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.
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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I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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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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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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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