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Ask Us: How Do Actors Play Corpses on Shows Like 'Law and Order'?


A reader asks Us how actors manage to play convincing dead bodies on shows such as 'Law and Order'

Virginia Sherwood/NBCAfter so many hours marathoning Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, viewers eventually start to wonder: How do actors convincingly play corpses? While giving Us a set tour for NBC’s St. Denis Medical, cast member Mekki Leeper recalled speaking to one such cadaver king: “The actor told me he auditions for corpses all the time and always books it.” The Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star revealed that her famous friends constantly ask her if they can cameo on the long-running NBC drama — but only as a dead body.

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