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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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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In 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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Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
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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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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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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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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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 always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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