Adrian Hodges Quotes
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.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges And we make quite a big thing about that. I won’t give too much away.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges One of the problems of this genre is that there are cliches everywhere, and you’ve got to be careful and watch out.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges The thing about villains is that villains always have their own logic, and they don’t necessarily see themselves as villains.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges He’s not cruel. He just does what he has to do. And in his own mind, he’s absolutely right.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges 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.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges 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 HodgesAdrian Hodges I always want the action to be witty. I don’t want it to be merely routine.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges But when he finally does make it, they’re not going to make it easy for him. That never changes.
Adrian HodgesAdrian 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.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges The concept of being loyal to your friends, to the point where you’d even die for them, is a great subject.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges Richelieu was a great statesman, and like all great statesman, he was a very ruthless man.
Adrian HodgesAdrian Hodges 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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