Aramis

"What's the matter? Good God," asked the poor woman, "have I said anything that has wounded you?" "No, but the name struck me because I also have known that gentleman, and it appeared strange to me to meet with a person who appears to know him well." "Oh, yes, very well.

Not only him, but some of his friends, Messieurs Porthos and Aramis." "Indeed, you know them likewise?" "I know them," cried Milady, who began to feel a chill penetrate her heart.

"Well, if you know them, you know that they are good and free companions.

Why do you not apply to them if you stand in need of help?" "That is to say," stammered Milady, "I am not really very intimate with any of them.

Excuse me, but there's four of us.

Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.

Hello.

Nice to meet you again.

We're going to get into that in a moment.

Three Musketeers, 1993.

The three best of the disbanded musketeers, Athos, Kiefer Sutherland, Porthos, Oliver Platt, Aramis, Charlie Sheen, join a young, hot-headed, would-be musketeer, D'Artagnan, Chris O'Donnell, to stop Cardinal Richelieu.

How do you say that, Kyle?

You get a young, hungry outsider from the rural countryside who journeys to the bustling, cynical capital to join the king's elite royal brigade.

And he immediately bumps into three very seasoned, deeply flawed veterans, right? Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.

Yes.

And together they form a makeshift family unit to fight for justice and honestly, more importantly, for each other against this corrupt state apparatus.

Oh.

Why is that?

Well, the entire charm of Dumas' novel, the, the reason we actually care about Athos, Porthos, and Aramis is their banter.

Right, the dialogue.

And as I mentioned before, a lot of these actors were also pursued by Columbia and TriStar, and in fact, I believe Johnny Depp actually ended up cast in one of those, but I can't remember which.

But in the end, our Three Musketeers, well, four really, consisted of Kiefer Sutherland playing Athos, Charlie Sheen as Aramis, after he was originally sought out to play Porthos, who was instead played by Oliver Platt.

And oh, I know you're gonna love this one, and the role of D'Artagnan was given to Chris O'Donnell.

And lovers of bad movies may have just had their ears perk up because this was just a few years shy of Chris O'Donnell's faithful portrayal of Dick Grayson, age whatever, in Batman Forever, and more notoriously, Batman and Robin.

Yeah, this one moment, it takes the cake.

I'll get to the big stupid moment in a minute, but there's, at one point, where Charlie She- Where...

Oh, okay, I'll say where Aramis, like, confronts the cardinal as he's, like, taking the king and queen away.

You know, like, the cardinal's like, "Oh, you know better than anybody that I don't answer to men." And then Charlie Sheen's like, "Well, then you'll answer to God." And then he, he's, like, pointing, like, his musket at the cardinal, and then...

The film follows the adventures of D'Artagnan, played by Gene Kelly, a spirited young nobleman from the countryside who travels to Paris with dreams of joining the elite musketeers.

Along the way, he encounters the legendary trio Arthos, played by Van Heflin, Porthos, played by Gig Young, and Aramis, played by Robert Coote.

Together they embark on a series of daring escapades to protect King Louis XIII.

played by Frank Morgan, and Queen Anne, played by Angela Lansbury from the sinister plots of Prime Minister Richelieu, played by Vincent Price, and the treacherous Milady de Winter, played by Lana Turner.

Yeah.

But I was going to say, when he's standing on top of the bridge, Aramis is, and he jumps onto that boat.

Did you catch, because he's trying to steal the key from the guy that's with the lady on the boat.

Did you catch what the guy on the boat says to the lady when they're, because he's trying to like canoodle her.

That's a direct quote from there.

Oh, I forgot about that.

And then Aramis jumps down, tries to drown him, grabs the key, and then he tells the lady that he's not a real priest, so he can still bang.

Not one of those lame-ass real priests.

In The Three Musketeers, the young d'Artagnan, played by Michael York, is a swordsman who arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer.

He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, played by Oliver Reed, Porthos, played by Frank Finlay, and Aramis, played by Richard Chamberlain, each of whom challenges him to a duel.

D'Artagnan finds out that they are the Musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu, played by Charlton Heston, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over King Louis, played by Jean-Pierre Cassel, by exposing the Queen, played by Geraldine Chaplin, and her affair with the English Duke, played by Simon Ward.

D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance, played by Raquel Welch, the Queen's dressmaker, as well as the malicious Count Rochefort, played by Christopher Lee, and the beautiful but deadly Milady de Winter, played by Fay, who operates as a secret agent for the Cardinal.

Leicester originally wanted Hungary as a filming location, but when that didn't work out, the production moved to Spain and filmed on location in Madrid from late spring to well into the fall.

They utilized the small towns and the surrounding areas, which benefited greatly from the production in terms of payment, and included over 50 locations and more than 100 costumes.

Timothy Dalton supposedly turned down the role of Aramis, and Charlton Heston was originally offered the role of Athos, but turned it down because he didn't want to be in Spain for five months straight.

However, he liked the script so much that he chose to play the Cardinal instead.

... of the cardinal, the king's minister, Os- [laughs] the king's minister to help fight an impending war with England.

Rochefort affirms, affirms to the cardinal that three musketeers refuse to relinquish their duties, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.

You refuse to say Richelieu, don't you? [laughs]

You, you know, sometimes, sometimes you just gotta, if you don't, you know, if you don't, when you're doing this, if you don't r- know the pronunciation right off the bat, just, just, just-

Well, in Paris, D'Artagnan rescues Queen Anne's handmaidens from their own bodyguards, and after a scolding, takes a liking to one Constance.

In the city, D'Artagnan encounters each of the Three Musketeers separately, unaware of their identities or association, resulting in a separate duel arranged with each.

At the arranged location, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis reveal themselves as Musketeers.

Before their duel, Jussac, a captain of the Capital Cardinals Guard, arrives with four other guards to arrest the Musketeers.