Law And Order: Organized Crime Star Breaks Down Doing A Fight Scene With The 'Legend' Ellen Burstyn: 'It Was Necessary'
Spoilers ahead for Episode 9 of Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 4, called "Semper Fi."
The Stabler family is complicated – to say the very least – on Law & Order: Organized Crime in the 2024 TV schedule, and the attempt to stage an intervention didn't exactly go over well. After confirming their suspicions that Joe Jr. was using heroin, Elliot and Randall confronted their brother, tried to talk him into rehab, and then stole his wallet when all else failed. Not to be stopped, Joe went to their mom for money to get out of town. When Bernie didn't have what he needed, a fairly one-sided fight broke out. According to actor Michael Trotter to CinemaBlend, it was stressful to shoot Joe Jr.'s breakdown opposite the legendary Ellen Burstyn.
The Stabler family is complicated – to say the very least – on Law & Order: Organized Crime in the 2024 TV schedule, and the attempt to stage an intervention didn't exactly go over well. After confirming their suspicions that Joe Jr. was using heroin, Elliot and Randall confronted their brother, tried to talk him into rehab, and then stole his wallet when all else failed. Not to be stopped, Joe went to their mom for money to get out of town. When Bernie didn't have what he needed, a fairly one-sided fight broke out. According to actor Michael Trotter to CinemaBlend, it was stressful to shoot Joe Jr.'s breakdown opposite the legendary Ellen Burstyn.
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00:00We have a very intense scene between Joe Jr. and Bernie in this episode.
00:04It was kind of stressful to watch, but in a good way, if that makes any sense.
00:09So what was it like to play that opposite Ellen Burstyn?
00:13It's stressful to do, I can tell you that.
00:17Not not every day that you want to go to set and yell at a legend.
00:23It was necessary.
00:24You know, those scenes are tough, but she's such a pro.
00:28And honestly, to just rub elbows with her and to exist
00:32in the same room as her is comforting enough,
00:37especially when you have to do a scene like that.
00:39But yeah, it's a tough one to do.
00:42I haven't seen it yet.
00:43So, you know, I imagine it's tough to watch,
00:48but it's also necessary as part of the arc that we're trying to
00:51to get through with his addiction.
00:53You know, it's the ultimate irony when it comes to to addiction.
01:00You wind up really kind of hurting the ones you love the most.
01:06And that's what that scene, you know, it's meant to represent the desperation
01:11that addicts have when they're not able to use and and how the links
01:15that they're willing to go kind of out of their own mind to
01:20to get it, even if it means,
01:23you know, hurting the ones they love specifically.
01:27A legend.