Dean Norris might just be Mr. Steal Your Girl.
While speaking to PEOPLE ahead of the premiere of season 5 of Law & Order: Organized Crime, Norris shares that he playfully got to try and put some moves on Mariska Hargitay while filming a scene from the upcoming episode, written by none other than Christopher Meloni.
“All of a sudden I get the second script, and I’m trying to pick up Benson. I was laughing my a– off,” recalls Norris.
The Breaking Bad alum plays Randall Stabler, the older brother to Elliot Stabler (Meloni), and after a near-fatal car accident leaves Elliot hospitalized, his loved ones — including Olivia Benson (Hargitay) and his brother — rush to his bedside.
Stabler and Benson have been a duo for more than 25 years, first as partners on the job for SVU, and now, despite fans yearning for more romance, as longtime friends.
While speaking to PEOPLE, Meloni watches Norris with amusement as his on-screen brother gets a chance to recall the meeting with Hargitay, whom Norris had never me
t prior.
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