You do see a few people and you are thinking of how that chemistry is going to work, but it’s not really fair to put people who are auditioning together in a room.
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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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 think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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