I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
ADRIAN HODGESIn the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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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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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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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 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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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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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