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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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