They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
ADRIAN HODGESI always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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