He’s not cruel. He just does what he has to do. And in his own mind, he’s absolutely right.
ADRIAN HODGESIn the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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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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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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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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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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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