Press release —
MCM Comic Con Day One Highlights
Saturday, May 23, 2026: Thousands of pop culture fanatics descended on London Excel yesterday as MCM London Comic Con got off to a flying start. For official photography from Day One of MCM Comic Con, please click HERE.
Highlights
Resident Evil Requiem voice actors Angela Sant'Albano, Emma Rose Creaner and Jane Perry appeared on stage to reveal behind-the-scenes stories from one of the biggest games of the year.
When asked about how it feels to be part of such a popular and successful IP like Resident Evil, Angela Sant'Albano, the voice actor for Grace Ashcroft, stated: "I remember thinking, you know what, all that I want to focus on and all I care about is that people like Grace - that haven't been a heroine in a big thing or who haven't had a chance - get to see themselves in these roles. I just wanted to do justice for them."
The character of Grace is known for her traumatic scenes throughout Resident Evil Requiem, and Angela went on to discuss getting into character, saying "I'm not a screamer in everyday life but screaming was very natural to me".
id Software co-founder and Doom creator John Romero then took to the Side Quest Stage to share his game development insights.
Romero expressed his admiration for Half-Life 2, saying “Half-Life 2 is one of the greatest shooters ever made. Other people have not replicated what they did, it was hard to do.”
He also discussed his biggest regret at id Software. “If we knew the game was going to take 11 months, we would have made a new game with Doom’s tech or a piece of Quake’s tech whilst the rest of the team continues making the engine. The first game would have taken a few months. Tom Hall and I agreed we should have made two games.”
He then revealed that he made no money from Quake. “When I left, I didn’t see any money from Quake.”
Finally, Romero explained what’s missing from modern shooters, saying “90s shooter design has a lot of elements modern games don’t have. Secrets are way too easy to find. There’s not nested secrets, like triple nested secrets. If you do find a secret it’s usually because you’re going down a path and choose to look left. You’re not breaking walls or shooting a target that’s super hard to see. People aren’t doing that, there’s been a focus on the simplification of shooters.”
Finally, the cast of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Nika Futterman, Catherine Taber, Dee Bradley Baker and Ashley Eckstein shared their thoughts on the making of the classic animated series and Star Wars franchise as a whole.
Ashley Eckstein revealed a run in she had with Finn Wolfhard at Disneyland Japan “I had a weird moment once at Tokyo Disneyland and I was in the ice cream shop, Finn Wolfhard from Stranger Things came in and sat at the table next to us and geeked out about Clone Wars the entire time - and I’m a fan of Stranger Things. My husband said I should say something, but I didn’t. I wish I could go back and say something like “Hey I’m a fan of yours and you like Clone Wars!”
Eckstein also spoke on being a ‘pioneer’ for Star Wars “For us, it’s easy to forget but when Clone Wars was on the air, there was no other Star Wars. We thought Star Wars was done. This was before Disney bought it and we were the only thing on the air… Without the success of Clone Wars we might not be seeing Mandalorian, Boba Fett, etcetera”
Finally, she shared that she managed to change Ahsoka’s character design: “I wanted Ahsoka to have one change and it happened - nobody is going to fight a war in a tube top! I was really excited when they changed her costume.”
