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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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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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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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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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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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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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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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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