Amazon's Tomb Raider Is Narrowing In On Its Lara Croft, With A Game Of Thrones Star Currently Testing For The Role

The show was greenlit earlier this year.

Lara Croft is stood at the entrance of a cave, it's snowing heavily outside, she has a flare in her hand in key art for Rise of the Tomb Raider. - 1

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The role of Lara Croft is quite a big one to fill, not just because her video game origin is quite an iconic one, but also because her live-action debut was portrayed by Angelina Jolie, not exactly an easy act to follow no matter the quality of the films themselves. Then came Alicia Vikander in the 2018 reboot which was quite clearly meant to be a broader part of the character’s resurgence alongside Crystal Dynamics’ games, but a lackluster response critically helped to sink that ship. And now, According to Deadline , testing has begun to find the new Lara Croft, and so far there’s at least one face in the running most of you should be familiar with.

Amazon's Tomb Raider is narrowing in on its Lara Croft, with a Game of Thrones star currently testing for the role - 3

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