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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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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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Logic Mind Necessarily Need Own Themselves Villian
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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Always Big Challenge Director People Talking
Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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Bad Milady Sense Thing Villian
On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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Action Choreograph Director Fun Good Level Need Scene Simple
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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Adapt Adventure Book Came Real Straightforward Wanted
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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Clinch Doe Everywhere Fun Genre Problem
Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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Doe Great Man Mind Ruthless Stateman
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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Characterization Come Complex From Fun Genre Point Really Simple View Wanted
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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Couse Know Past Qualities Recognize Remake Work
I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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Adventure Book Genre Real Reinvention
In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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Actually Become Book Doe End Giving Musketeer Near Official Quite Until
I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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Action Always Merely Routine Witty
But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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Change Easy Finally Going Make never
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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Being Concept Die Friend Great Loyal Point Subject
Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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