Claire Redfield
Claire Redfield | |
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Resident Evil character | |
![]() Claire Redfield in Resident Evil 2 (2019) | |
First appearance | Resident Evil 2 (1998) |
Created by | |
Designed by | Isao Ohishi |
Voiced by |
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Motion capture | Various
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Portrayed by | Various
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In-universe information | |
Family | Chris Redfield (brother) |
Nationality | American |
Claire Redfield[a] is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. She was first introduced as one of two player characters in Resident Evil 2 (1998), alongside Leon S. Kennedy. During the events of Resident Evil 2, Claire arrives in the Midwestern United States town of Raccoon City to find her missing brother, Chris Redfield, but has been overrun by zombies.
Claire is the protagonist of several Resident Evil games,
The character was formerly known as "Elza Walker", a motorcycle racer in the original version of Resident Evil 2, which was canceled at approximately two-thirds completion as series creator Shinji Mikami decided it was inadequate. In the final version of the game, Elza was renamed Claire by the game's screenwriter, Noboru Sugimura, as the sibling of Chris Redfield, in order to introduce a connection to the plot of the first game. Claire has received mostly positive reviews from video game publications, with particular commendation for being a strong, non-sexualized female lead.
Concept and design
Claire's appearance was designed by Capcom artist Isao Ohishi.[10] She was developed out of an earlier character named Elza Walker. Elza Walker was the original female lead of Resident Evil 2. A blonde[11] college student and motorcycle racer, her reason for coming to Raccoon City was to try to recruit fans at Raccoon City University to form a racing team back in her hometown.[12][13][10] However, after the development of the game was scrapped and restarted in 1997, the character was retooled into the sister of Chris Redfield, named Claire.[14] This was done at the suggestion of new story writer Noboru Sugimura in order to connect Resident Evil 2 to the first game.[15] Accordingly, Claire's relation to Chris was emphasized, which provided an explanation for her skills with firearms and other weapons and gave her a new reason for coming to Raccoon City: searching for Chris. Her physical features were redesigned to more closely resemble her brother, and her outfit was changed to include a sheath for a standard-issue S.T.A.R.S. knife and a jacket with "Made in Heaven" printed on the back (which Chris had as an alternate costume).[16][17] Since producer Shinji Mikami disliked weak and sexually objectified women in video games, Claire was written to be independent and strong-willed.[18] Mikami explained: "I don't know if I've put more emphasis on women characters, but when I do introduce them, it is never as objects[.] In [other] games, they will be peripheral characters with ridiculous breast physics. I avoid that sort of obvious eroticism."[18]
On her return in
For the 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2, Claire was redesigned and modeled after Canadian model Jordan McEwen.[23] Her hair style is different, and her hair is no longer brownish red; instead, she is a brunette. Her wardrobe was also changed, with her original hotpants and bike shorts replaced by jeans and her jacket now long-sleeved.[24]
Voice-over and live-action actresses
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Alyson Court voiced Claire Redfield in her initial appearance in Resident Evil 2 and reprised the role in Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, Resident Evil: Degeneration, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.[1] The character was voiced by James Baker in Resident Evil: Revelations 2[1] and Stephanie Panisello in the remake of Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, and Resident Evil: Death Island.[1][7] Yūko Kaida voiced Claire in the animated film and games' Japanese versions.[1]
Lori Rom provided the voice and the motion capture of Claire in Resident Evil: Degeneration.[5] Ananda Jacobs performed Claire's motion capture in Resident Evil: Revelations 2,[6] while Stephanie Panisello voiced her in the remake of Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, and Resident Evil: Death Island.[1][7]
In the original Resident Evil, which uses live-action cinematics, Claire is played by Adrienne Frantz.[5] Ali Larter played Claire in Resident Evil: Extinction, Resident Evil: Afterlife, and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter in the live-action Resident Evil films,[8] while Kaya Scodelario portrayed her in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.[9]
Appearances
In the Resident Evil series
1998 | Resident Evil 2 |
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1999 | |
2000 | Resident Evil – Code: Veronica |
2001 | Resident Evil: Zombie Busters |
Resident Evil Survivor 2 – Code: Veronica | |
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2003 | |
2004 | |
2005 | Resident Evil 4 |
2006 | |
2007 | |
2008 | |
2009 | Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles |
2010 | |
2011 | Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D |
2012 | Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City |
2013 | |
2014 | |
2015 | Resident Evil: Revelations 2 |
2016 | |
2017 | |
2018 | |
2019 | Resident Evil 2 (remake) |
2020 | |
2021 | |
2022 | Resident Evil Re:Verse |
Every game in the series is set in the fictional American metropolitan area of Raccoon City until its destruction at the end of
She returned as the sole protagonist in Resident Evil – Code: Veronica (2000).
Code: Veronica is set three months after the events of Resident Evil 2. After an unsuccessful infiltration of Umbrella's medical branch in Paris, Claire finds herself imprisoned on Umbrella-owned Rockfort Island.
She appears again in Resident Evil Survivor 2 – Code: Veronica (2001), the entire plot of which is actually just her nightmare dream after the escape from Antarctica in the original Code: Veronica, and in Resident Evil: Uprising, a mobile game version of Resident Evil 2.[33][34] Claire returns as a playable character in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (2009), which retells the events of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil - Code: Veronica.[34]
Claire returned as a protagonist in the episodic game Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015),
Other appearances
Claire also appears in the adult animated Resident Evil films. She plays a major role in the adult animated film Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008), reuniting her with Leon. The film is set seven years after the events of the game Resident Evil 2, and Claire has become a prominent TerraSave member.[42] Claire has also appeared in the Netflix series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021), alongside Leon.[43] She returned in the sequel, Resident Evil: Death Island.[44] Claire's youthful appearance in the film was said to be a result of the T-virus slowing her aging.[45]
Claire is a playable character in several
Claire features in
Reception
Game publications have described Claire Redfield as one of the best video game characters.
Critics commented that Claire was not oversexualized in her initial appearances.
Claire also received some negative reactions from reviewers. In Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian criticized Claire's alternate costumes as too revealing, particularly the motorsport umbrella costume.[87] Meanwhile, Ravi Sinha of GamingBolt considered the character's design in the remake of Resident Evil 2 among the worst in video games, noting that the developers should have kept her original design.[88] One of the essays in Nadine Farghaly's Unraveling Resident Evil also criticized and compared Claire to the "typical trope" of "a virgin or tomboy".[89]
Notes
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