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.
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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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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You do see a few people and you are thinking of how that chemistry is going to work, but it’s not really fair to put people who are auditioning together in a room.
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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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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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