{"id":14339,"date":"2020-10-29T14:12:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T19:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=14339"},"modified":"2020-10-29T14:12:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T19:12:15","slug":"the-paley-center-presents-law-order-before-they-were-stars-looks-back-at-franchises-legacy-of-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/29\/the-paley-center-presents-law-order-before-they-were-stars-looks-back-at-franchises-legacy-of-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Paley Center Presents Law &#038; Order: Before They Were Stars&#8221; Looks Back at Franchise&#8217;s Legacy of Actors"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14340\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14340\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/law-and-order-special.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/law-and-order-special.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/law-and-order-special-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/law-and-order-special-260x147.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/law-and-order-special-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE PALEY CENTER PRESENTS LAW &amp; ORDER: BEFORE THEY WERE STARS &#8212; Pictured: &#8220;<em>The Paley Center Presents Law &amp; Order: Before They Were Stars<\/em>&#8221; (Photo by: NBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Celebrating the influence of one of the most iconic brands in all of television, NBC will air the hourlong special &#8220;<strong><em>The Paley Center Presents Law &amp; Order: Before They Were Stars<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; on Thursday, November 12 at 10PM ET\/PT, immediately following the season 22 premiere of &#8220;<em>Law &amp; Order: SVU<\/em>&#8221; at 9PM<\/p>\n<p>For an up-and-coming actor, an appearance on a &#8220;<em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>&#8221; episode is a rite of passage. Since 1990, more than a few of the attorneys, victims, perpetrators, witnesses, kids, suspects and police of the week have gone on to become some of the biggest television and movie stars in the world.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2054950721\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Law &amp; Order<\/em> is one of television&#8217;s most legendary brands and has served as a springboard for so many talented actors,&#8221; said Maureen J. Reidy, the Paley Center&#8217;s President &amp; CEO. &#8220;We&#8217;re honored to partner with our friends from NBC to present this entertaining look at where some of today&#8217;s biggest stars got their first big break.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The telecast will feature interviews with actors whose roles on &#8220;<em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>&#8221; played an instrumental part in shaping their careers, including Ron Cephas Jones, Chris Sullivan and Susan Kelechi Watson (&#8220;<em>This Is Us<\/em>&#8220;), Leslie Odom Jr. (&#8220;<em>Hamilton<\/em>&#8220;), Michael Imperioli and Aida Turturro (&#8220;<em>The Sopranos<\/em>&#8220;), Ariel Winter (&#8220;<em>Modern Family<\/em>&#8220;), Abigail Breslin (&#8220;<em>Zombieland<\/em>&#8220;) and S. 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Some played multiple guest roles on the series before becoming famous and will explain what the experience on set meant to them at the time.<\/p><div id=\"morty-182886092\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Members of the &#8220;<em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>&#8221; ensembles will recount the experiences of working with the great actors who were not yet household names. Some &#8220;<em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>&#8221; cast members discuss appearing on &#8220;<em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>&#8221; as other characters before landing a spot in the main cast. For example, Peter Scanavino appeared as double assailant Johnny Dubchek before he took the role of Sonny Carisi on &#8220;<em>SVU<\/em>.&#8221; Kelli Giddish played a victim before she joined the force as Det. Amanda Rollins.<\/p>\n<p>With over 1,200 episodes from the &#8220;<em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>&#8221; library to date and tens of thousands of roles for actors, it&#8217;s no surprise that many of them have gone on to incredible careers. 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