He’s not cruel. He just does what he has to do. And in his own mind, he’s absolutely right.
ADRIAN HODGESBut 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.
More Adrian Hodges Quotes
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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The BBC came to me and they wanted to adapt the book [Three Musketeers] again, in the straightforward way, and I said no to that.
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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 want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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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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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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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