In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
ADRIAN HODGESYou’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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 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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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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