It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
ADRIAN HODGESThere 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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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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 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 book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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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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