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.
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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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 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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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 thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don’t necessarily see themselves as villains.
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