After nearly 30 years of speculation, the director of the original Resident Evil 2, Hideki Kamiya, has officially confirmed that Leon S. Kennedy's name was directly inspired by the 1994 film Léon: The Professional. The revelation came via a post on X/Twitter, finally putting to rest a long-standing theory within the Resident Evil community.
A Name Borrowed from Cinema
Kamiya recalled the...
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