Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
ADRIAN HODGESI think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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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 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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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