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.
ADRIAN HODGESAnd 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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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.
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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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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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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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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 want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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