
Leon Kennedy is a veteran of the zombie apocalypse, and carried out by a veteran too. Nick Apostolides returns to the function after voicing Leon within the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 4, in addition to the animated sequence Infinite Darkness. Grace Ashcroft is the other—Resident Evil Requiem may be very a lot her first rodeo, and like Ethan in RE7, her first-person segments are a return to the determined survival horror the sequence was as soon as identified for.
Grace is performed by Angela Sant’Albano, who shouldn’t be solely new to the sequence however to horror video games normally. “I watched a ton of gameplay,” Sant’Albano instructed PCGamesN, “as a result of [Capcom] referred quite a bit to the truth that they wished to return to the horror Resident Evil video games. It was my first expertise with horror, so I actually wished to be sure that I used to be capturing that and leaning into that sluggish, creeping tone that you actually need to attain.”
A method of reaching that whereas in a mocap studio, sporting these dorky seize fits and helmets, was identical to the best way we play horror video games: at the hours of darkness. “We’d flip off all the sunshine [in] the studio,” Sant’Albano mentioned, “and we might solely function by flashlight or digicam gentle on our head—I believe [Capcom was] superb at making an attempt to make the scenario really feel as near what it was with out, you recognize, having a real-life zombie operating at you.”
Whereas Sant’Albano watched lots of Resident Evil gameplay to get caught up, she began taking part in the video games as properly, getting hooked on fan-favorite RE4 specifically. “I keep in mind wanting up and considering, ‘I have been taking part in for 3 and a half hours. The place did the time go?'” she mentioned. “Terrifying—however it’s so immersive, and it is probably the most wonderful distraction, as a result of you need to be so extremely centered that point simply flies, which I believe is nice, but additionally,” she laughed, “a little bit of a time suck.”

