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Urb would then get his first major film role in The Hottie and the Nottie in 2008. The next year, Urb made a short appearance in Roland Emmerich's disaster epic 2012 as a heroic pilot and he played a journalist in the fantasy TV series Eastwick. He also played the part of Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil: Retribution, which was released in 2012.
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Leon S. Kennedy was a refugee of the Global T-Virus pandemic and the leader of a "resistance force" that was assembled by Albert Wesker to rescue Alice from the Umbrella Corporation.
During Alice's captivity, Kennedy's team, comprised of Barry Burton, Luther West, and two others (Sergei and Tony), entered the underwater Umbrella facility in Russia where Alice was being held captive with the intention to destroy it should their rescue mission fail.
Kennedy and his team planted bombs on the surface and interior of the facility. The bombs were set to go off in two hours and destroy the facility, regardless if the team or Alice has escaped the facility. The plan was to rendezvous with Ada Wong in the suburban Raccoon City simulation of the facility and head back to the surface. However, upon entering Moscow simulation, they were met with heavy resistance from the Undead roaming the facsimile of Red Square.
The team was pinned down, thrown off schedule and practically overpowered by their enemy when they're rescued by Alice in a Rolls Royce. During their escape, Alice inquires why Kennedy is helping Wesker and Kennedy says that he isn't working for Wesker.
Returning to the elevator, Kennedy and the others prepared to leave but were held back by the attacking Umbrella soldiers. Barry was injured by the Licker who ambushed them prior in Moscow and when Alice chose to go and save Becky (who'd been captured by the Licker), Kennedy objected to the idea, citing that to waste what time they had left would result in a mission failure. He ultimately backed down and joined Barry and Luther in the effort to hold the soldiers back. Eventually, the injured Barry opted to remain behind and sacrificed himself so that Kennedy and Luther can escape.
Kennedy and Luther eventually reunite with Alice and Becky and escape the base as it was destroyed. During their departure, they are cut off by Jill and Rain, who caught up to them in one of the destroyed base's submarines. As they prepared to fight, Rain injected herself with a virus and Kennedy recognizes the vial she uses as the "Las Plagas parasite".
Kennedy and Luther West engaged in a two-on-one fight with Rain while Alice fought Jill, but Rain proved to be more than a match for them. She broke the arm of Kennedy and killed Luther with a single blow to the chest. Rain defeats Leon easily, tossing him against the side of the submarine before engaging in battle with Alice.
Wesker's supposed betrayal of Umbrella is revealed to simply be a ruse to draw all of the remnants of humanity into one location so he can destroy them, Leon was amongst one of the casualties.
•Newspaper props made for Resident Evil: Apocalypse established Kennedy as an RPD officer and partner of Jill Valentine who was killed by monsters during a patrol in the Arklay Mountains in the days leading up to the outbreak in Raccoon City. This backstory is not consistent with the film itself.
•Kennedy did not exist until later drafts of Resident Evil: Retribution, with his name taking the place of an original character named Magnus.
•Before Johann Urb was cast in the role, Jensen Ackles was considered but couldn't be booked due to scheduling conflicts with Season 7 of Supernatural. Reportedly, Anderson had considered working with Ackles for Extinction and Afterlife as well.[citation needed]
•Sony had concerns over the perceived thickness of Urb's Finnish accent, and made casting calls for a voice actor to provide ADR. Resident Evil 6 Leon actor Matthew Mercer made an audition but failed to get the part.
•Little information is provided on Leon's background during the events of Retribution. According to Johann Urb, Leon and Barry are friends akin to "partners in crime". Ada and Leon also appear to share a history together, Leon's confidence in her strong is enough that he implicitly trusts her to survive or escape any situation she lands in.
•In the non canon novelization of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Leon was absorbed by a creature exclusive to the novel, the Melange.
Leon S. Kennedy : Fall back to the elevator! Barry Burton : You go! I'm gonna stay here for a while. Leon S. Kennedy : Barry. Barry Burton : When the countdown gets to zero, you have to be on that elevator! Someone's got to stay, Leon. Besides... [guns down a guard] Barry Burton : I'm kinda enjoying myself!
Jan 19, 2012 · By Steve Weintraub. Published Jan 19, 2012. Johann Urb RESIDENT EVIL 5 RETRIBUTION Interview. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, Resident Evil 5 stars Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez. As he's ...
