Back the Last Friday (26), Netflix’s Resident Evil series was canceled after just one season. With that, Lance Reddick, actor of Albert Wesker in the series, used his social networks to comment on what happened. He says he loved participating in the show and thanked those who watched.
Through his profile on Twitter, Reddick published a video to talk about the matter. He thanked the entire team that participated in the production, from actresses Paola Núñez, Ella Balinska and Siena Agudong, to the executives who “believed in the show”.
A special thank you to all the fans who watched #ResidentEvilNetflix, the showrunners, my castmates, executives and more. We worked our asses off and had a great time. pic.twitter.com/A98aQVuA7t
— Lance Reddick (@lancereddick) August 27, 2022
“As you already know, the Resident Evil series on Netflix has been canceled. I would like to thank all the fans who watched the show and understood what we were doing, we really love it because there are so many of you.”
Netflix’s Resident Evil Performance
Several of the actor’s followers responded that they loved his performance. However, some also claimed that Netflix’s show left something to be desired. The cancellation was a result of the production’s poor performance both on the platform and by critical perception. At the moment, it holds a 55% rating by experts and 27% of the audience on Rotten Tomatoes, while on IMDB it holds a rating of 3.9/10.