The concept of being loyal to your friends, to the point where you’d even die for them, is a great subject.
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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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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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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 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.
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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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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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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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