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Mariska Hargitay getting comments on her looks


Does Mariska Hargitay have it in her contract, that a certain number of times each season some character on the show has to make a comment about how good looking she is?

I have been on a binge re-watching seasons 1-5 and love the show, but it seems her attractiveness has been mentioned numerous times,usually in some off the cuff remark. LOL.

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It's actually kinda unrealistic she isn't getting catcalled, patted, and hit on left and right. They minimize her beauty on the show, if anything, and how people really treat someone who looks like that.

"Look, Alex, we've done a bad thing, okay? Just try and enjoy it."

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by cardinal42 ยป 1 hour ago (Tue Sep 20 2016 09:59:40)
IMDb member since July 2015

Yeah not every pretty woman gets treated that way.

She better looking than cardinal42 ever be

Lara Croft Himiko! The First Sun Queen! This is Yamatai.

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It's actually kinda unrealistic she isn't getting catcalled, patted, and hit on left and right. They minimize her beauty on the show, if anything, and how people really treat someone who looks like that


I would have to disagree somewhat, yes overall they do minimize her beauty (the degree of which is subjective anyway), but when it is worked into the dialogue and story lines, it is typically off the cuff, serving no purpose other than to remind the viewer that Mariska Hargitay / Olivia Benson is good looking.

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I don't think she receives too many compliments.

She's an attractive woman and I think it's realistic that people notice.

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You're a man, huh. Y'all don't realize. I'm nowhere near that good-looking and people tried to pick me up in the office constantly when I was younger. Benson would be getting that all the time, especially being a woman in a traditionally man's profession.

They're downplaying it big-time by merely mentioning her attractiveness occasionally.

"Look, Alex, we've done a bad thing, okay? Just try and enjoy it."

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She's so gorgeous it would be unrealistic if people didn't comment on it.

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She used to be somewhat pretty. There were even a couple episodes where she shows some ample cleavage, either because she's called into work while wearing an evening dress, or because she has to pretend she's a hooker to keep Stabler safe (that was hot), however her cheekbones and jawline are so rocky, they put the state of Colorado to shame

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did you ever watch the original LAW & ORDER when benjamin bratt was starring?
same thing


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Oh my god, that was the most irritating thing how every episode some female being questioned would come on to Rey Curtis. It was sickening, I hated that hypocritical scumbag character anyway, that was cringeworthy. His good looks were shoved down our throats way more than Mariska's, I can't remember the last time a male character came on to Olivia.

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I noticed that too when watching the earlier seasons.

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