One of the problems of this genre is that there are cliches everywhere, and you’ve got to be careful and watch out.
ADRIAN HODGESI want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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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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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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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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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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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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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