Revealing the original appearance of the female villain in Resident Evil Village

The female villain in Resident Evil Village is a hot topic for gamers.

Not long after Capcom announced the first information about Resident Evil 8, the world gaming community was feverish because of the evil Lady Dimitrescu. With the perfect combination of magnificence and hot beauty, this female boss has made many gamers stand still. However, few gamers may know that the female villain Lady Dimitrescu was originally created by Capcom with a more feminine, beautiful image and was actually inspired by Resident Evil 7’s character Mia.

Specifically in a recent interview, Resident Evil Village art director Tomonori Takano revealed that the original prototype for Lady Dimitrescu was based on repurposed Mia character models from RE7. Alcina Dimitrescu, aka Lady Dimitrescu, quickly made headlines overnight when Capcom began sharing the first details about RE Village earlier this year.

Lady Dimitrescu’s appearance in PS5’s Maiden demo especially made the public attracted to the charm of this female villain, as Lady Dimitrescu’s towering height makes the character more intimidating and seductive. . Speaking to news site IGN about Lady Dimitrescu’s development, art director Tomonori Takano said that Vampire Lady was part of the development team’s plans for RE Village from the start. However, the original female villain did not have a mysterious tall figure like today, but a beautiful, charming girl.

According to Takano, the prototypes for Lady Dimitrescu started with the reused character models in Resident Evil 7 as Mia. The developers dressed up the character model in a dress and hat inspired by 1960s fashion, with the original idea going to be enough to give Lady Dimitrescu a quality like a ghost lady. vampire, however this was removed because Mia’s character model did not make Lady Dimitrescu scary. “Then we decided to make the character model much larger. It was the beginning of Lady Dimitrescu being put together after Takano drew concept art depicting the countess stooping across the threshold,” a Capcom representative said.

From that point on, the team built the surroundings and experience to match the new character’s design. Even the castle was changed to a more vampire-themed castle and renamed after the “Castle Dimitrescu” as it is today. The idea then turns out to be the opposite of Dracula, with a castle full of female villains sucking the blood of their male victims. Part of the game’s original plan was to create memorable characters that left an impression, and when the team saw the reaction of the gaming community to Lady Dimitrescu, they knew that the right choice had been made. out.

Resident Evil Village is scheduled to release on May 7, 2021 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.