Resident Evil Requiem actor says mo-cap shoots were done in the dark

Leon Kennedy is a veteran of the zombie apocalypse, and is played by a veteran actor: Nick Apostolides returns to the role after voicing Leon in the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 4, as well as the animated series Infinite Darkness. Grace Ashcroft is the opposite—Resident Evil Requiem is very much her first rodeo, and like Ethan in RE7, her first-person segments are a return to the desperate survival horror the series was once known for.

Grace is played by Angela Sant'Albano, who is not only new to the series but to horror games in general. "I watched a ton of gameplay," Sant'Albano said, "because [Capcom] referred a lot to the fact that they wanted to go back to the horror Resident Evil games.

It was my first experience with horror, so I really wanted to make sure that I was capturing that and leaning into that slow, creeping tone that you really need to achieve." Filming in a mocap studio, wearing "those dorky capture suits and helmets," the team tried to recreate the same conditions players face.

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