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.
ADRIAN HODGESBut 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.
More Adrian Hodges Quotes
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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 was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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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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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 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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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 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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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 think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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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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