Adkins discussed the possibility to work with Heche on the film “13 Minutes.” It was one of Heche’s final projects released before her death, according to her IMDb.
“My time with Anne was way too short,” Adkins told Fox News Digital. “I met her and got to work with her and spent a couple of weeks with her and just enjoyed every minute of it.”
While promoting his upcoming FOX series, “Monarch,” Adkins spoke about his time with Heche. The show is a musical drama that follows a famous family in country music.
“13 Minutes,” Adkins and Heche’s project, will be released in October 2021. The action film follows four families as they try to find refuge after a tornado gives them only 13 minutes.
The country music star discussed how Heche’s energy affected everyone on set, as well as his emotions about not being able to work with the actress again.
“She was so energetic,” Adkins told Fox News Digital. “I mean, the energy that she brought into the room with her was just — it was just infectious, you know. And she just brought everybody up a little bit when she would come on set.”
“I enjoyed working with her, and it’s just tragic. It’s tragic. I hate that I won’t get to work with her again.”
Heche crashed her car into a Mar Vista home in Los Angeles on August 5. The crash sparked a fire, which nearly destroyed the property.
Following the crash, her rep confirmed Heche never “regained consciousness since shortly after the accident.” Heche suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury” and remained “in a coma” under medical care at the Grossman Burn Center in West Hills for the opportunity to donate her organs through the OneLegacy Foundation.
“It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she’s being kept on life support to determine if any are viable,” her representative confirmed to Fox News Digital at the time.
After being legally declared brain-dead on August 11, Heche was “peacefully taken off” life support on August 14.
After it was claimed that someone was injured in the incident, the Los Angeles Police Department began investigating Heche for felony DUI. Because no injuries were reported at the time, all of the actress’ potential charges would have been misdemeanors. Following Heche’s death, the LAPD dismissed the DUI investigation.
Adkins previously paid tribute to Heche on Twitter, writing: “I’m thankful that this road led me to cross paths with Anne.
“I enjoyed every minute I got to spend with her. Her energy was infectious and I thought she was adorable. Ride the wind, Darlin,” he added.
I’m thankful that this road led me to cross paths with Anne.
I enjoyed every minute I got to spend with her. Her energy was infectious and I thought she was adorable.
Ride the wind, darlin.
Trace pic.twitter.com/V1IMp0Daef— Trace Adkins (@TraceAdkins) August 12, 2022
Heche rose to fame on the big screen in the late 1990s, playing with Johnny Depp in “Donnie Brasco,” Harrison Ford in “Six Days, Seven Nights,” and Gus Van Sant in “Psycho.”