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 HODGESAnd we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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He’s not cruel. He just does what he has to do. And in his own mind, he’s absolutely right.
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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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 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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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