{"id":413230,"date":"2026-09-28T23:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T23:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413230\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T23:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T23:06:09","slug":"denise-richards-recreates-scene-from-wild-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413230\/","title":{"rendered":"Denise Richards recreates scene from \u2018Wild Things\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denise Richards has come a long way since her days filming the classic film noir \u201cWild Things\u201d in South Florida.<\/p>\n

The actress has gone on to get married and go through two ugly divorces (to Hollywood star Charlie Sheen and wellness expert Aaron Phypers), raise three daughters and become a member of \u201cThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the 55-year-old beauty likely knows her obituary will lead with an unforgettable role in the 1998 steamy mystery-thriller.<\/p>\n

Richards played Kelly Van Ryan, a spoiled cheerleader who attends Blue Bay High School, shot at Ransom Everglades in Coconut Grove. Things get weird once Kelly accuses her guidance counselor Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) of sexually assaulting her.<\/p>\n

One of the many twists is that Sam is Kelly\u2019s lover and they conspired with local misfit Suzie Toller (Neve Campbell) to reap the windfall from a lawsuit against the private school.<\/p>\n

The story of greed, teenage angst and revenge has more surprises in store, including a few alligator cameos. If you are of a generation that hasn\u2019t downloaded it, we won\u2019t spoil the shocking ending.<\/p>\n

Need more motivation to pique your interest? Over the weekend, Richards shared an homage to \u201cWild Things\u201d on Instagram. In a video and picture, she re-created one of her many pool scenes, her hair slicked back the way it was in the poster that no doubt hung on a few walls at the time.<\/p>\n

\"Denise Denise Richards attends the Hollywood Reporter\u2019s Annual Women in Entertainment Gala in Los Angeles on December 7, 2022, Mario Anzuoni Reuters <\/p>\n

What\u2019s also noteworthy about the post is that Richards isn\u2019t using a filter and looks as if she\u2019s barely aged a day in 28 years. That\u2019s thanks to a well-publicized facelift by Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Ben Talei.<\/p>\n

In the comments section, followers weighed in, calling Richards \u201ciconic,\u201d \u201cstill a goddess\u201d and \u201cabsolutely stunning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the racy cult classic being a launchpad to fame, the star doesn\u2019t want her kids to ever watch it. Last year, the Illinois native told People<\/a> that the R-rated film is one project she never allowed Sami, 22, Lola, 21, or Eloise, 15, to see. (No matter that her family\u2019s now-defunct Bravo reality show was called \u201cDenise Richards and Her Wild Things.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s maybe a PG version,\u201d Richards joked, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t even know how they would make it a PG version.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Madeleine Marr<\/a><\/p>\n

Miami Herald<\/p>\n

Celebrity\/real time news reporter Madeleine Marr has been with The Miami Herald since 2003. She has covered such features as travel, fashion and food. In 2007, she helped launch the newspaper\u2019s daily People Page, attending red carpet events, awards ceremonies and press junkets; interviewing some of the biggest names in show business; and hosting her own online show. She is originally from New York City.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Denise Richards has come a long way since her days filming the classic film noir \u201cWild Things\u201d in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-413230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}