Betty Gilpin got her first big break by landing a guest star role on Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2006. She was cast to play Fran Drescher’s daughter. Amazing, right?
Well, Gilpin played a corpse. So, maybe not that amazing.
However, it gets worse. The actress told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show yesterday that at one point, Vincent D’Onofrio zips up her dead body in a body bag on an abandoned beach. When he was done, she heard them yell cut, then lunch, and everyone walked away.
Was Gilpin’s first role going to be her last? Obviously not. After several seconds, a PA realized that someone had left her in the bag and rescued her.
Since the star is OK, then I can say this. At least if they did forget her, the coroner would not have needed a body bag since she came with her own. Too soon?
