I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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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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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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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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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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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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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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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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