“Tomb Raider”: these two actresses tipped to be the new Lara Croft

Mythical video game character in the 1990s, Lara Croft immediately interested Hollywood. His courage, his strength and his plasticity quickly established him as a cinema heroine. In 2001, the young Angelina Jolie slipped into the guise of the adventurer for the first time, before reprising her role two years later in Tom Raider, the Cradle of Life. Films that were a hit at the box office, just like the franchise in geek circles.

Soon, however, her measurements and her overly sexy image got the better of Lara Croft, who quickly became outdated because she was no longer in phase with feminist discourse. We have to wait until 2018 for Alicia Vikander to give back his letters of nobility to the characterwith shorter clothes and less glamour. Unfortunately, the Covid pandemic and the takeover of MGM by the Amazon Prime platform put a definitive brake on a possible second part with the Swedish actress. But Tomb Raider has not said his last word.

Casting complexe

After an animated series on Netflix, Lara Croft returns to live-action for a series on Amazon Prime, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag). An interesting choice given its feminist commitment and which sets the tone for this future series.

But if we know the showrunner, the mystery remains over the choice of actress. And two actresses seem to be waging a merciless war to take over the role of the heroine.

Between Sophie Turner and Lucy Boynton

According to information from the American media Deadline, the studio would be very hesitant between Sophie Tuner, known for her role as Sansa Stark in the series Game of Thrones et Lucy Boyntonwhich we could see in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. These two actresses are expected to take tests soon, although Amazon has not yet commented on the information.

If the mystery remains complete, filming is expected to begin in 2025according to Vernon Sanders, still according to Deadline. Who to succeed Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander? Answer soon.