Taylor Swift hasn’t really been scheming like a criminal IRL.
But if you ask Mariska Hargitay—a certified Swiftie in her own right—she still thinks the Grammy winner would make an excellent addition to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
“We can certainly dream, can't we?” she told E! News of a possible Taylor cameo on the crime series, though she conceded, “She’s very busy. But I’m not letting it go.”
Yet while it sounds like the upcoming 26th installment of SVU won’t include any appearances from the “Mastermind” singer—who named her cat after Detective Olivia Benson—Mariska did give a small preview into what viewers can expect.
“We finished last season, season 25, with an episode called Duty to Hope,” she explained. “So we're really focusing on bringing hope into the season.” (For more with Mariska and the Law & Order cast, tune into E! News tonight, Oct. 2.)
Similarly, Tony Goldwyn hinted at a special crossover between the two Law & Order franchises.
“You'll see Nick Baxter and Olivia Benson together,” the Scandal alum added. “And you're going to see I think the thing that people love about Law and Order, which is a focus on these incredible cases.”
Incredible cases brought to light with the help of series newcomer Maura Tierney, who will step into the role of Captain Brady.
As Hugh Dancy noted of the new addition, “She's interesting. She kind of shifts things around the dynamic over there in the precinct.”
But after more than 20 seasons on the air, for both halves of the franchise, Law & Order’s impact can be felt far beyond the confines of its fictional precincts.
In fact, one of Mariska’s Olivia Benson costumes has just been added to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington D.C.
It’s an honor the 60-year-old could never have imagined in her wildest dreams.
“I found out and I was sort of blown away,” Mariska admitted. “And as I walked through the museum and I saw Dorothy's ruby red slippers and I saw Archie Bunker's chair and Captain America's shield. And you're seeing all these iconic items that mean so much to people.”
As she put it, “I was a bit overwhelmed.”
Don’t miss the premiere for Law & Order and SVU on Oct. 3, and keep reading for more of 2024’s television premiere dates.
--Reporting by Ashley Bellman
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