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.
ADRIAN HODGESIt’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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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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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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The BBC came to me and they wanted to adapt the book [Three Musketeers] again, in the straightforward way, and I said no to that.
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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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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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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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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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