ADA Sonny Carisi (Peter Scanavino) can speak his approach to verdicts within the courtroom, however will that talent—or what he discovered as a detective—come in useful within the November 21 episode of Regulation & Order: SVU, when he’s in the course of the crime?
In “Cornered,” Carisi tries to guard two ladies taken hostage in a tense standoff between police and a violent thief whereas Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Sergeant Amanda Rollins (Kelli Giddish) devise a dangerous plan to get everybody to security. Beneath, Scanavino previews the hostage state of affairs, how Rollins handles her husband at risk, and extra.
How does Carisi find yourself on this hostage state of affairs?
Peter Scanavino: It’s a kind of days the place every little thing appears to be going proper, he appears very a lot in a very good temper. After which he forgets that he’s bought to do one thing for a colleague of his, and he goes making an attempt to do a pleasant motion and he finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun and strolling into the center of a theft. After which the episode sort of simply actually takes off from there as he’s making an attempt to determine easy methods to get out of this example. It simply appears to be getting worse and worse and worse and worse and worse.
How does he deal with that? Which of his abilities are going to assist him extra on this state of affairs—as a detective or an ADA?
I believe it’s each often because what he’s making an attempt to do is making an attempt to speak not solely his method out of the state of affairs, but additionally the opposite two or three individuals which can be concerned within the state of affairs. He sort of begins making an attempt to determine how he can presumably power a wedge between these two individuals holding them hostage. So he begins utilizing his mind quite a bit and let’s see how that works out.
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How is Rollins dealing with Carisi being on this state of affairs?
I believe she is—I hope she’s terrified as a result of they’re married, however I believe she’s involved, nevertheless it’s additionally, I don’t suppose you could have loads of time to mirror on the emotion of every little thing. You’ve bought to only sort of put one foot in entrance of the opposite and act and attempt to extricate the individuals from this horrible state of affairs. After which I believe there’s loads of time for emotion, however on this episode, all of it occurs very, very quick. So there’s not loads of time to sit down again and mirror emotionally for the characters concerned.
How’s Carisi and Rollins’ relationship going, contemplating her new job means touring quite a bit?
I nonetheless suppose that the connection is actually undergirded by the love and respect they’ve for one another. Nevertheless it’s arduous. Even in good relationships, life comes and throws you curveballs, and I believe that could be a tough ingredient of their relationship proper now. She’s touring quite a bit, he’s very busy, they’ve the three youngsters. Nevertheless it’s a kind of issues the place it’s flexing, nevertheless it’s additionally strengthening since you’re going via it collectively.
Discuss filming this episode. Carisi’s proper in the course of every little thing, not in his workplace or the courtroom.
He’s additionally alone, in order that’s one other ingredient. It’s not like I’m simply very concerned within the episode and I’m going with Liv to research one thing, or it’s the courtroom the place persons are within the gallery. He’s actually disconnected from the remainder of the squad. So it’s simply him. I imply, they’re outdoors they usually’re making an attempt to work to get me out or come via with some sort of resolution for this drawback. However contained in the deli, it’s him and as we’re taking pictures it, I wasn’t with the opposite actors, so I sort of felt remoted and alone, very similar to I’m positive Carisi felt at the moment.
What are the probabilities that we would see over on Organized Crime once more?
Effectively, I believe they’re fairly good.
Have you ever filmed something?
I don’t know if I’m allowed to say. [Laughs] Take that from what you’ll.
What about seeing you on say Regulation & Order?
God, I might like to do a crossover with Regulation & Order, however I’ve not executed one going that method. However that’s to not say there’s not site visitors in another route, wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
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