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.
ADRIAN HODGESAnd 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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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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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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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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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One of the problems of this genre is that there are cliches everywhere, and you’ve got to be careful and watch out.
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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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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