Resident Evil's Leon Is, In Fact, Named After A 1994 French Action Film

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De acordo com informacoes, Kennedy has been revealed, and, as many fans suspected, he's named after director Luc Besson's 1994 French action film Leon: The Professional . Resident Evil 2 director Kideki Kamiya recently took to X and casually confirmed the long-held fan theory in response to a fan pointing out the apparent references to the film in Resident Evil. He said Leon's name came about after talking with Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, who shot down several name ideas before Kamiya offered up another suggestion.

"Well, why don't we just take it from that movie I watched the other day," Kamiya said (via Google Translate), that movie being Leon: The Professional, starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, and a young Natalie Portman. Kamiya said Mikami said "Yeah, that works," and the rest is history. Continue Reading at GameSpot Continue acompanhando pra nao perder as novidades.