Mariska Hargitay Mistaken for REAL Cop by Lost Child While Filming Law & Order_

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00:00 Calling Captain Olivia Benson.

00:02 Oh, sorry, we mean Mariska Hargitay.

00:05 The actress recently took her role

00:07 as a long time NYPD officer a step further,

00:10 helping a real life child off camera

00:12 on the streets of New York.

00:14 According to People, the six year old was busy filming

00:17 one of the last episodes of the historic 25th season

00:20 of Law & Order SVU, April 10th,

00:22 when a lost child approached her looking for help.

00:25 The little girl apparently thought Mariska

00:27 looked the part of a real life police officer,

00:30 which only makes sense since she's been playing

00:32 the beloved detective Olivia Benson for nearly 25 years.

00:36 An eyewitness tells People that the young girl

00:38 apparently got separated from her mother

00:41 at the Ann Loftus Playground in NYC's Fort Tryon Park,

00:44 and Mariska wouldn't rest

00:46 until she reunited mother and child.

00:48 Even halting production for 20 minutes

00:50 to help the girl find her mom,

00:52 then spending some time with them

00:54 to make sure they were both okay.

00:56 Enews spoke with Mariska back in January

00:58 before the premiere of SVU's newest season,

01:01 and she dished about why after 25 years,

01:04 she still loves coming to set each and every day.

01:07 And I remembered, I turned to our camera operator

01:10 who I'm very close with and I go,

01:11 this is why I'm here.

01:14 It's so fun.

01:16 It's so fun sometimes.

01:20 And that's always been very important to me

01:22 that it's, I want everyone to want to come to work,

01:26 and they do.

01:28 And that means everything to me,

01:30 because we get it done, we know how to do it,

01:33 we've been doing it for a long time,

01:35 everyone is extremely invested,

01:38 and we like to laugh,

01:41 and we need to laugh,

01:44 and everyone is so funny,

01:47 and we have this incredibly intimate,

01:51 shared perspective.

01:53 We have so many memories, we have so much to laugh,

01:56 there's so many inside jokes, it's nonstop.

01:59 So the intimacy is

02:02 stunning.

02:06 She also reflected on her special connection

02:08 with series creator Dick Wolf,

02:10 and how blessed she feels to be a part

02:12 of the longest running drama series in TV history.

02:15 But then meeting a man who did it again,

02:19 and created something that no other human

02:21 in television has done.

02:22 And to be lucky enough to

02:24 have our stars collide in such a beautiful way

02:29 has been obviously one of the greatest gifts of my life.

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