Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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.
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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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.
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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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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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The concept of being loyal to your friends, to the point where you’d even die for them, is a great subject.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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