Oded Fehr On 'Resident Evil 2' Role

[Thursday, May 13th, 2004]
Oded FehrOded Fehr, who plays Carlos Olivera in Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse, says his character is heavily based on the video game character. "Carlos Olivera is in Resident Evil 3, the [Nemesis] game," Fehr told Sci-Fi Wire.

"Basically, [my character] works for the Umbrella Corp., who are responsible for what happens," Fehr said. "He works for them as a hired gun. There's an outbreak in the city, and he is sent in to actually take out the Umbrella personnel, evacuate them. He decides to save a woman that he sees that is about to be killed by the undead, and therefore he was left to die by the Umbrella Corp. He joins with Alice [Milla Jovovich] and Jill [Sienna Guillory] to fight the Umbrella Corp. and try to save their lives and bring the truth out."

Fehr says that although the movie is based on the game, some elements were added for the movie. "We tried to bring the game alive," Fehr said. "The story of the movie and the story of the game, they have similarities, but they're not parallel. I mean, it's not the same exact storyline, especially with the characters. We tried to give a feeling of the games and bring that alive a little bit more with little things. Sienna was great. For instance, like, you'll see in the movie, she stands there, and she's tapping her gun exactly like her character does in the game, things like that. I think what's great about this movie is that for people who enjoy the game, the whole situation of being in a city where you have all the undead and all the rest, it really brings it to life. The game is never 100 percent real, [but] the movie does make it feel very real. It really puts you through that experience."

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