Resident Evil Reboot Movie's Albert Wesker, Tom Hopper, on Its Faithfulness

For some time, fans of the zombie survival horror franchise Resident Evil effectively had two timelines and mediums to keep up with. The video game series, of course (of which the eighth main installment arrives May 7, 2021), but also the film series, spearheaded by Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich, which largely eschewed any continuity to the video games to do “their own thing.“ But now that the Anderson/Jovovich RE-verse has come to a close, a new big screen take on Resident Evil is coming September of 2021. And this time, as evidenced by its official title, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City will faithfully adapt and incorporate elements from the first two critically acclaimed video titles. Our own Steve Weintraub spoke with one of the film's stars, Tom Hopper, in support of his action film SAS: Red Notice. Hopper plays Albert Wesker, captain of the STARS police force from the games, a stiff, brutal, and vicious man who serves as one of the iconic antagonists throughout the fr