Resident Evil's Leon Kennedy is named after a milk-guzzling hitman, Hideki Kamiya casually confirms
Resident Evil 2 director Hideki Kamiya confirmed that the character Leon Kennedy was named after the hitman from the 1994 film Léon: The Professional. Kamiya shared that he proposed the name to series creator Shinji Mikami during development, and it was accepted. The article also notes other references to the film within the Resident Evil series, such as the 'Professional' difficulty setting and the 'Matilda' handgun.
- Entities
- Topic: Inspiration
- Game: Resident Evil
- Game: Resident Evil Requiem
- Person: Jean Reno
- Person: Natalie Portman
- Person: Shinji Mikami
- Topic: Game Development
- Topic: Film
- Company: Capcom
- Person: Hideki Kamiya
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