Adam Beach joining the cast of Law & Order: SVU
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was just renewed for the 9th season, despite the contracts of Mariska Hargitay (Det. Olivia Benson) and Christopher Meloni (Det. Elliot Stabler) being up in the air about whether or not they will get their pay raises to come back for the 9th season. But now it looks as thought the producers are making plans in case either one of them don’t come back.
Adam Beach, who appeared on Law & Order: SVU this week in the episode Outsiders as Brooklyn detective Chester Lake (couldn’t they have thought of a better name than CHESTER??) He is reportedly in talks to turn his guest starring role into a series regular one.
“SVU” creator Dick Wolf first worked with Beach on “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” the HBO telepic Wolf produced. Beach has the lead role in the project, which is expected to debut in May and is already being considered one of the paybox’s key longform Emmy contenders.
Beach’s other credits include “Windtalkers,” “Joe Dirt” and “Mystery, Alaska.” He’ll also appear in upcoming CBS mini “Comanche Moon,” the Eye’s follow-up to “Lonesome Dove.”
Since Beach is a male, this sounds as though Meloni could be on the chopping block when it comes to signing the two stars for next season. This will be interesting to watch and see how this all plays out.
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