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.
ADRIAN HODGESOn a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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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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You have to make that judgement yourself, and that’s partly where the casting director is so good. It was that blend that we were looking for.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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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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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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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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