Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
ADRIAN HODGESRichelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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 always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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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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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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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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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 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 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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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