On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
ADRIAN HODGES
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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On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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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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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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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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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I think there’s an element in Milady where she sees her own innocence in D’Artagnan.
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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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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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It’s not fundamentally different to any other genre, that action is a particular thing.
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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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One of the problems of this genre is that there are cliches everywhere, and you’ve got to be careful and watch out.
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