An unbreakable bond — on and off screen. Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni first met on the set of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 1999, when they were cast as Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler, respectively.“I have a million memories from the pilot, especially the immediate chemistry with Chris.
We were filming in the Meatpacking District, and it was really hot and raining, so we all had to wear baseball caps,” Hargitay recalled to TV Insider in 2018. “I was going, ‘How lucky is this California girl to be shooting a television series in New York with this fantastic actor and fantastic crew!'”For years on the series, fans wanted their characters to come together romantically, something that never happened.
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