The thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don’t necessarily see themselves as villains.
ADRIAN HODGESThey’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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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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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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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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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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 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.
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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 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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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