I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
ADRIAN HODGESIt’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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 thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don’t necessarily see themselves as villains.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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