Which Resident Evil Game Protagonists Inspired Ella Balinska’s Jade Weskar Performance?

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Although the Netflix Resident Evil series doesn’t feature any of the game’s main playable protagonists in a leading role, that doesn’t mean there’s no action hero in the series. The adult version of Jade Weskar (who is defined by her traumatic past) is definitely the show’s primary, grounded action hero and has some big shoes to fill to stand alongside the legacy heroes like Chris, Claire, and the others.

Much like in many Resident Evil games, the series begins the future timeline by putting its hero through a series of terrifying and deadly encounters with both monsters and other humans who can't be trusted. Jade is on a journey to get back to her family in one piece and can't seem to catch a break between Umbrella trying to hunt her down and lickers, mutated spiders, and zeroes around every corner.

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The actress taking on the role of adult Jade in Resident Evil is a longtime fan of the video game franchise and seems thrilled with the opportunity to put her own spin on a brand-new franchise hero in her side of the Netflix show's timelines. Game Rant recently had a chance to sit down with Ella Balinska and talk about the excitement of bringing adult Jade into the franchise…

Game Rant: With no existing game character to draw inspiration from since Jade is brand new, were there any other existing characters or archetypes from Resident Evil or other survival horror that you looked to when thinking about your performance?

Ella Balinska: I was a huge player of the games so I’m very familiar with all the characters. I loved pulling from certain human aspects of different characters. Whether it was Jill or Claire or whoever it was. I think that’s the part that made us fall in love with those