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.
ADRIAN HODGESI 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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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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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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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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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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 book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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