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 growing a live-action Tomb Raider TV series for Prime Video, and Deadline has the news on two doable contenders for the coveted position of Lara Croft. The outlet studies that Sophie Turner (Sport 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 may very well be testing for the sequence however mentions that a few of the different names on the Tomb Raider wishlist, equivalent 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” 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 rather a lot to me, as she does to many, and I can’t wait to go on this journey. Bats ‘n all.“
“God, it actually felt like that teenager in me saying: do proper by her, do proper by Lara!” Waller-Bridge stated when Amazon approached her concerning the Tomb Raider sequence. “The chance 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 all the things I’ve realized, with a personality I am keen on, and in addition simply carry again a few of that ’90s vibe? And it’s such an exquisite feeling to suppose you realize what to do.“
Waller-Bridge added that she has the chance to “do one thing harmful and thrilling” with the Tomb Raider sequence. “I have already got an viewers of people that love Lara and hopefully will proceed to,” Waller-Bridge stated. “And that may be a very uncommon place to be in. It’s the previous Malicious program.”
May you see Sophie Turner or Lucy Boynton as the brand new Lara Croft within the Tomb Raider sequence?
