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.
ADRIAN HODGESYou 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.
More Adrian Hodges Quotes
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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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I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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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 thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don’t necessarily see themselves as villains.
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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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