Sophie Turner and Lucy Boynton are testing for the function of Lara Croft in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s live-action Tomb Raider collection.
In case you forgot, Phoebe Waller-Bridge is creating a live-action Tomb Raider TV collection for Prime Video, and Deadline has the news on two attainable contenders for the coveted function of Lara Croft. The outlet experiences that Sophie Turner (Recreation of Thrones) and Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) are set to check for the main function within the Tomb Raider collection.
Deadline doesn’t know who else might be testing for the collection however mentions that a few of the different names on the Tomb Raider wishlist, comparable to Emma Corrin and Mackenzie Davis, are not believed to be testing.
Jen Salke, Head of Amazon & MGM Studios, has teased that Tomb Raider will likely be an “epic” and “globe-trotting” collection. Waller-Bridge can also be excited to be bringing the collection to life, saying, “If I might inform my teenage self this was taking place I believe she’d explode. Tomb Raider has been an enormous a part of my life and I really feel extremely privileged to be bringing it to tv with such passionate collaborators. Lara Croft means quite a bit to me, as she does to many, and I can’t wait to go on this journey. Bats ‘n all.“
“God, it literally felt like that teenager in me saying: do right by her, do right by Lara!” Waller-Bridge mentioned when Amazon approached her concerning the Tomb Raider collection. “The chance to have, as we have been speaking earlier, a feminine motion character…. Having labored on Bond and having labored as an actor on Indy, I really feel like I’ve been constructing as much as this. What if I might take the reins on an motion franchise, with all the things I’ve realized, with a personality I am keen on, and in addition simply deliver again a few of that ’90s vibe? And it’s such a beautiful feeling to assume you already know what to do.“
Waller-Bridge added that she has the chance to “do something dangerous and exciting” with the Tomb Raider collection. “I already have an audience of people who love Lara and hopefully will continue to,” Waller-Bridge mentioned. “And that is a very unusual position to be in. It’s the old Trojan horse.”
May you see Sophie Turner or Lucy Boynton as the brand new Lara Croft within the Tomb Raider collection?