One of the problems of this genre is that there are cliches everywhere, and you’ve got to be careful and watch out.
ADRIAN HODGESThey’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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 very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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