In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
ADRIAN HODGESIn the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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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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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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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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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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