Denise Richards was able to create some sweet memories with Patrick Muldoon before his sudden death following a heart attack last week.
Muldoon and Richards — who dated for five years in the ’90s and remained best friends for decades later — play romantic partners in the new action crime thriller film. Dirty handsin theaters Friday, April 24.
“Pat and I were supposed to do press this week for Dirty handsRichards wrote on Instagram. “He was so passionate about this film and worked so hard on it… We made our first film together and I am so lucky and grateful to have made his last film with him.”
The message was accompanied by a moving scene between their characters: Muldoon plays Chicago drug dealer Patrick Muldoon and Richards plays his girlfriend Sheila, torn between her loyalties.
Richards, 55, and Muldoon, 57, first performed together in Space Soldiers in 1997, when they were 19 and 21 years old respectively. They formed a strong bond and dated for five years before deciding to remain friends.
Earlier this week, the The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills The star paid tribute to Muldoon on Instagram, admitting she was “deeply heartbroken and devastated” to lose her “best friend” and “family.”
“My entire adult life and I don’t know it without you. The friendship, love, support, respect and loyalty we had was unconditional and rare,” she wrote. “You have supported and protected me more than anyone. I don’t know what I’m going to do without you here.”
