The thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don’t necessarily see themselves as villains.
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.
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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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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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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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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