But why did he decide to quit the show New York, special unit in 2011 ? In an interview given to an American magazine, Christopher Meloni explains …
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He played Inspector Elliot Stabler for 12 seasons in New York, special unit (Law & Order in original version) ! Christopher Meloni held this role for more than 270 episodes, facing his colleagues Mariska Hargitay or Ice-T, who respectively play Captain Olivia Benson and Sergeant Odafin Tutuola. But in 2011, the actor decided to end his contract. An unexpected departure which, at the time, surprised many fans of American detective fiction. In an interview with the magazine Men’s Health, Christopher Meloni returned to the reasons for this decision …
A wage agreement difficult to find between the production of New York, special unit and Christopher Meloni…
In this interview, Christopher Meloni revealed that the production of the series had not been willing to give him the amount of money he hoped for in order to sign the renewal of his contract. The actor added that he also tried to negotiate the number of episodes in which he could have appeared in season 13 for the salary he was offered, but the production did not give up. “Instead of 22 episodes, bring me back for nine episodes, or even 18 episodes. The production literally came to me on a Thursday night and said, ‘Here’s our deal. We want to hear your answer from here. tomorrow. Take it or leave it‘“, he said. What he remembered answering: “I don’t want to mess around with you. I know what I want. If you can’t do it, fine! Let’s talk about my date.”. This is why the one who played Elliot Stabler made his last appearance in episode 24 of season 12… before of course returning for an investigation in season 22 of the series.
But ithristopher Meloni is not resentful …
However, despite this hasty departure, Christopher Meloni recounted not being angry with the production of New York, special unit. “We are all big boys and big girls here. I went on new adventures and did what I wanted to do. I told with them the stories that I wanted to tell”, he told the magazine Men’s Health, without any bitterness. Proof of this is with the spin-off series Law & Order: Organized Crime, fiction spin-off of the mother series New York, special unit in which the comedian reprized his role of Inspector Stabler. Launched this year, in 2021 across the Atlantic, this new series has even already been renewed for a season 2! No French broadcast date is known to date … patience!
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