On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
ADRIAN HODGESThe 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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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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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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I want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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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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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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Richelieu 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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