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 HODGESRichelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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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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It’s a great genre because you can do a lot. Sometimes in thrillers, you can really explore things, and it’s the same in this genre.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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.
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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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