Grace’s actor in Resident Evil Requiem says that Capcom ‘wished to return to the horror Resident Evil video games’

Leon Kennedy is a veteran of the zombie apocalypse, and carried out by a veteran too. Nick Apostolides returns to the position 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 typically. “I watched a ton of gameplay,” Sant’Albano informed 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 make it possible for I used to be capturing that and leaning into that sluggish, creeping tone that you actually need to attain.”

A technique of attaining that whereas in a mocap studio, carrying these dorky seize fits and helmets, was similar to the best way we play horror video games: at nighttime. “We might flip off all the sunshine [in] the studio,” Sant’Albano mentioned, “and we’d solely function by flashlight or digital camera gentle on our head—I feel [Capcom was] excellent at attempting to make the state of affairs really feel as near what it was with out, you already know, having a real-life zombie operating at you.”

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Whereas Sant’Albano watched lots of Resident Evil gameplay to get caught up, she began enjoying the video games as nicely, getting hooked on fan-favorite RE4 specifically. “I bear in mind wanting up and considering, ‘I have been enjoying for 3 and a half hours. The place did the time go?'” she mentioned. “Terrifying—but it surely’s so immersive, and it is probably the most wonderful distraction, as a result of it’s important to be so extremely centered that point simply flies, which I feel is nice, but additionally,” she laughed, “a little bit of a time suck.”