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SDCC Interview: Ali Larter on the Challenges of Afterlife


Source: Peter Brown
July 27, 2010


The thing that Ali Larter wants you to know about her character of Clare Redfield in the upcoming Resident Evil: Afterlife more than anything else is that she won't be the same character you met in the previous installment of the franchise. Oh, and that she gets to kick a lot more ass.

At a press event held for the film at the San Diego Comic-Con, Larter told Shock that one thing you can look forward to seeing in the film more so than previous installments is a closer tie to the video games. Director Paul W. S. Anderson decided to put into the film many sequences that were pulled directly from the games such as the classic fight between Clare, Chris Redfield (played by Wentworth Miller) and Albert Wesker (played by Shawn Roberts).

"Some our stunts were choreographed beat-by-beat from the video game," Larter said. "I'm wearing the outfit that I wore in the video game. That is kind of fun stuff that [Paul] brings to it."

Clare emerged as one of the few survivors from Resident Evil: Extinction but in Resident Evil: Afterlife we learn that Clare is someone that has learned to survive at all costs and that she is trying to overcome some memory loss. However, as the film progresses, we learn that Clare is the key to safety. But figuring out who she can trust in Afterlife is a challenge, leading to some confrontations not only with Alice (Milla Jovovich) but as well with her own brother, Chris.

"By introducing her brother, you take a character like Clare that has a really rough edge to her and is selfless, who has found a way to survive in all situations…you get to watch her crack a little bit when she meets her brother," Larter says. "It is not a family reunion where you say 'Oh it's so good to see you.' No, it is ‘I'm going to kick your ass if you say you're my f**king brother but you are not.' It's a family reunion Resident Evil style."

Those types of twists, however, is something that Larter has come to expect as she has gotten to explore different aspects of genre films beginning with Final Destination that first brought her to Comic-Con many years ago.

"[Final Destination] introduced me to a whole different world of loyalty within fans and passion and something I feel really lucky to have in my career and my life," Larter said. "When you are shooting Resident Evil, you are cold and you are tired. You are shooting on a stage and its wet but you know it is going to look bad ass and these guys are going to go into a theater and they will be cheering for you. That's fun for me to make these movies."

For Larter, being on set for these movies and other genres is a new experience each time and shooting in 3D for Afterlife, it was a completely new aspect to filmmaking she had to get accustomed to.

"It takes a lot more patience," Larter said. "It is a new technology and you have to figure out the learning curve. We got the cameras from James Cameron's Avatar and we got some of the tech guys but these guys are learning as they go along. It is really about being patient and if you have to do it again you have to do it again."

Larter explains one sequence with a fight with the Axe Man that took three days to shoot and the 3D aspect of filming was painful as they had to shoot in seconds of intervals because the equipment would break down and they would have to wait hours before it was fixed.

However, she seems cool with it. "I love anything that's fresh and by using these cameras it brings a new element to the Resident Evil franchise and I think it is a really incredible fit," Larter said. "You hear all these movies that are turned into 3D and it doesn't work. This movie was written for 3D and I think it is an amazing fit with the truth about what the Resident Evil franchise is about."

Resident Evil: Afterlife opens in theaters September 10.

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Posted by: chris on July 27, 2010 at 19:15:35

REMAKE LIKE THE FIRST GAME !!!!!!! they do it with books all the time and it works pervfectly.plus fans will love it plus those who did not play them.let chris nolan do it he make awesome story driven films with huge stories,and characters.

Posted by: djblack1313 on July 27, 2010 at 19:48:16

Ali RULES!! i can't wait to see this!! keep the RE movies coming!!

Posted by: Thunder on July 27, 2010 at 21:39:45

So awesome. Can't wait to see this!

Posted by: abj on July 30, 2010 at 17:32:17

this movie is gonna be the BOOM WICKED.

Posted by: observer on July 31, 2010 at 00:27:14

She looks too OLD to play Claire Redfield
Because on the video Game Claire looks like 21-25
but this actress looks like 30 plus

Posted by: Gerard Olsder on August 1, 2010 at 11:14:27

I think it's pretty sad that the article keeps mentioning Clare Redfield. Who is Clare Redfield? I know of the character Claire Redfield...but Clare?

And when did Claire and Chris fight Wesker together? Was that in a part of Code:Veronica that I seem to have missed? Because I can't recall any fight of Claire and Chris together against Wesker. Could be my memory though.

Posted by: CCR on August 1, 2010 at 16:09:33

ha, i noticed that too...but u can't expect any level of accuracy from these movies.

REBOOT! and hopefully by then these fools will have noticed how much 3D sucks

Posted by: E on August 3, 2010 at 20:49:53

Final Destination is the coolest.

Posted by: DarkConker13 on August 3, 2010 at 22:48:17

The fight is actually the one that takes place between Chris, Wesker, and Sheva near the end of RE5. If its a shot for shot remake of that scene but in 3D (and with Claire instead) it will blow our minds lol
I love the Resident Evil series and have since I began playing it growing up, but you fanboys really have to learn what your taking about..this is a movie franchise right now. The very first movie deviated from the games and created its own unique perspective set within the RE universe. Paul W.S. Anderson has done a decent job thus far of trying to make us all happy but realizes that its impossible and has set out to create his take on it. There have been zombies, lickers, tyrants, dogs, birds, and MF'ing Nemesis, thats not a bad track record. Do I hope this movie closes out this arc, absolutely. Do I think that the new reboot should stick closely to the source material and be darker and more terrifying like it should be? Hell yes! Should I write it? Probably lol But don't trash something you haven't even seen yet...no one needs your hater-ade and you know your going to pay 10 bucks to go see it like the rest of us anyway...
N.B. If Wesker transforms I will **** myself lol

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