black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Related Topics

Fun Lot Simple Wanted

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
ADRIAN HODGES

Cynical Element Innocense Milady Past Thinking
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.
ADRIAN HODGES

Characterization Come Complex From Fun Genre Point Really Simple View Wanted
Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
ADRIAN HODGES

Able Action Like Really Sound Straightforward
He’s not cruel. He just does what he has to do. And in his own mind, he’s absolutely right.
ADRIAN HODGES

Absolutely Cruel Mind Own Right
Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
ADRIAN HODGES

Doing Mind Need Own People Villian
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 HODGES

Auditioning Chemistry Fair Few Going Judgement People Room Thinking Together Work
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.
ADRIAN HODGES

Dumas Great Look Situation Sometimes Subject Thriller Time Women
Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
ADRIAN HODGES

Doe Great Man Mind Ruthless Stateman
I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
ADRIAN HODGES

Action Always Merely Routine Witty
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.
ADRIAN HODGES

Adapt Adventure Book Came Real Straightforward Wanted
One of the problems of this genre is that there are cliches everywhere, and you’ve got to be careful and watch out.
ADRIAN HODGES

Clinch Doe Everywhere Fun Genre Problem
Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
ADRIAN HODGES

Acknowledge Cliches Either Gently Make Something
It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
ADRIAN HODGES

Action Different Fundamental Genre Particular Sound Thing Witty
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.
ADRIAN HODGES

Ability Actor Big Fun Material Movement Need Respond Sense Thing
They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
ADRIAN HODGES

Again Classic Great Look Stories Story Theme Think Thinking Why
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.
ADRIAN HODGES

Explorer Genre Great Really Same Sometimes Thriller
And we’re always talking to the directors about that. It’s a big challenge to find people that can do it.
ADRIAN HODGES

Always Big Challenge Director People Talking
I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
ADRIAN HODGES

Constantly Interested Make People Sure Surprised
And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
ADRIAN HODGES

Away Big Make Much Quite Thing
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.
ADRIAN HODGES

Blend Casting Director Judgement Looking Partly Yourself
In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
ADRIAN HODGES

Beginning Cynical Pretty Using Very Way
The thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don’t necessarily see themselves as villains.
ADRIAN HODGES

Logic Mind Necessarily Need Own Themselves Villian
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.
ADRIAN HODGES

Adventure Book Genre Real Reinvention
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.
ADRIAN HODGES

Fun Lot Simple Wanted
The concept of being loyal to your friends, to the point where you’d even die for them, is a great subject.
ADRIAN HODGES

Being Concept Die Friend Great Loyal Point Subject
In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
ADRIAN HODGES

Actually Become Book Doe End Giving Musketeer Near Official Quite Until
On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
ADRIAN HODGES

Action Choreograph Director Fun Good Level Need Scene Simple

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes