The concept of being loyal to your friends, to the point where you’d even die for them, is a great subject.
ADRIAN HODGESYou 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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And we’re always talking to the directors about that. It’s a big challenge to find people that can do it.
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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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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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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.
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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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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