Anderson Comments on Resident Evil II Character: 'Nemesis'

"He (Nemesis) is mainly—as we did with Alien vs. Predator—a very big guy (Matthew G. Taylor) in a very big rubber suit, with a lot of animatronic movements built into his facial features.  And then, on top of that, there's a lot of [computer-graphic] enhancement that went on with him.  So it's 80 percent reality and 20 percent CG enhancement. We went with the traditional design of the Nemesis from the video game, and we went with his traditional weapon, which is this huge rocket launcher that he carries. And then, just for extra fun, we made him carry around this huge rail gun as well, to mix up the action a bit."

Nemesis is the final obstacle, or 'boss' if you will, that Alice (Milla Jovovich) and Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory) must face off against to escape the zombie-infested 'Hive'.  Anderson did not director the film (as he was working on Alien vs. Predator at the time) said he has worked closely with the film on several other levels and really like the final version of the film.

"I'm really delighted with it, I think it's a very, very good sequel. We just showed it to Sony a couple of days ago, and they couldn't be happier. You kind of look at it, and you definitely want to know what's going to happen in Resident Evil 3."

Resident Evil II: Apocalypse opens September 10th nation-wide.