Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
ADRIAN HODGESI want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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 want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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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 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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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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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