He’s not cruel. He just does what he has to do. And in his own mind, he’s absolutely right.
ADRIAN HODGESYou 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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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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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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 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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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 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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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