Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrescu Cosplayed By 6’9″ Olympic Athlete

A 6’9″ Olympic bronze medalist with the Russian national basketball team, Yekaterina Lisina is now a model who recently cosplayed as Resident Evil Village‘s enigmatic Lady Dimitrescu. Since her reveal in an RE Village trailer earlier this year, Lady Dimitrescu has become quite the online sensation. Her towering height seems especially appealing to most, but her character design adds to the allure, too, inspiring Vampire Lady cosplay of all kinds.

For a short while, Capcom kept quiet about the internet’s Lady Dimitrescu fascination, effectively letting everyone’s collective curiosity pique sans interference. It wasn’t until after the publisher released Resident Evil Village’s Maiden demo on PlayStation 5 that fans began taking a special interest in her height, due in large part to a scene that shows the lady ducking beneath a massive set of French doors in Castle Dimitrescu. Fans conducted research and made best guesses based on the demo footage, eventually concluding she had to stand at least a hair over seven feet tall. Such estimations couldn’t have proven more wrong. According to RE Village art director Tomonori Takano, Lady Dimitrescu actually stands 9’6″ – hat and high heels included.

As spotted by Kotaku, bronze medal-winning Olympian athlete Yekaterina Lisina has provided a pretty close 1:1 cosplay of Lady Dimitrescu. Considered the world’s tallest model at 6’9″ tall, Lisina recently took to Instagram to share her impersonation of the Vampire Lady in exclusive photos and a brief video. The latter sees Lisina sitting at a desk, engaged in a phone call reminiscent of previously released RE Village footage. During the clip, the Olympian even jokes that only she can “meet the height of this [cosplay] challenge.” She does so in spades, thanks to help from a costume designer, hair and makeup artist, and photographers.

Clearly, Lady Dimitrescu cosplay continues to pick up in popularity, but it seems as though Yekaterina Lisina’s cosplay deserves special recognition. All of the Vampire Lady recreations have been nothing short of stunning, though. And the hype surrounding Resident Evil’s newest villain is bound to increase tenfold once RE Village releases.

The next mainline chapter in the Resident Evil saga takes place after the events of RE7. Ethan Winters once more sits center stage, embarking on a mysterious journey that lands him in yet another horrific situation. Fortunately, the wait to learn how he’ll manage this time around is nearly at an end.

Resident Evil Village hits PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on May 7.

Source: Yekaterina Lisina (1, 2, 3) via Kotaku

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