Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
ADRIAN HODGESIn the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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 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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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 not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular 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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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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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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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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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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