August 3, 2002
Anderson talks about Resident Evil 2: Nemesis

ARROW: So let's move on to Resident Evil 2.

PAUL: Electric Boogaloo.

ARROW: You bet Electric Boogaloo! You just finished writing the screenplay?

PAUL: Yes…

ARROW: Do you have any casting ideas, there was a Mira Sorvino rumor floating around recently.

PAUL: We haven’t approached any cast for it yet, although they’re a couple of people from the first one that we would like to return.

ARROW: Will the sequel be a bit like what ALIENS was to ALIEN? More of everything?

PAUL: Yes, it’s definitely more of a fully loaded action movie. Where the first one was sort of claustrophobic horror, Nemesis will be a lot more expansive. Nemesis will take place in one night in Raccoon City after its been overruled with the undead. You have a group of survivors fighting for their lives and trying to get out of the city.

ARROW: Is Milla returning? I assumed that she would.

PAUL: We would like her to return, yes. And it will also feature characters from the Resident Evil Nemesis game.

ARROW: Nemesis will be played by Eric Mabius right?

PAUL: Yes, that’s the idea...at the end of the first movie he becomes the Nemesis.

ARROW: So he mutates.

PAUL: Yes, he becomes the main villain of the second feature.

ARROW: Are you aiming for a trilogy with the Resident Evil series?

PAUL: Yes, I would like that. I’ve got the idea for the 3 movies mapped out already, they were always in the back of my mind. Now that the first movie did the business it did, the trilogy might become a reality.

TO BE CONTINUED...


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[Thanks to JoBlo.com for the above interview with Paul Anderson]