The concept of being loyal to your friends, to the point where you’d even die for them, is a great subject.
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.
More Adrian Hodges Quotes
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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 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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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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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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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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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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