Denise Richards on Playing a Trophy Wife in ‘Paper Empire,’ Being ‘Panned’ as a Bond Girl
variety.comK.J. Yossman Denise Richards has played plenty of trophy wives, both fictional and semi-fictional, but her latest role as the ex-spouse of a high-rolling crypto fraudster in upcoming series “Paper Empire” gave Richards the opportunity to do “something very fun and challenging and very different,” she says.
The show, which premiered at MipTV in Cannes last week, tells the story of financier Laurence Fintch (played by Robert Davi) who finds himself in jail after carrying out a multi-million-dollar cryptocurrency fraud.
Fintch has no plans to stay in jail, regardless of what the FBI think, and soon hatches a daring plan to break out. The Robert Gillings-created series also stars Wesley Snipes, Kelsey Grammer and Danny Glover.
Richards says Gillings sold the role of Fintch’s glamorous ex-wife Bentley to her on the basis of his pitch. “It is the first project I’ve ever done, I believe in my entire career, that I’ve never seen a [full] script for,” she told Variety in Cannes. “I was given scenes with my character, that’s it.
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