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 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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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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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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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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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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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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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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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