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Ashley Graham (Resident Evil)
Ashley Graham (Japanese: アシュリー・グラハム, Hepburn: Ashurī Gurahamu) is a character in the Resident Evil survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. Introduced in the 2005 video game Resident Evil 4, she is the daughter of the game's sitting President of the United States. She is briefly held captive by the Spanish cult Los Iluminados as a means of gaining influence over the United States President before being rescued by the game's protagonist, Leon S. Kennedy.
Ashley was originally designed by game designer Yasuhisa Kawamura as an important player character in the original version of Resident Evil 4. Her role was changed into that of companion character who is defenseless following a major structural change in the development team which led to the cancellation of the original version of Resident Evil 4. Her characterization in the original 2005 game received a largely negative reception from gaming publications, with many questioning her relevance as a stereotypical damsel in distress or usefulness as a sidekick character. In the 2023 remake, she was more positively received after being redesigned to have a more pleasant experience escorting her.
Ashley was originally created as an unnamed character simply referred to as "Girl" by the game designer, Yasuhisa Kawamura. "Girl" was intended to be the second playable character of the initial version of Resident Evil 4. Scenarios featuring the character were written for the "Castle", "Hallucination", and "Zombie" builds. In the "Castle" scenario, she was supposed to be a test subject held against her will within an underground lab beneath a castle. With the help of a B.O.W. dog taught to follow her orders, she manages to escape. Following the 2002 edition of the Tokyo Game Show expo, the "Castle" game script by Kawamura and Noboru Sugimura was discarded, though Kawamura went on a new script based on the same story.
Development was restarted with a version of the "Castle" build script supplied by Sugimura when Shinji Mikami took over as director of the project in late 2003; the original version of Resident Evil 4 which was undergoing development was abandoned. "Girl" was reworked as the daughter of the American President, who player character Leon S. Kennedy must search for and rescue. She is written as a "very weak, fragile" companion that the player must lead and help through obstacles and protect from enemies. Ashley is predominantly controlled by artificial intelligence, but can be directed to wait or hide, and there are certain narrative segments of the game that are played from her perspective.
In the remake of Resident Evil 4, the team aimed to expand Ashley's characterization and relationship with Leon. In contrast to the original, Ashley cannot be left alone and will always follow Leon, though she can be told to stay close or maintain distance. Yasuhiro Ampo, co-director of the remake, explained the change: "As a character, we wanted to have her by your side so she left an impression, and as a game, having her hide while you went and fought in the original was fun in some ways. But having a character like Ashley and then having her basically disappear for a while felt like a waste. We wanted to avoid that in the remake." Ashley's health bar was also removed; however, she will get downed after taking too many blows, and Leon must revive her to continue. She can also be picked up and carried away by enemies, and if carried too far away from Leon without being saved, the game ends. Her outfit and overall design were altered to look and act more like a true partner than a damsel in distress.
Carolyn Lawrence, who provided the voice for Ashley Graham in Resident Evil 4, described her character as "vulnerable, because Leon has to come to her rescue all the time". In June 2022, Dutch model Ella Freya publicly disclosed that she is the face model of Ashley in the remake of Resident Evil 4, while Genevieve Buechner provided her voice.
Ashley Graham is the daughter of the newly-elected President of the United States. She is kidnapped by Jack Krauser on her way home from Massachusetts and kept captive by the Los Illuminados in a European town. Leon S. Kennedy's initial goal is to find and rescue her. After finding her, it becomes clear that she has been implanted with a Plaga parasite as part of the cult's plan to gain control of her before returning her to the United States.
The rest of the game is about Leon and Ashley trying to discover a solution to get rid of the parasites inside their bodies before they are taken over by Osmund Saddler. After Saddler is eliminated, Leon and Ashley escape the sinking island with a jet ski left by Ada Wong. Leon graciously declines Ashley's invitation to visit her at her home. Following that, they are both apprehended by US government agents and put into detention for debriefing.
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Ashley Graham (Resident Evil)
Ashley Graham (Japanese: アシュリー・グラハム, Hepburn: Ashurī Gurahamu) is a character in the Resident Evil survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. Introduced in the 2005 video game Resident Evil 4, she is the daughter of the game's sitting President of the United States. She is briefly held captive by the Spanish cult Los Iluminados as a means of gaining influence over the United States President before being rescued by the game's protagonist, Leon S. Kennedy.
Ashley was originally designed by game designer Yasuhisa Kawamura as an important player character in the original version of Resident Evil 4. Her role was changed into that of companion character who is defenseless following a major structural change in the development team which led to the cancellation of the original version of Resident Evil 4. Her characterization in the original 2005 game received a largely negative reception from gaming publications, with many questioning her relevance as a stereotypical damsel in distress or usefulness as a sidekick character. In the 2023 remake, she was more positively received after being redesigned to have a more pleasant experience escorting her.
Ashley was originally created as an unnamed character simply referred to as "Girl" by the game designer, Yasuhisa Kawamura. "Girl" was intended to be the second playable character of the initial version of Resident Evil 4. Scenarios featuring the character were written for the "Castle", "Hallucination", and "Zombie" builds. In the "Castle" scenario, she was supposed to be a test subject held against her will within an underground lab beneath a castle. With the help of a B.O.W. dog taught to follow her orders, she manages to escape. Following the 2002 edition of the Tokyo Game Show expo, the "Castle" game script by Kawamura and Noboru Sugimura was discarded, though Kawamura went on a new script based on the same story.
Development was restarted with a version of the "Castle" build script supplied by Sugimura when Shinji Mikami took over as director of the project in late 2003; the original version of Resident Evil 4 which was undergoing development was abandoned. "Girl" was reworked as the daughter of the American President, who player character Leon S. Kennedy must search for and rescue. She is written as a "very weak, fragile" companion that the player must lead and help through obstacles and protect from enemies. Ashley is predominantly controlled by artificial intelligence, but can be directed to wait or hide, and there are certain narrative segments of the game that are played from her perspective.
In the remake of Resident Evil 4, the team aimed to expand Ashley's characterization and relationship with Leon. In contrast to the original, Ashley cannot be left alone and will always follow Leon, though she can be told to stay close or maintain distance. Yasuhiro Ampo, co-director of the remake, explained the change: "As a character, we wanted to have her by your side so she left an impression, and as a game, having her hide while you went and fought in the original was fun in some ways. But having a character like Ashley and then having her basically disappear for a while felt like a waste. We wanted to avoid that in the remake." Ashley's health bar was also removed; however, she will get downed after taking too many blows, and Leon must revive her to continue. She can also be picked up and carried away by enemies, and if carried too far away from Leon without being saved, the game ends. Her outfit and overall design were altered to look and act more like a true partner than a damsel in distress.
Carolyn Lawrence, who provided the voice for Ashley Graham in Resident Evil 4, described her character as "vulnerable, because Leon has to come to her rescue all the time". In June 2022, Dutch model Ella Freya publicly disclosed that she is the face model of Ashley in the remake of Resident Evil 4, while Genevieve Buechner provided her voice.
Ashley Graham is the daughter of the newly-elected President of the United States. She is kidnapped by Jack Krauser on her way home from Massachusetts and kept captive by the Los Illuminados in a European town. Leon S. Kennedy's initial goal is to find and rescue her. After finding her, it becomes clear that she has been implanted with a Plaga parasite as part of the cult's plan to gain control of her before returning her to the United States.
The rest of the game is about Leon and Ashley trying to discover a solution to get rid of the parasites inside their bodies before they are taken over by Osmund Saddler. After Saddler is eliminated, Leon and Ashley escape the sinking island with a jet ski left by Ada Wong. Leon graciously declines Ashley's invitation to visit her at her home. Following that, they are both apprehended by US government agents and put into detention for debriefing.