Betty Gilpin Recalls Being Accidentally Left in a Body Bag on the Set of 'Law & Order'
Betty Gilpin had a very memorable experience on the set of Law & Order!
In an interview on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday (April 21), the actress shared that during one of her many appearances on the long-running TV show, she had accidentally gotten left in a body bag by production.
Click inside to find out what happened…
“It’s kind of a rite of passage for New York actors to be on Law & Order,” Jimmy began.
“Yeah, for like the first couple years of my career, it was only theater and Law & Order. So I did an order of SVU, I was a pedophile with vocal fry,” she recalled. “And I was a lesbian with acne on ‘the mothership,’ we called it, which is just the normal Law & Order.”
Jimmy then asked if she was ever a “dead body” on the show and the Glow star revealed she had played one on Criminal Intent.
“For the dead body, I was Fran Drescher‘s daughter, which is an honor, but I don’t know about that casting,” she explained, adding: “Fans will know, I was found naked in an oil drum. Vincent D’Onofrio, like, found my naked dead body.”
“This is my first job ever,” Betty recalled. “And I remember them zipping up the body bag. Vincent D’Onofrio had like, a grumbly scene over my body bag. And I just had to sort of be in there. And then they called cut.”
She went on to say that after it was announced the crew was breaking for lunch, she heard the footsteps of people walking away, leaving her in the body bag.
“And then 10 seconds goes by and I hear one far-away P.A. being like, ‘Oh my god.’ And [I hear] footsteps coming towards me and [the bag] unzips,” Betty continued, miming the hilarious scene.
Check out the clip down below!
It was recently announced that Betty would be starring in a new show at Peacock.