One of the problems of this genre is that there are cliches everywhere, and you’ve got to be careful and watch out.
ADRIAN HODGESI think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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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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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 not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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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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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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I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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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.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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 thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don’t necessarily see themselves as villains.
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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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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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