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Matthew Espino was a reality show director, at one point working on the Japanese-American show Idol Survival. He was killed by a zombie model contestant named Grace, he was among of the victims of the Sonido de Tortuga incident.[1]

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Matthew is first appeared on the White Castle, scolded assistant director Takeru Tominaga for daydreaming and told to bring down the filming equipment. Later on the Emerald Beach, he ordered Tominaga to light his cigarettes, when Tominaga informs him of Coco's disappearance, he furiously ordered him to find the model because the shooting is about to started. But model contestant Laura Bierce intervenes, telling him that the poor girl is probably drunk and dozed off somewhere along the coastline of the beach, having previously seen it before. The director then told Brown Anderson, the show's survivalist as well as the show's advisor to go look for the missing model. Matthew then ordered Tominaga to begin location scouting again.

Later, Espino takes AD; and Brown; Yuki; Laura and two other models out to explore Ague, one of the native villages on the island. He is in awe at the village, but only sees it as a ratings gimmick and prefers it to be captioned in the show "island's uncivilized tribes". The native villager Marilou Mabou notices the filming crew, approaches and berates them for filming in their village without a permission. After the brief scuffle between Marilou and the show's producer Mike D. Seaman, they are greeted by the villager in the tribal mask, who grants them the permission to film in their village.

The next day, the equipment has been set up and the shooting is about to begin The crew dig a hole as part of an entertainment gimmick, expecting one of the contestants to fall in it.Tominaga covers the hole with a sheet and marks it for the crew with some driftwood. The director calls for shooting to commence.

After Kylie, the model contestant and the show's producer Seaman are killed, Back at Emerald Beach, the beach crew are angry and confused: Idol Survival is supposed to be broadcast live, but all cameras have ceased functioning, and the cameramen are not responding on their radio headsets. As Director Espino rushes to the radio to sort out the matter himself, he is alerted that Grace, one of the contestants, has returned to the base. She quickly rips into the man's throat and moves on to Espino while he is in a state of panic. the zombified Grace quickly bites into Matthew's jugular, the director screams out for help as he helplessly crawled away and bleed to death.

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  1. BIOHAZARD heavenly island.
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