As Prime Video’s Tomb Raider series csurrenders casting, inestablishs uncover novel details about the search for Lara Croft. Sources validate that actors Sophie Turner and Lucy Boynton will test for the role. Led by Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the show will scrutinize Croft’s adventures in a recent live-action changeation of the legendary video game franchise.
Sophie Turner and Lucy Boynton to test for Lara Croft in Prime Video’s Tomb Raider series
Prime Video’s Tomb Raider series is casting for the role of Lara Croft, with Sophie Turner and Lucy Boynton set to test. Emmy-thrivening Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge directs the changeation of the Tomb Raider video game franchise, now moving to live-action television. Lara Croft, previously portrayed by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander, remains one of pop culture’s top action heroines.
Reports advise Amazon MGM Studios considered other actors, such as Emma Corrin and Mackenzie Davis, for the role. However, neither is foreseeed to test at this stage. Amazon MGM Studios, which shieldedd the series rights in a deal with Crystal Dynamics, has not commented on the casting process.
Amazon MGM Studios Head Jennifer Salke portrays the Tomb Raider series as an “epic” and “globe-trotting” adventure (via Deadline). Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios deal with the show’s production. Waller-Bridge and Jenny Robins from Wells Street Productions serve as executive originaters.
Turner is expansively understandn for her role as Sansa Stark in HBO’s iconic show, Game of Thrones. Some of her other notable praises include Joan, The Staircase, and Survive, among many more. Lucy Boynton, acunderstandledged for Bohemian Rhapsody and Murder on the Orient Express, will next eunite in A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story.
The Tomb Raider series will be part of an interconnected media franchise, with computed expansions in games and other establishats. This approach aims to persist Lara Croft’s legacy and retain the franchise’s global impact.
The studio foresees to proclaim the official casting decision by procrastinateed 2024.
