Denise Richards was able to make some lovely memories with Patrick Muldoon before his sudden death from a heart attack last week.
Muldoon and Richards — who dated in the 90s for five years and remained best friends for decades later — play romantic partners in the new action crime thriller film Dirty Hands, out in theatres on Friday, April 24.
“Pat & I were supposed to do press this week for Dirty Hands” Richards wrote on Instagram. “He was so passionate about this movie & worked so hard on it…We did our first movie together & I am so blessed & grateful I did his last movie with him.”
The post was accompanied by an emotional scene between their characters: Muldoon plays Chicago drug runner Patrick Muldoon and Richards plays his girlfriend Sheila, who is torn between her loyalties.
Richards, 55, and Muldoon, who was 57, first starred together in Starship Troopers in 1997, when they were 19 and 21 respectively. They formed a strong bond and dated for five years before deciding to remain friends.
Earlier this week, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star paid tribute to Muldoon on Instagram, admitting she’s “deeply heartbroken and devastated” losing her “best friend” and “family.”
“My whole adult life & I don’t know it without you. The friendship, love, support, respect & loyalty we we had was unconditional and rare,” she wrote. “You’ve had my back and protected me more than anyone. I don’t know what I’m going to do without you here.”
