Sophie Turner and Lucy Boynton are testing for the position of Lara Croft in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s live-action Tomb Raider sequence.
In case you forgot, Phoebe Waller-Bridge is creating a live-action Tomb Raider TV series for Prime Video, and Deadline has the inside track on two attainable contenders for the coveted position of Lara Croft. The outlet experiences that Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) and Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) are set to check for the main position within the Tomb Raider sequence.
Deadline doesn’t know who else could possibly be testing for the sequence however mentions that among the different names on the Tomb Raider wishlist, resembling Emma Corrin and Mackenzie Davis, are not believed to be testing.
Jen Salke, Head of Amazon & MGM Studios, has teased that Tomb Raider might be an “epic” and “globe-trotting” sequence. Waller-Bridge can also be excited to be bringing the sequence to life, saying, “If I might inform my teenage self this was occurring 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 lots 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 stated when Amazon approached her concerning the Tomb Raider sequence. “The alternative to have, as we had 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 every thing I’ve realized, with a personality I am keen on, and likewise simply convey again a few of that ’90s vibe? And it’s such a beautiful feeling to assume you realize what to do.“
Waller-Bridge added that she has the chance to “do something dangerous and exciting” with the Tomb Raider sequence. “I already have an audience of people who love Lara and hopefully will continue to,” Waller-Bridge stated. “And that is a very unusual position to be in. It’s the old Trojan horse.”
Could you see Sophie Turner or Lucy Boynton as the brand new Lara Croft within the Tomb Raider sequence?
