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** Kaplan, who was originally named Isiab Tagawa Mercurio and had a nickname of "Twelve", was also going to survive the train battle, only to turn into a zombie and attack the medics just after fleeing the Hive with Alice and Matt.
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** The final battle was originally taking place [[ElevatorActionSequence on a moving elevator platform]] instead of a moving train. In addition, Kaplan, who was originally named Isiab Tagawa Mercurio and had a nickname of "Twelve", was also going to survive the train battle, encounter with the Licker, only to turn into a zombie and attack the medics just after fleeing the Hive with Alice and Matt.
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** At one point Rain was going to die relatively early in the film -- at the end of the failed escape from the Dining Hall. Apparently due to complaints from Milla Jovovich, this death was given to JD instead.
** An ending that nearly got filmed had [[spoiler:Alice and Matt being captured by Umbrella, but then being freed by the White Queen as the T-virus spreads throughout the world. They would be seen driving together through a deserted road, with the implication that they'd become lovers.]]
** An ending that nearly got filmed had [[spoiler:Alice and Matt being captured by Umbrella, but then being freed by the White Queen as the T-virus spreads throughout the world. They would be seen driving together through a deserted road, with the implication that they'd become lovers.]]
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** At one point Rain was going to die relatively early in the film -- at the end of the failed escape from the Dining Hall. Apparently due to complaints from Milla Jovovich, this death was given to JD instead.
instead, who originally shared Rain's fate in the final film.
** Kaplan, nicknamed "Twelve", was also going to survive the train battle, only to turn into a zombie and attack the medics just after fleeing the Hive with Alice and Matt.
** An ending that nearly got filmed had [[spoiler:Alice and Matt being captured by Umbrella, but then being freed by the White Queen as the T-virus spreads throughout the world. They would be seen driving together through a desertedroad, road and approaching the overrun New York, with the implication that they'd become lovers.]]
** Kaplan, nicknamed "Twelve", was also going to survive the train battle, only to turn into a zombie and attack the medics just after fleeing the Hive with Alice and Matt.
** An ending that nearly got filmed had [[spoiler:Alice and Matt being captured by Umbrella, but then being freed by the White Queen as the T-virus spreads throughout the world. They would be seen driving together through a deserted
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* CreatorCameo: Of a sort. The door code Kaplan struggles to remember as they're fighting off the initial zombie attack - 04031965 - is writer/director Paul W. S. Anderson's birthday.
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* DoingItForTheArt:
** Creator/PaulWSAnderson wrote the script for the film specifically because he wanted to ensure that ''Resident Evil'' got a decent cinematic adaptation, and the next films are loaded with winking little references to the games.
** Creator/MillaJovovich trained for three months to be able to do the stunt where Alice runs up the wall and kicks the dog in the head.
** Creator/PaulWSAnderson wrote the script for the film specifically because he wanted to ensure that ''Resident Evil'' got a decent cinematic adaptation, and the next films are loaded with winking little references to the games.
** Creator/MillaJovovich trained for three months to be able to do the stunt where Alice runs up the wall and kicks the dog in the head.
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* DoingItForTheArt:
**DoingItForTheArt: Creator/PaulWSAnderson wrote the script for the film specifically because he wanted to ensure that ''Resident Evil'' got a decent cinematic adaptation, and the next films are loaded with winking little references to the games.
** Creator/MillaJovovich trained for three months to be able to do the stunt where Alice runs up the wall and kicks the dog in the head.games.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Subverted. The studio tried to make the film PG-13 but Paul WS Anderson insisted a ''Resident Evil'' adaptation had to be rated R.
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** Creator/DavidBoreanaz was approached to play Matt but he turned it down due to ''Series/{{Angel}}'' commitments. Hilariously, at one point, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was set to star as Alice too. For a while he was in talks to star in a smaller role, but ultimately nothing happened.
** Creator/GwynethPaltrow was considered for Alice.
** Creator/GwynethPaltrow was considered for Alice.
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** Creator/DavidBoreanaz was approached to play Matt but he turned it down due to ''Series/{{Angel}}'' commitments. Hilariously, at one point, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was set to star as Alice too. For a while while, he was in talks to star in a smaller role, but ultimately nothing happened.
** Hilariously [[Franchise/{{Buffyverse}} given]] [[ThoseTwoActors the above]], Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was Anderson's first choice to play Alice. She was initially interested, but balked at the nude scenes and turned it down.
** Creator/GwynethPaltrow was also considered forAlice.Alice.
** Back when Jill Valentine was part of the film, Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt, Creator/KirstenDunst, and Creator/NatashaHenstridge were all considered for the role. She was ultimately written out and made her film debut in ''Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse'', played by Creator/SiennaGuillory.
** Hilariously [[Franchise/{{Buffyverse}} given]] [[ThoseTwoActors the above]], Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was Anderson's first choice to play Alice. She was initially interested, but balked at the nude scenes and turned it down.
** Creator/GwynethPaltrow was also considered for
** Back when Jill Valentine was part of the film, Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt, Creator/KirstenDunst, and Creator/NatashaHenstridge were all considered for the role. She was ultimately written out and made her film debut in ''Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse'', played by Creator/SiennaGuillory.
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** An ending that nearly got filmed had [[spoiler:Alice and Matt being captured by Umbrella, but then being freed by the White Queen as the T-virus spreads throughout the world. They would be seen driving together through a deserted road, with the implication that they'd become lovers]].
** Another drafted ending still had [[spoiler:Matt become a monster (but not Nemesis) and in the hospital room with Alice when she wakes up. The credits would roll there, leaving it ambiguous as to whether she got away. Another version of this ending had Matt just with memory loss but still helping Alice escape]].
** Another drafted ending still had [[spoiler:Matt become a monster (but not Nemesis) and in the hospital room with Alice when she wakes up. The credits would roll there, leaving it ambiguous as to whether she got away. Another version of this ending had Matt just with memory loss but still helping Alice escape]].
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** An ending that nearly got filmed had [[spoiler:Alice and Matt being captured by Umbrella, but then being freed by the White Queen as the T-virus spreads throughout the world. They would be seen driving together through a deserted road, with the implication that they'd become lovers]].
lovers.]]
** Another drafted ending still had [[spoiler:Matt become a monster (but not Nemesis) and in the hospital room with Alice when she wakes up. The credits would roll there, leaving it ambiguous as to whether she got away. Another version of this ending had Matt with justwith memory loss but still helping Alice escape]].escape.]]
** Another drafted ending still had [[spoiler:Matt become a monster (but not Nemesis) and in the hospital room with Alice when she wakes up. The credits would roll there, leaving it ambiguous as to whether she got away. Another version of this ending had Matt with just
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** Creator/MillaJovovich became a massive fan of the games through her younger brother Marco, whom she used to play them with, and joined the film for cool it would be to be in ''Resident Evil''.
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** Creator/MillaJovovich became a massive fan of the games through her younger brother Marco, whom she used to play them with, and joined the film for how cool it would be to be in ''Resident Evil''.
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** Creator/MillaJovovich became a massive fan of the games through her younger brother Marco, whom she used to play them with, and joined the film for cool it would be to be in ''Resident Evil''.
** Creator/MichelleRodriguez told her agent to let her know the second a ''Resident Evil'' movie was greenlit, because she would accept any role available in order to be in it. Sure enough, she ended up cast as Rain.
* CaliforniaDoubling: The film, set in an indeterminate part of the Midwest, was shot in Germany.
* DescendedCreator: They were short on extras to play zombies, so several Capcom executives agreed to appear as such. As did the producers.
* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The first film would have the subtitle ''Ground Zero'', but that was left out after 9/11 happened.
* DoingItForTheArt:
** Creator/PaulWSAnderson wrote the script for the film specifically because he wanted to ensure that ''Resident Evil'' got a decent cinematic adaptation, and the next films are loaded with winking little references to the games.
** Creator/MillaJovovich trained for three months to be able to do the stunt where Alice runs up the wall and kicks the dog in the head.
* DolledUpInstallment: Creator/PaulWSAnderson's script began as a standalone film (though it was heavily inspired by the games), before getting integrated into what became the adaptation.
* DVDCommentary: On the Deluxe Edition, Creator/PaulWSAnderson, Creator/MillaJovovich and Creator/MichelleRodriguez crack jokes and argue about meaningless crap.
-->'''Anderson:''' And in this scene we...
-->'''Jovovich:''' Who cares about that, you can see my boobs! Look!
* DyeingForYourArt: The actress who plays the scientist that revives underwater in the first film, Anna Bolt, learned how to scuba dive for her OneSceneWonder role. Likewise all the actors playing commandos, as well as Jovovich and Eric Mabius, had to undergo a week's training with a Navy SEAL.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Subverted. The studio tried to make the film PG-13 but Paul WS Anderson insisted a ''Resident Evil'' adaptation had to be rated R.
* FakeAmerican:
** Creator/MillaJovovich as Alice is a borderline example. She's Ukranian by birth but has been in America since she was a child and thus doesn't have to fake an accent.
** Creator/ColinSalmon, Creator/JamesPurefoy, Creator/JasonIsaacs, and Liz May Brice are all British. The Umbrella employees are played by a mixture of British and Irish actors.
** Lisa is played by German actress Heike Makatsch.
* FakeNationality: JD's last name is Salinas, suggesting he's Hispanic. His actor Pasquale Aleardi is Swiss-born, of Greek and Italian descent.
* FollowTheLeader: The success of this led to other video game films like ''Film/{{Doom}}'', ''Film/MaxPayne'' and ''Film/SilentHill'' being greenlit.
* LoopingLines: Creator/MillaJovovich ended up redoing all her dialogue with ADR, as she was dissatisfied with her performance. In the ADR, she gave Alice a lower speaking register than before.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: The dogs kept licking the make-up and blood effects off themselves.
* NoStuntDouble: Creator/MillaJovovich did all her stunts herself, except for when Alice's pipe jump in the sewer scene (her agent was afraid she'd be strangled by the hanging wires).
* RealLifeRelative: Producer James Bolt's sister and girlfriend appear as zombies.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Anderson and Jovovich met while working on the movie; currently, they're married.
* ThrowItIn: The movie was not supposed to have the little nudity it did, according to the DVD commentary. Apparently, Creator/MillaJovovich had a WardrobeMalfunction twice in the same movie and it was left in.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/PaulWSAnderson had initially conceived the character of Alice as a full-on DamselInDistress, with Rain being the only ActionGirl in the film. When Creator/MillaJovovich found about it, she went to Anderson and convinced him to change the character to a more action-oriented one.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/GeorgeARomero wrote [[http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/resident_evil_romero.html a screenplay]] for and was to direct the first film. It was thrown out entirely when he was kicked off the project, as Capcom thought that, while Romero's script was close, it wasn't a full adaptation of the game, and they believed fans would complain about the changes while newcomers would dislike the premise too. Confusion sets in when they approved Anderson's script even though it's a much, ''much'' farther cry from ''Resident Evil'' (in as few words as possible, Romero's script was a rough adaptation of the first game and included all of the main characters, while Anderson's was a completely original story that featured all new characters, and whose only connection to the games was Umbrella, the T-Virus and zombies). WordOfGod is that Capcom didn't want a direct adaptation, out of fear that fans would stop playing the games in favor of watching the movies. Romero's script was also partly rejected because it would likely get an NC-17 rating.
** Creator/DavidBoreanaz was approached to play Matt but he turned it down due to ''Series/{{Angel}}'' commitments. Hilariously, at one point, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was set to star as Alice too. For a while he was in talks to star in a smaller role, but ultimately nothing happened.
** Creator/GwynethPaltrow was considered for Alice.
** The White Queen from ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction'' would originally have appeared in this film (one of the older scripts for the Alice version, not the Jill and Chris one). She would be the A.I. monitoring the Hive from Umbrella Headquarters, and jam the Red Queen's systems after the incident -- explaining why the soldiers were able to enter the Hive so easily.
** At one point Rain was going to die relatively early in the film -- at the end of the failed escape from the Dining Hall. Apparently due to complaints from Milla Jovovich, this death was given to JD instead.
** An ending that nearly got filmed had [[spoiler:Alice and Matt being captured by Umbrella, but then being freed by the White Queen as the T-virus spreads throughout the world. They would be seen driving together through a deserted road, with the implication that they'd become lovers]].
** Another drafted ending still had [[spoiler:Matt become a monster (but not Nemesis) and in the hospital room with Alice when she wakes up. The credits would roll there, leaving it ambiguous as to whether she got away. Another version of this ending had Matt just with memory loss but still helping Alice escape]].
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** Creator/MillaJovovich became a massive fan of the games through her younger brother Marco, whom she used to play them with, and joined the film for cool it would be to be in ''Resident Evil''.
** Creator/MichelleRodriguez told her agent to let her know the second a ''Resident Evil'' movie was greenlit, because she would accept any role available in order to be in it. Sure enough, she ended up cast as Rain.
* CaliforniaDoubling: The film, set in an indeterminate part of the Midwest, was shot in Germany.
* DescendedCreator: They were short on extras to play zombies, so several Capcom executives agreed to appear as such. As did the producers.
* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The first film would have the subtitle ''Ground Zero'', but that was left out after 9/11 happened.
* DoingItForTheArt:
** Creator/PaulWSAnderson wrote the script for the film specifically because he wanted to ensure that ''Resident Evil'' got a decent cinematic adaptation, and the next films are loaded with winking little references to the games.
** Creator/MillaJovovich trained for three months to be able to do the stunt where Alice runs up the wall and kicks the dog in the head.
* DolledUpInstallment: Creator/PaulWSAnderson's script began as a standalone film (though it was heavily inspired by the games), before getting integrated into what became the adaptation.
* DVDCommentary: On the Deluxe Edition, Creator/PaulWSAnderson, Creator/MillaJovovich and Creator/MichelleRodriguez crack jokes and argue about meaningless crap.
-->'''Anderson:''' And in this scene we...
-->'''Jovovich:''' Who cares about that, you can see my boobs! Look!
* DyeingForYourArt: The actress who plays the scientist that revives underwater in the first film, Anna Bolt, learned how to scuba dive for her OneSceneWonder role. Likewise all the actors playing commandos, as well as Jovovich and Eric Mabius, had to undergo a week's training with a Navy SEAL.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Subverted. The studio tried to make the film PG-13 but Paul WS Anderson insisted a ''Resident Evil'' adaptation had to be rated R.
* FakeAmerican:
** Creator/MillaJovovich as Alice is a borderline example. She's Ukranian by birth but has been in America since she was a child and thus doesn't have to fake an accent.
** Creator/ColinSalmon, Creator/JamesPurefoy, Creator/JasonIsaacs, and Liz May Brice are all British. The Umbrella employees are played by a mixture of British and Irish actors.
** Lisa is played by German actress Heike Makatsch.
* FakeNationality: JD's last name is Salinas, suggesting he's Hispanic. His actor Pasquale Aleardi is Swiss-born, of Greek and Italian descent.
* FollowTheLeader: The success of this led to other video game films like ''Film/{{Doom}}'', ''Film/MaxPayne'' and ''Film/SilentHill'' being greenlit.
* LoopingLines: Creator/MillaJovovich ended up redoing all her dialogue with ADR, as she was dissatisfied with her performance. In the ADR, she gave Alice a lower speaking register than before.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: The dogs kept licking the make-up and blood effects off themselves.
* NoStuntDouble: Creator/MillaJovovich did all her stunts herself, except for when Alice's pipe jump in the sewer scene (her agent was afraid she'd be strangled by the hanging wires).
* RealLifeRelative: Producer James Bolt's sister and girlfriend appear as zombies.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Anderson and Jovovich met while working on the movie; currently, they're married.
* ThrowItIn: The movie was not supposed to have the little nudity it did, according to the DVD commentary. Apparently, Creator/MillaJovovich had a WardrobeMalfunction twice in the same movie and it was left in.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/PaulWSAnderson had initially conceived the character of Alice as a full-on DamselInDistress, with Rain being the only ActionGirl in the film. When Creator/MillaJovovich found about it, she went to Anderson and convinced him to change the character to a more action-oriented one.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/GeorgeARomero wrote [[http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/resident_evil_romero.html a screenplay]] for and was to direct the first film. It was thrown out entirely when he was kicked off the project, as Capcom thought that, while Romero's script was close, it wasn't a full adaptation of the game, and they believed fans would complain about the changes while newcomers would dislike the premise too. Confusion sets in when they approved Anderson's script even though it's a much, ''much'' farther cry from ''Resident Evil'' (in as few words as possible, Romero's script was a rough adaptation of the first game and included all of the main characters, while Anderson's was a completely original story that featured all new characters, and whose only connection to the games was Umbrella, the T-Virus and zombies). WordOfGod is that Capcom didn't want a direct adaptation, out of fear that fans would stop playing the games in favor of watching the movies. Romero's script was also partly rejected because it would likely get an NC-17 rating.
** Creator/DavidBoreanaz was approached to play Matt but he turned it down due to ''Series/{{Angel}}'' commitments. Hilariously, at one point, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar was set to star as Alice too. For a while he was in talks to star in a smaller role, but ultimately nothing happened.
** Creator/GwynethPaltrow was considered for Alice.
** The White Queen from ''Film/ResidentEvilExtinction'' would originally have appeared in this film (one of the older scripts for the Alice version, not the Jill and Chris one). She would be the A.I. monitoring the Hive from Umbrella Headquarters, and jam the Red Queen's systems after the incident -- explaining why the soldiers were able to enter the Hive so easily.
** At one point Rain was going to die relatively early in the film -- at the end of the failed escape from the Dining Hall. Apparently due to complaints from Milla Jovovich, this death was given to JD instead.
** An ending that nearly got filmed had [[spoiler:Alice and Matt being captured by Umbrella, but then being freed by the White Queen as the T-virus spreads throughout the world. They would be seen driving together through a deserted road, with the implication that they'd become lovers]].
** Another drafted ending still had [[spoiler:Matt become a monster (but not Nemesis) and in the hospital room with Alice when she wakes up. The credits would roll there, leaving it ambiguous as to whether she got away. Another version of this ending had Matt just with memory loss but still helping Alice escape]].
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