It is one of the main attractions of the new film adaptation of The Three Musketeers. French actress Eva GreenThe 43-year-old actor is part of a high-quality cast alongside Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris and François Civil.The Three Musketeers: Milady‘, released in Spain this Friday. The second part of the double work directed by Martin Bourboulon refers to dark and mysterious events in its title. lady characterHe is played by Green himself. This Hollywood star, who has concentrated his work on European films and TV series in recent years, explains what motivates him and how he prepared to play the ambivalent anti-hero in an interview with El Periódico de Catalunya of the Prensa Ibérica group in Paris. This is a great production.
“Milady is a dark character, but if she were just evil, I wouldn’t be interested in the role,” Green says of one of the most interesting characters in the saga. Literary epic of Alexandre Dumas. In two of Bourboulon’s films – perhaps they will become a trilogy – the actor middleman and spy Worker in the employ of Cardinal Richelieu in 17th-century FranceIn the artistic imagination of Dumas (1802-1870), it was marked by conspiracies and religious wars.
“A femme fatale in the mythological sense”
“When I was young, my favorite book was ‘The Count of Monte Cristo,’” Green says of another of the French romantic author’s iconic novels. In the case of the Three Musketeers saga, “I had to read the novels like reading in high school required, which was less satisfying. However I grew up imprinted on that universe and its film adaptations.. I will always remember Lana Turner playing Milady in George Sidney’s (1948).
‘After you’ve done it’bond girl With ‘Casino Royale’ or Miss Peregrine in the movie in 2006 Tim Burton 2016, Green portrays another ‘femme fatale’ on screen. Like Vesper Lynd, Milady mysterious, seductive and manipulative. “She’s a femme fatale in the mythological sense because she tries to kill men,” the actress explains. “The most interesting thing is the cracks in his personality. “There’s a kind of vulnerability,” she adds. One of the successes of the script is that it is not a simple character, but a complex one. One of the most powerful sequences of the second part is the face-to-face encounter between Milady and Athos (Cassel), in which the roots of his “obsessive behavior” are evoked.
A modern and chameleon-like character
Milady’s character stands out for its modernity as well as its complexity: “A self-made woman.Not dependent on anyone and not caring about what others think or social conventions. His conflict and tense relationship with D’Artagnan (Civil) sets the narrative pulse of the two films. recorded at the same time and has a structure reminiscent of the series. In fact, if you haven’t seen the first part, the second part is not fully understood.
Milady is also a chameleon character assumes different roles to achieve their goals. For this reason, their clothes change frequently in both films. Green emphasizes the work done in this sense. tailor Thierry Delettre. “Maintaining a good relationship with the client is always important, even more so in a film where my character is constantly dressing up,” he explains.
Since it couldn’t be otherwise, Green also takes part in some of the action scenes that leave his mark on this cloak and shield movie. For him, took fencing lessons for two months. In one of the replays, he admits that his sword was deflected and “I pierced François Civil’s trousers.” One of the anecdotes from the filming of this ‘blockbuster’ achieves its purpose: to entertain and sell large numbers of cinema tickets, but can leave a slightly bland taste for the most die-hard movie buffs.