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.
ADRIAN HODGESHe’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’re always talking to the directors about that. It’s a big challenge to find people that can do it.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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 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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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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I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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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