The situation that women were in, at the time, was something that Dumas doesn’t really go into, but it’s a great subject to look at.
ADRIAN HODGESOne 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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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 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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You can use the fun of the genre, but I also really wanted to come at it from the point of view of some really complex characterization.
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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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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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