ET spoke with Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay in 1999 about how ‘Special Victims Unit’ planned to forge its own path in the ‘Law and Order’ universe. Meloni and Hargitay also revealed their chemistry was evident from the beginning after they walked into their final screen test together ‘laughing.’ Meloni is returning to the world of 'SVU' with a new spinoff centered around his character, Elliot Stabler, set to premiere this fall on NBC.

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