I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
ADRIAN HODGESThe 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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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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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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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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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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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