Nick Apostolides revealed the bands he listened to that helped form his portrayal of Leon Kennedy in every of the Resident Evil Remake video games, sharing some stunning picks from his playlist.
Apostolides shared the data in a Cameo video to a fan in July 2026, saying he listened to numerous steel and grunge whereas filming for every recreation.
Extra particularly, he related RE2 Leon with Nirvana, RE4 Leon with Alice in Chains, and RE9 Leon with basic Metallica.
“I really take numerous deep inspiration in my performing by way of music to get into the best mindset,” he defined. And for Leon, that apparently means banging his head to the Seattle Sound.
Whereas he didn’t “suppose an excessive amount of about it” whereas recording for Resident Evil 2, Apostolides says he listened to numerous Nirvana on the time, saying their “grunge, rock power was good for youthful Leon.”
He described Alice in Chains as a “large” inspiration for a way he dealt with Leon in Resident Evil 4, particularly naming songs like Them Bones and Would, in addition to music from the group’s later albums like The Satan Put Dinosaurs Right here. (Sure, that’s the album’s actual identify, and it’s incredible. You’ll thank me for placing you on.)
🎵Nick Apostolides shared the music that helped form Leon’s completely different eras, from Resident Evil 2 to Resident Evil Requiem.
In a Cameo video, the actor revealed that Nirvana impressed his efficiency because the younger Leon in RE:2, Alice in Chains turned the most important affect for… pic.twitter.com/mF110KhRP1
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Resident Evil Requiem, the sequence’ newest installment, is the oldest Leon has ever been — and so, he has outdated man tastes, with Apostolides saying he listened to “basic, Eighties Metallica” to get into character.
“That tremendous heavy, quick, lockstep rhythms and stuff like that. I used to be utilizing so much in that tune ‘Orion.’ That’s my favourite tune of all time. …I had that in my head. It’s simply such a heavy riff, and there’s a lot behind that tune about why they wrote it, how they wrote it. I simply adore it.”
Followers are, predictably, going gaga over this data, which is simply the most recent tidbit from Apostolides about his time enjoying Leon. Earlier this month, the actor mentioned Capcom sadly determined to chop what would have been his “favourite” line in Requiem — and sure, it’s a corny one-liner.
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