In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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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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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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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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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 always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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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There was a lot that I wanted it to do, and I wanted it to be fun. It’s fun, but it’s not simple fun.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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