And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
ADRIAN HODGESRichelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular 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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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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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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I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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 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.
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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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