Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
ADRIAN HODGESOne 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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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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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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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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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