And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
ADRIAN HODGESOur rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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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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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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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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 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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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