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.
ADRIAN HODGESRichelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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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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 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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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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