Irene Choi Shares How Dann Florek's 'The Pitt' Cameo Left Her Star-Struck

Sammi BurkeSat, March 28, 2026 at 2:36 AM UTC

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Stars, they're just like us!

The Pitt newcomer Irene Choi recently admitted that there was one high-profile guest star this season whose appearance left her a little shaken—in the best way possible.

One Threads user uploaded an image of Dann Florek in his full Pitt regalia on the social media platform following this week's episode, noting that it was "driving me crazy" that they couldn't place where they'd seen the actor before.

"What the hell did he used to play in?" they asked.

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While many of the comments focused on Florek's best roles—his best known of which is likely as Captain Cragen in the Law & Order universe—one of the stars of this season of the hit HBO Max series replied to the inquiring mind, revealing that Florek's presence on set left her a little star-struck.

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"The scream I scrumpt when I saw him in the green room," she wrote in response, looking back on the moment she first laid eyes on him while filming Episode 12.

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While her response to his presence was likely a little startling—which fans agreed was a "valid reaction"—she said he was "very kind," all the same.

Florek played Mr. Eddie Cohen on this season of The Pitt. He joined his wife in the emergency room after she was transported by ambulance as a result of being struck by a car in a “very low speed” accident that caused her to fall to the ground and bruise her hip.

Eddie, who was behind the wheel, swore the car “wasn’t even moving” and that his wife walked right into it, though she was positive he had backed into her. He ended up a patient himself, and the doctors at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center realized that the combination of medications he was prescribed had interacted together in a negative way which they seemed to attribute his problems to.

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