Keke Palmer recently opened up about her unforgettable encounter with Mariska Hargitay during a guest role on a 2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode.
In a BuzzFeed Puppy Interview to help promote her new book titled Master of Me, confessed she was momentarily left speechless while on set with the iconic actress who played Olivia Benson.
Palmer stated that she had been watching the show since she was a child, and to be on the set with Hargitay was an honor. The Rags actress said, “I grew up watching her show and living for her show all my life as a kid, and I got the opportunity to work with her when I was 12 years old.”
In the episode where Palmer played a guest role, her character is a young girl rescued from Hurricane Katrina who, in the hospital scene, was struggling to survive. When Hargitay walked in as Olivia Benson, Palmer said she became overwhelmed and even forgot some of her lines, thinking that this fictional moment was real.