“Drop Dead Gorgeous” director hints at surprise when Denise Richards landed Bond role as nuclear physicist: ‘Really?’

“Drop Dead Gorgeous” director hints at surprise when Denise Richards landed Bond role as nuclear physicist: ‘Really?’

The actress was cast as Dr. Christmas Jones opposite Pierce Brosnan in 1999’s “The World Is Not Enough.” Denise Richards in ‘Drop Dead Beautiful’ and ‘The World Is Not Enough,’ the 19th James Bond filmCredit: Warner Bros.; Keith Hamshere/Sygma via GettyKey PointsDrop Dead Gorgeous director recalls the moment Denise Richards learned she was the next Bond Girl while filming the cult classic.“It was very funny,” says Michael Patrick Jann. “She was …