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JamesG · 09-10-2010, 05:22 PM

"SVU" Producer Neal Baer Explains ADA Shakeup
Sept 10, 2010
by Ileane Rudolph

How did Melissa Sagemiller come to replace Paula Patton as the new ADA on "Law & Order: SVU"? TV Guide Magazine got the scoop from showrunner Neal Baer.

"Right before Paula started her first episode — which she's shooting right now — she was offered a test for 'Mission: Impossible: 4'," says Baer.

"We had a contract, but I don't want to stand in someone's career path if they're going to be in a huge feature film with Tom Cruise. So when she got that role, we recast ours."

Sagemiller was on his radar since he had "compiled a huge disc of performances" from actresses he was considering for the ADA role before Patton won it.

"So we went back to someone we had liked already and that was Melissa Sagemiller," the producer says. Luckily for him, the actress was available since her pilot, the "Rockford Files" remake, had crashed and burned.

Sagemiller makes her first appearance on October 20 and plays Gillian Hardwicke, "a Brooklyn ADA who wanted to come to SVU because she greatly admires Benson and Stabler" and has "got an amazing track record in solving cases," Baer says.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/SVU-Prod...l-1022845.aspx

isiahthomas · 10-16-2010, 02:53 PM

That sucks Paula Patton is getting replaced because i saw her on Law And Order Wednesday and i was glad to see her because she's so damn hot LOL. Her husband Robin Thicke is a lucky guy. This new girl that's gonna replace her isn't as cute as Paula. Paula is a good actress but i don't like most of the movies she's done. I just recently saw her in Queen Latifah and Common's Just Wright movie and it sucks.

09-10-2010, 05:22 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,121	Melissa Sagemiller Replaces Paula Patton as "SVU's" New ADA *"SVU" Producer Neal Baer Explains ADA Shakeup* Sept 10, 2010 by Ileane Rudolph How did Melissa Sagemiller come to replace Paula Patton as the new ADA on "Law & Order: SVU"? TV Guide Magazine got the scoop from showrunner Neal Baer. "Right before Paula started her first episode — which she's shooting right now — she was offered a test for 'Mission: Impossible: 4'," says Baer. "We had a contract, but I don't want to stand in someone's career path if they're going to be in a huge feature film with Tom Cruise. So when she got that role, we recast ours." Sagemiller was on his radar since he had "compiled a huge disc of performances" from actresses he was considering for the ADA role before Patton won it. "So we went back to someone we had liked already and that was Melissa Sagemiller," the producer says. Luckily for him, the actress was available since her pilot, the "Rockford Files" remake, had crashed and burned. Sagemiller makes her first appearance on October 20 and plays Gillian Hardwicke, "a Brooklyn ADA who wanted to come to SVU because she greatly admires Benson and Stabler" and has "got an amazing track record in solving cases," Baer says. http://www.tvguide.com/News/SVU-Prod...l-1022845.aspx Attached Images

10-16-2010, 02:53 PM	#2
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	That sucks Paula Patton is getting replaced because i saw her on Law And Order Wednesday and i was glad to see her because she's so damn hot LOL. Her husband Robin Thicke is a lucky guy. This new girl that's gonna replace her isn't as cute as Paula. Paula is a good actress but i don't like most of the movies she's done. I just recently saw her in Queen Latifah and Common's Just Wright movie and it sucks.