Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
ADRIAN HODGESThere 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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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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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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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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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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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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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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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