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.
ADRIAN HODGESI think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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