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 HODGESI think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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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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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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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