Mariska Hargitay's Haircut Almost Got Her Fired From 'Law & Order: SVU'

Mariska Hargitay has had many different haircuts over the years of "Law & Order: SVU," but one in particular almost got her fired. The Emmy-winning star told WENN that Dick Wolf was not pleased with her accidental short crop .

The event happened during Season 3 of "Law & Order: SVU." "You know that moment," Hargitay said in September, according to MSN . "I look up and [my breath caught]. My hair was so cute and then all of a sudden, he did the one irrevocable cut. I went, 'Oh! Oh!' and he said, 'What? Honey, you're gorgeous.' He kept going. He cuts it and then he leaves. I'm calling the producer at 10:30, [crying], 'I just got a haircut. I don't think it looks good!' I went over to the producer's house and he was like, 'Yeah, that's a problem.' When they saw dailies [at work], they weren't happy."

Hargitay told WENN she was in the middle of shooting an episode when she requested the haircut for a photoshoot and the stylist cut the wrong piece.

"I give the guy a glass of wine, he's trimming my hair, everything's great ... and then all of a sudden I turn my head and he cuts the wrong piece off and I was like, 'No...!' I'm like, 'Dude, I'm in the middle of an episode,'" she recently told WENN . "I got in so much trouble."

Hargitay said she called series creator Wolf he said, "'I've fired people for less.'"

"I said, 'You can't be mad at me; I'm the one with the dramatic hairdo,'" she said.

Harigtay recently chopped off her locks as part of her character's transformation following the brutal events of the Season 15 events . The actress' hair has not only almost gotten her fired, but has also inspired blogs .

"Law & Order: SVU" airs Wednesdays, 9 p.m. EST on NBC.