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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00:00 We have a very intense scene between Joe Jr. and Bernie in this episode.
00:04 It was kind of stressful to watch, but in a good way, if that makes any sense.
00:09 So what was it like to play that opposite Ellen Berson?
00:12 It's stressful to do, I can tell you that.
00:15 Not not every day that you want to go to set and yell at a legend.
00:21 It was necessary.
00:24 You know, those scenes are tough, but she's such a pro.
00:28 And honestly, to just rub elbows with her and to exist
00:32 in the same room as her is comforting enough,
00:37 especially when you have to do a scene like that.
00:39 But yeah, it's a tough one to do.
00:41 I haven't seen it yet, so, you know, I imagine it's tough to watch,
00:47 but it's also necessary as part of the arc that we're trying to
00:51 to get through with his addiction.
00:55 You know, it's the ultimate irony when it comes to to addiction.
01:00 You wind up really kind of hurting the ones you love the most.
01:05 And that's what that scene, you know, it's meant to represent
01:10 the desperation that addicts have when they're not able to use
01:13 and and how the links that they're willing to go
01:17 kind of out of their own mind to to get it, even if it means,
01:23 you know, hurting the ones they love specifically.
01:26 The legend.
01:28 And.
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