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 HODGESBut when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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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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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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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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They’re classic themes, which is why I think it’s such a great story to look at again.
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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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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 want to make sure people are constantly surprised and interested.
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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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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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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
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