It’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 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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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 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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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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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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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