We spoke with Denise Richards about her upcoming role in the drama series PaperEmpire, infusing empathy into her character, filming without a script, and more!
Since the '90s Denise Richards has been an icon of pop culture. From starring in comedy classics like Drop Dead Gorgeous and Starship Troopers to dominating the small screen on The Bold and The Beautiful and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Richards has been at the center of some of our favorite movies and TV shows for decades. Now, she's returning to our television screens for Paper Empire, a new drama series about one of the biggest Ponzi schemes of all time.
This is such a stacked cast, was there anyone in particular that you were super excited to work with? RICHARDS: Yeah, definitely. Well, my character, obviously, she loves the very lavish lifestyle, and it was taken away from her [laughs]. I think, also, any time there is drama, I personally like – and a lot of times when there is something dramatic in our life – you have to find some humor at times with that. And so I wanted to bring a little bit of that in, as well, as much as I could, and it was fun.
I love that. Do you have a playlist for your character or any songs that you played to get into character? RICHARDS: You know, a lot of people had asked me if this is similar to Bernie Madoff and his wife, and for me, I did not wanna do that. I wanted to play if this was a real situation, obviously, it's a woman who loves a very lavish lifestyle. I loved a lot of the sarcastic lines, and you can have fun with that. But for myself, I wanted to bring part of myself.
RICHARDS: [Laughs] Yeah, no, we didn't. So it was a very interesting way of working, but I actually liked it because it was challenging. I had never done it before. I loved the concept so much, and Robert Gillings is so passionate, and when you work with people that are really passionate, and they love what they do, I was like, “I’m very excited about this! I can’t wait to work on it.” Like I said, though, we would work on it, and then we would shut down, and then start filming again.
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