Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
ADRIAN HODGESIn the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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 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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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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 always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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