On a simple level, you need directors who are good at action and can choreograph an action scene
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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And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
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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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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 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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Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
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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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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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In the book, D’Artagnan doesn’t actually become an official Musketeer until quite near the end.
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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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You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
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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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Being able to do action sounds like it should be straightforward, but it really isn’t.
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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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In the very beginning, she’s using him in a pretty cynical way.
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Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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