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Adrian Hodges

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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Adventure Book Genre Real Reinvention
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
And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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Away Big Make Much Quite Thing
But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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Change Easy Finally Going Make never
Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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Bad Milady Sense Thing Villian
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
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 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
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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Clinch Doe Everywhere Fun Genre Problem
They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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Again Classic Great Look Stories Story Theme Think Thinking Why
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
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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Absolutely Cruel Mind Own Right
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
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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Logic Mind Necessarily Need Own Themselves Villian
I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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Cynical Element Innocense Milady Past Thinking
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

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