You do see a few people and you are thinking of how that chemistry is going to work, but it’s not really fair to put people who are auditioning together in a room.
ADRIAN HODGESIn the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
More Adrian Hodges Quotes
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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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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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 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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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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 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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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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