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.
ADRIAN HODGESYou’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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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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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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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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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