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If aDaniel Durantfan club mobilizes during hisDancing with the Starsrun, he can count onCamrynandMilo Manheimto lead the charge.
Camryn, 61, told PEOPLE she and her son are “rooting” for Durant’s success — an especially strong endorsement since Milo, 21, and his partnerWitney Carsonfinished second onDWTSback in 2018.
“Milo and I are rooting for him,” theLaw & Orderstar told PEOPLE Monday night — just hours beforeDWTS’sseason 31 premiere. “We have definitely made it known he’s our guy.”
Camryn previously worked alongside Durant, 32, inDeaf West Theatre’s 2015 Broadway revival ofSpring Awakening. While she hasn’t given him any advice on navigating the dance show just yet, the actress has complete faith that Durant will go far.
“He’s going to be great,” she said. “I did a play with him, and he is so talented and brilliant and he could dance. So he’s going to be good.”
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Durant is the third deaf person to compete on the series after hisCODAcostarMarlee Matlinand modelNyle DiMarco, whowon the Mirrorball Trophyin 2016.
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“It was exciting because I hadn’t done anything like this before,” said Camryn, who plays Lieutenant Kate Dixon. “I’ve been around the block. I have, and I get to do something that’s so brand new. I’ve done a crossover before when I was onThe PracticeandAlly McBeal, but our studios were right next door to each other. We all knew each other. That just seemed like no big deal.”
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“We were jumping from theLaw & Orderset to theSVUset,” she recalled. “It’s rare we’re all in the same place, so it was really great to know we could tell a story that was bigger than each of us, and we could use each others' resources to tell it and give justice to it.”
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Dancing with the Starsairs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Disney+. The three-hourLaw & Ordercrossover event begins Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. on NBC.
source: people.com
