r/LawAndOrder • u/Stealthytom • 17h ago
This Makes Me ANGRY Again: Captain Cragen Admits SVU Did Him Dirty!!!!
Former Law & Order: SVU Star Dann Florek Admits His Departure Was ‘Out of the Blue’ and Not What He Pictured After 35 Years as Donald Cragen
Florek, 76, says he still does not understand the choice to write him off the show
“That was kind of a surprise, out of the blue,” he admitted.
Florek said he didn’t know the character’s death was in the works and was surprised because, “I had been doing a number of guest spots with Chris Meloni on Organized Crime. I thought we were discovering a whole new side of the character, that he could be less buttoned down out of the squad room, and just a whole other side of him and his personality.”
The actor was “stunned” when he got the call. “And I said, ‘Well, do you want to hear what I have to say?’ And they didn’t really. They felt it was a necessary thing for them that I still quite don’t understand.”
