When she gets to know him, she sees qualities in him that she recognizes and it’s almost like trying to remake the past, but of course, it doesn’t work.
ADRIAN HODGESOur rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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The concept of being loyal to your friends, to the point where you’d even die for them, is a great subject.
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There was a lot that I wanted it to do, and I wanted it to be fun. It’s fun, but it’s not simple fun.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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You have to make that judgement yourself, and that’s partly where the casting director is so good. It was that blend that we were looking for.
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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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The thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don’t necessarily see themselves as villains.
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But you need them to also have that sense of fun and that sense of movement and that ability to get the actors to really respond to the material in the way that you want them to. It’s a very big thing.
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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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The BBC came to me and they wanted to adapt the book [Three Musketeers] again, in the straightforward way, and I said no to that.
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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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I didn’t want to do that. But what I did want to do was have a real look at the adventure genre because I thought it was ripe for reinvention.
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