The thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don’t necessarily see themselves as villains.
ADRIAN HODGESYou 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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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 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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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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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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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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