He worked hard on the on the original pitch for the Resident Evil movie, but the studio eventually passed on it and fired the zombie legend.
Adrienne Frantz recently spoke to Variety, and opened up about George Romero’s dedication to the Resident Evil 2 commercial in which she had the opportunity to portray Claire Redfield.
Once his version of the story was rejected, Paul W.S. Anderson entered the picture and brought us the action-heavy Resident Evil movie that maintained only tenuous connections to the game franchise.
When the opportunity came up to potentially direct the actual film adaptation of the game, Romero reportedly jumped at the chance, despite not being a gamer himself.