January 11, 2025
Denise Richards couldn’t continue on reality series Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, but she knows someone who can.
"Well, actually, I just interviewed with him and he is my very first costar, on Saved by the Bell is Mario Lopez," Richards told Entertainment Weekly. "And I asked him, when are you going to do it? He would do awesome on it. He'd make it to the end, I'm sure."
Lopez is a trained wrestler who starred in Saved by the Bell as the macho A.C. Slater. He has experience in sports and has also been honored by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The Wild Things actress appeared on an episode of the show and felt nervous about it.
"It's very daunting when you go on a show with actors that have been working together for a long time, and you only have a couple of lines," Richards recalled in an interview with People in June 2020.
"It's my second acting job in my entire life, and I have to get into a bikini, and go in the ocean, pretend like I'm drowning, and have him carry me out in front of all those people. I was so embarrassed," she added.
This comes after Denise Richards had a hard time on Special Forces: World's Toughest Test due to her fear of heights and left the show in episode two.