The actress also shares her experience on set following allegations against the showrunner.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Dec. 8 episode ofLaw & Order: SVU.
In the end, Amanda Rollins (Kelli Giddish) got a happy ending.
Kelli Giddish on ‘Law & Order: SVU’.Peter Kramer/NBC
In the end, the team applauded her as she walked out.
EW spoke with Giddish about Rollins' ending.
She’s a mom and she’s got all this awesome stuff happening around her.
Peter Scanavino and Kelli Giddish on ‘Law & Order: SVU’.Scott Gries/NBC
And she kinda realizes like, “Wait, like why am I not off enjoying this?”
Why not just go and pursue this thing that is making you so happy?
It was such the right place to leave Rollins at that time.
If that wedding hadn’t happened, fans would’ve rioted.
They would’ve lost their s—.
[Laughs]
What was it like for you to get to film that?
I was so happy for the fans.
I loved the courtroom part where they actually were gonna say the vowels and watching their faces.
So I was like, “kindly let this be over.”
I know filming is rarely chronological, so what was the actual last scene you shot?
It was in Carisi’s office.
I was like, “Okay, that’s that, that job is done.
What’s the next one?”
No, not at all.
But it does feel different this morning.
Waking up and knowing that the fans have seen it, I hope they’re happy.
So it does feel different today.
It’s a lot different, you know, and it’s busy.
There’s no lunch break.
[Laughs]
Do you remember your first day on set?
They’re like, “We’ll hide it.”
and he goes, “You do you, boo.”
And I go, “Perfect, this is going to work.”
So it was a great, awesome nutty time.
What was it like to film those final scenes with Mariska?
Over the years, there’s a certain magic that happens when I get to film scenes with her.
It’s just easy.
I think it made for a beautiful scene for the audience to get to be a part of.
It was very real emotion.
We kept it pretty contained to be honest.
What do you hope Amanda’s legacy will be?
Well, she got a rare happy ending.
That’s a huge legacy.
You won’t remember her for like the gruesome way she got murdered.
That’s kind of awesome.
Is the door open for a future return?
She’s still in New York!
She’s still in New York.
I think the door’s open, sure.
There are nowallegations of bullying and misogyny against showrunner David Graziano.
What was your experience?
I have always had a great experience onSVU.
