Richelieu is not a villain, in his own mind. He’s doing what he needs to do.
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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The 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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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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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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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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