Resident Evil Requiem Secretly Stars Leon, Fans Believe, As Trailer Easter Eggs and Actor's Resume Potentially Point to His Return

Our archetypal look astatine Resident Evil Requiem mightiness person centered connected a caller character, Grace Ashcroft, but that hasn't stopped speculation the endurance fearfulness secretly besides stars a much acquainted face: Leon S. Kennedy.

An quality by the floppy-haired fan-favorite has been suggested for immoderate clip by seasoned Resident Evil leaker Dusk Golem — and we'll get to their latest claims soon — but for now, let's instrumentality a look astatine what's successful the archetypal trailer for Resident Evil Requiem itself.

After a agelong series introducing Grace Ashcroft (seemingly the girl of Resident Evil Outbreak's Alyssa Ashcroft), we get a bully look astatine the now-ruined Raccoon City, destroyed by rocket onslaught astatine the extremity of Resident Evil 3.

Numerous Resident Evil games person featured Raccoon City, but the astir memorable, perhaps, was the Leon-starring Resident Evil 2. And here, successful the trailer for Resident Evil 9, we spot the battered remains of Leon's erstwhile spot of employment, the Raccoon City Police Department. It's looking alternatively worse for wear, but inactive recognisable. Some fans adjacent deliberation Leon's aged car is inactive parked outside.

A instrumentality to this determination surely hints astatine a plotline featuring Leon, particularly erstwhile paired with Ashcroft's presumption arsenic a authorities agent. After the events successful Raccoon City, Leon subsequently served arsenic a peculiar cause moving for the U.S. president successful some Resident Evil 4 and 6, starring immoderate fans to fishy that Leon and Grace already cognize each other, oregon volition soon transverse paths.

Some fans adjacent judge the trailer includes our archetypal snippet of Leon already. There's a enactment of dialog astatine the 2:45 people successful the trailer wherever idiosyncratic says: "Investigating each these unusual deaths, huh?" which immoderate judge to beryllium spoken by Nick Apostolides, the histrion who has provided the dependable and show seizure for Leon successful his astir caller appearances, specified arsenic Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, and Resident Evil 4 Remake.

Take a look astatine Apostolides' online resume, and there's different imaginable clue. The histrion present lists a "AAA Video Game" helium cannot sanction owed to being nether NDA, with his relation listed arsenic dependable and show seizure successful the aforesaid benignant arsenic his contributions to the different supra Resident Evil projects.

Finally, to prolific Resident Evil leaker Dusk Golem, who has spilled galore details astir Requiem successful the years starring up to its reveal, and has claimed the crippled features Leon arsenic its main (but not only) playable character.

"Leon is the main quality of RE9 Requiem," the leaker wrote up of the game's trailer being revealed. "You won't afloat spot him for a spot (though helium is successful the trailer), but successful the last crippled you play acold much arsenic Leon than Grace. [This will] go much evident arsenic selling continues, into the last game."

Dusk Golem has suggested Requiem is being planned arsenic the last section successful Leon's trilogy of games, completing his improvement from rookie bull to authorities agent, and present the mentor of a younger character: Grace. Here's hoping, if that is the case, Leon gets a blessed ending aft each he's gone through.

Resident Evil: Requiem was announced astatine Summer Game Fest 2025 for motorboat connected February 27, 2026 crossed PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S.

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