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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.

Adrian Hodges

He’s not cruel. He just does what he has to do. And in his own mind, he’s absolutely right.
ADRIAN HODGES

Absolutely Cruel Mind Own Right
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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Explorer Genre Great Really Same Sometimes Thriller
There was a lot that I wanted it to do, and I wanted it to be fun. It’s fun, but it’s not simple fun.
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Fun Lot Simple Wanted
Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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Acknowledge Cliches Either Gently Make Something
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
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
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
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
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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Ability Actor Big Fun Material Movement Need Respond Sense Thing
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
The situation that women were in, at the time, was something that Dumas doesn’t really go into, but it’s a great subject to look at.
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Dumas Great Look Situation Sometimes Subject Thriller Time Women
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
Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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Bad Milady Sense Thing Villian
Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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Doing Mind Need Own People Villian
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 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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Blend Casting Director Judgement Looking Partly Yourself

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