I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
ADRIAN HODGESYou’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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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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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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