And we’re always talking to the directors about that. It’s a big challenge to find people that can do it.
ADRIAN HODGESRichelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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 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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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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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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 want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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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