Elvis Duran Reveals His One Set 'Rule' from Fulfilling His 'Dream' of Playing a Dead Body onLaw & Order: SVU

Mar. 15, 2025

Elvis Duran at a benefit in New York City in October 2023.Photo:Cindy Ord/Getty ImagesWhen radio hostElvis Duranfulfilled his dream of playing a corpse onLaw & Order: SVU, it was under one condition: no nipples allowed.Duran, the longtime host of iHeartMedia’sElvis Duran and the Morning Show, opened up about his cameo on a 2021 episode of the long-running NBC series onThe Tonight ShowMonday.The star said it “was always a dream of mine to be dead on this show” — but revealed that he had a major stipulation in agreeing to be on camera.“I had a rule. I said, ‘You got to bring the blanket above the nipples,’” he told hostJimmy Fallon. “I had a nipple clause.”Duran, 59, played a character named Paul Landry in the episode “Trick-Rolled at the Moulin,” in which appeared briefly in a scene with starMariska Hargitayset in a morgue.Elvis Duran with Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay on the set of ‘Law & Order: SVU.'.Elvis Duran/InstagramHe said while it took two-and-a-half hours to get through hair and makeup, he enjoyed his time on set, as the crew made him laugh.“The people who did the makeup, they were kind of funny,” he recalled. “‘You should’ve been here yesterday. We had to do a girl who fell off a bridge 45 stories.’ I’m like, what did that look like?”Duran also joked that despite having no lines, he still found the role challenging.“You have to hold your breath,” he said. “And they kept messing up their lines. So I’d be like, ‘Damn it!’ It was weird because, I mean, they had to make my extremities blue, and it was weird. I don’t know. I never want to do it again.”Appearing as a corpse on true crime shows is a surprisingly coveted gig for stars. Questlove portrayed a dead body in a 2014 episode ofSVU, while Taylor Swift once starred as a murder victim in a2009 episode ofCSI.

Elvis Duran at a benefit in New York City in October 2023.Photo:Cindy Ord/Getty Images

Cindy Ord/Getty Images

When radio hostElvis Duranfulfilled his dream of playing a corpse onLaw & Order: SVU, it was under one condition: no nipples allowed.Duran, the longtime host of iHeartMedia’sElvis Duran and the Morning Show, opened up about his cameo on a 2021 episode of the long-running NBC series onThe Tonight ShowMonday.The star said it “was always a dream of mine to be dead on this show” — but revealed that he had a major stipulation in agreeing to be on camera.“I had a rule. I said, ‘You got to bring the blanket above the nipples,’” he told hostJimmy Fallon. “I had a nipple clause.”Duran, 59, played a character named Paul Landry in the episode “Trick-Rolled at the Moulin,” in which appeared briefly in a scene with starMariska Hargitayset in a morgue.Elvis Duran with Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay on the set of ‘Law & Order: SVU.'.Elvis Duran/InstagramHe said while it took two-and-a-half hours to get through hair and makeup, he enjoyed his time on set, as the crew made him laugh.“The people who did the makeup, they were kind of funny,” he recalled. “‘You should’ve been here yesterday. We had to do a girl who fell off a bridge 45 stories.’ I’m like, what did that look like?”Duran also joked that despite having no lines, he still found the role challenging.“You have to hold your breath,” he said. “And they kept messing up their lines. So I’d be like, ‘Damn it!’ It was weird because, I mean, they had to make my extremities blue, and it was weird. I don’t know. I never want to do it again.”Appearing as a corpse on true crime shows is a surprisingly coveted gig for stars. Questlove portrayed a dead body in a 2014 episode ofSVU, while Taylor Swift once starred as a murder victim in a2009 episode ofCSI.

When radio hostElvis Duranfulfilled his dream of playing a corpse onLaw & Order: SVU, it was under one condition: no nipples allowed.

Duran, the longtime host of iHeartMedia’sElvis Duran and the Morning Show, opened up about his cameo on a 2021 episode of the long-running NBC series onThe Tonight ShowMonday.

The star said it “was always a dream of mine to be dead on this show” — but revealed that he had a major stipulation in agreeing to be on camera.

“I had a rule. I said, ‘You got to bring the blanket above the nipples,’” he told hostJimmy Fallon. “I had a nipple clause.”

Duran, 59, played a character named Paul Landry in the episode “Trick-Rolled at the Moulin,” in which appeared briefly in a scene with starMariska Hargitayset in a morgue.

Elvis Duran with Ice-T and Mariska Hargitay on the set of ‘Law & Order: SVU.'.Elvis Duran/Instagram

Elvis Duran/Instagram

He said while it took two-and-a-half hours to get through hair and makeup, he enjoyed his time on set, as the crew made him laugh.

“The people who did the makeup, they were kind of funny,” he recalled. “‘You should’ve been here yesterday. We had to do a girl who fell off a bridge 45 stories.’ I’m like, what did that look like?”

Duran also joked that despite having no lines, he still found the role challenging.

“You have to hold your breath,” he said. “And they kept messing up their lines. So I’d be like, ‘Damn it!’ It was weird because, I mean, they had to make my extremities blue, and it was weird. I don’t know. I never want to do it again.”

Appearing as a corpse on true crime shows is a surprisingly coveted gig for stars. Questlove portrayed a dead body in a 2014 episode ofSVU, while Taylor Swift once starred as a murder victim in a2009 episode ofCSI.

source: people.com