It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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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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One of the problems of this genre is that there are cliches everywhere, and you’ve got to be careful and watch out.
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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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