{"id":153301,"date":"2022-12-09T23:56:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kelli-giddish-explains-rollins-law-and-order-svu-exit-interview\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T23:56:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:56:06","slug":"kelli-giddish-explains-rollins-law-and-order-svu-exit-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kelli-giddish-explains-rollins-law-and-order-svu-exit-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelli Giddish Explains Rollins’ ‘Law and Order: SVU’ Exit: Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tSPOILER ALERT: <\/strong>This story includes discussion of major plot points from the Dec. 8 \u201cLaw & Order: SVU\u201d episodes on NBC.<\/em><\/p>\n \n \tDetective Amanda Rollins wasn’t an easy character to say goodbye to Kelli Giddish. The actor made her final appearance on \u201cLaw & Order: SVU\u201d on Thursday night, with her character marrying Carisi (Peter Scanavino) and choosing to leave the squad for a teaching gig.<\/p>\n \n \tGiddish, who joined the series in 2011, announced her exit ahead of the Season 24 premiere and variety<\/em> confirmed at the time that the choice to leave the Dick Wolf series was not hers.<\/p>\n \n \tFollowing every final episode, she opened up about the tough exit, filming her final scenes and the possibility of seeing Rollins again in the future. Read the full Q&A below.<\/p>\n \n\tWhat an amazing final episode. How do you feel today?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n \tThere is a finality to it that wasn’t there yesterday, so it feels different than it did before I saw it, which I wasn’t expecting! I kind of said my goodbyes on set. I had that closure, I thought. But last night, just so see how many people were watching and all the kind words I got about Rollins and the show, it was really something special.<\/p>\n \n\tRollins has meant so much to so many people. What does she mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n \tI started playing her in my late 20s, so I’ve played her in three decades of my life, which is nuts. It’s insane. This is a show unlike any other. Shows don’t last<\/em> 12 years, much less getting to play a character. With playing someone as multi-faceted as Rollins, I got to play all kinds of different things \u2014 down and out, on top, joyful, doubtful, scared, triumphant. I got to do the gambit.<\/p>\n \n\tWhat have you learned from Rollins?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n \tSo much. It’s possible to grow, it’s possible to be hurt and to love again.<\/p>\n \n\tLet’s go back a bit. Everyone was pretty shocked to hear that you were leaving. Can you share what happened, since you’ve never told your side of things?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n \tMy side of things is just that it’s time in the Rollins storyline. I felt like where it was heading, and where it headed last night, just seemed the right place to leave it right now. I am so excited about things going on in my personal life and kind of the mirroring of what’s going on in my personal life and in Rollins’, there’s a lot of joy to be experienced.<\/p>\n \n\tWhen did you find out that you’d be leaving?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n \tBefore the season started, this year. We worked on this storyline together, and I think the last episode culminated the beautiful Rollins and Benson relationship, and we got to see Carisi and Rollins get married, which was such a treat.<\/p>\n \n\tThe wedding was so exciting. How did you react when you found out that was happening?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n \tI was so happy, because I was like, \u201cThank God\u201d \u2014 because the fans are going to freak out if they don’t get it! Let’s give it to them.<\/p>\n