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A NEW CAST FOR A CLASSIC TALE
Jeremy Bolt and director and producing partner Paul W.S. Anderson reunite with Robert
Kulzer to make The Three Musketeers. Much like the titular characters themselves,
these three filmmakers are back together again, this time tackling historical fiction, quite a
departure from their last collaborations.
“I've always been attracted to The Three Musketeers,” says Anderson. “It's a classic
story. I read the book when I was at school. I grew up watching the Richard Lester
version of the movie. And it's a kind of film that I've always wanted to make. For me, it's
a real passion of mine and it has been for a long time. It’s the classic story of heroism,
love, and friendship. It's set in France. But it tells the story of an everyman and that
everyman is D’Artagnan. He's a young man who grows up in the countryside who
dreams of going to the big city and making it big.”
Says producer Jeremy Bolt, ”Paul and I were in Berlin and had been talking about
wanting to film something with this beautiful European architecture. The Oliver Reed
version of the film - which Paul had always loved - came on while I was at the gym, and it
all just clicked together. I pitched it to Paul as soon as I could, We had been looking for a
project that was full of adventure, and we found it in The Three Musketeers.”
Says Kulzer, “Paul and I have done many movies together, usually involving zombies,
monsters and evil forces. However, I think we are finally growing up and Paul has got
married and had a little girl, Ever. Paul is a very passionate father and I think that Ever
has definitely influenced his branching out in a different direction. But I think we all felt
that this was a fantastic opportunity for Paul to show a side of his work and skills that
goes beyond just being an action director and shows that he is really someone who can
tell a story of love with humor and with great spirit.”
Adds Anderson, “A lot of people say it's a big change of pace, doing a period movie after
having done so many science fiction films. And really I don't see it as that different,
because actually science fiction and period movies have a lot in common. If you think
about it, in a science fiction movie, you need to create all the sets, you need to create a
world. Everyone has to wear a costume, everyone has to have a specific hair style. It's
creating a world. And that's exactly what period moviemaking is. You have to create that
world also. And that's what we have done in Three Musketeers.”
He continues, “I think The Three Musketeers is a story that offers for filmmakers the
opportunity to immerse the audience in the world that a modern audience hasn’t seen
before. To immerse the audience in the world of 17 th century Paris is pretty amazing. I
mean, think about it. For me it was very exciting. And also it was very exciting because
really in all the previous versions of The Three Musketeers no one had ever really
presented France and Paris. And I know that may seem strange coming from a filmmaker
who shot his movie in Germany, but the architecture was true French Architecture. And
also what we've been able to do with visual effects is really recreate whole chunks of
Paris that have never been seen before. Notre Dame Cathedral as it was at the time.
The Louvre as it was at the time, these fabulous bridges that arced across the Seine that
had houses built on them, houses and shops and these things have never really been
seen in a movie of The Three Musketeers before.”
Casting for any film is always a crucial stage to ensure a film’s success, but the process
takes on a unique importance when dealing with casting a classic story with well-known
characters.
“This movie was a big challenge in terms of casting because all the actors have to be
funny, they have to be charming and they must be able to deal with their characters
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