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.
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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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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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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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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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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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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