Denise Richards Avoided Playing A Cliché Trophy Wife In ‘Paper Empire’: ‘I Wanted To Try To Bring Some Depth’

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Denise Richards drew on her real life for her latest role. In the upcoming series “Paper Empire”, the actress plays the ex-wife of a crypto fraudster, which gave her and exciting new acting challenge, as she told Variety. READ MORE: Denise Richards Confirms She’s Returning To ‘The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills’ For Season 13 “I thought it might be interesting and challenging to do a project where I don’t know what’s happening,” Richards explained. “Because sometimes in life, we really don’t know what’s going to happen.

And so I just took every scene that I was ever given and based everything off of that.” And they her character, Bentley, may seem like regular arm candy for a rich man, Richards insisted that she “didn’t want to play the cliche trophy wife.

I wanted to try to bring some depth, as much as I could, to my character.” The actress also shared how she was able to relate to her character thanks to experiences from her own life. “Especially with, you know, Robert Davi’s character being taken off [by the FBI] and having to go away and what that would mean with her entire family falling apart,” she said. “Which obviously I can relate to as far as a divorce.

I’ve been through that. So I really just wanted to find ways where I can bring some empathy and also show that she really loved him.” Richards added, “And it wasn’t just about their lifestyle and money.