In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
ADRIAN HODGESHe’s not cruel. He just does what he has to do. And in his own mind, he’s absolutely right.
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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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One of the problems of this genre is that there are cliches everywhere, and you’ve got to be careful and watch out.
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He’s not cruel. He just does what he has to do. And in his own mind, he’s absolutely right.
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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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You do see a few people and you are thinking of how that chemistry is going to work, but it’s not really fair to put people who are auditioning together in a room.
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It’s a great genre because you can do a lot. Sometimes in thrillers, you can really explore things, and it’s the same in this genre.
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