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.
ADRIAN HODGESYou 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.
ADRIAN HODGESRichelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
ADRIAN HODGESAnd we’re always talking to the directors about that. It’s a big challenge to find people that can do it.
ADRIAN HODGESIt’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.
ADRIAN HODGESI always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
ADRIAN HODGESRichelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
ADRIAN HODGESThere 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 HODGESIn the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
ADRIAN HODGESI think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
ADRIAN HODGESYou 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.
ADRIAN HODGESThe BBC came to me and they wanted to adapt the book [Three Musketeers] again, in the straightforward way, and I said no to that.
ADRIAN HODGESBut when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
ADRIAN HODGESI want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
ADRIAN HODGESIt’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
ADRIAN HODGESAnd we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
ADRIAN HODGESThe thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don’t necessarily see themselves as villains.
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