Mariska Hargitay was nearly cast on Friends, she revealed Tuesday.

The Law and Order: SVU actress appeared on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, where she dished about her early pursuits of a career in comedy.

“I did a lot of” of comedy auditions,” she told Poehler. “I did Seinfeld and I did Single Guy, and I tested for Friends, so many times.” Hargitay said she thinks she was up for the role of Monica, which Courteney Cox would go on to play for ten years.

“I always thought I would end up being on a sitcom or doing comedy,” she added, before landing her career defining role as Olivia Benson. Hargitay has played the sex crimes detective for over 25 years on the long-running Dick Wolf show. Benson remains the longest-running character in primetime live-action TV history. But Hargitay said

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