will tag along to go wakeboarding, but not too many people slalom ski these days, so I usually go with friends.