Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
ADRIAN HODGESWhen 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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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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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 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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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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He’s not cruel. He just does what he has to do. And in his own mind, he’s absolutely right.
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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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