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[Dazraell]

 

[Rockondevil]

I am sad.

 

[SJRB]

How does Phoebe Waller Bridge keep getting work anyway?

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Phoebe Waller Bridge showrunning. So Lara will be a moralizing charisma black hole in a tarp who lectures the real tomb raiders about cultural appropriation and steals from the British Museum to return artifacts safely to ISIS. Can't wait to not watch this!

If they make her a leabian like on that netflix show...

Phoebe Waller Bridge is a bit of a hit and miss for me. Fleabag is great, so is the first season of Killing Eve (which is the only season she worked on) but then again the closest to Tomb Raider she did was...Indiana Jones which was a stinker.

I'll be watching this but honestly? Tomb Raider for me it's the remasters and then it's over as a long time fan. I made peace with the fact Lara Croft died when Core Design did.

Angelina Jolie was also the best Lara Croft outside of the original games. The latest movie had a good Lara Croft but she couldn't hit the charisma Jolie had, plus all the daddy issues she had from the latest games didn't help me like her.

 

[GymWolf]

I was just about to bring up that this must be based on the modern, younger blue-shirt Lara that Vikander played and not the green-shirt Lara.

The absolute genius of picking the lara that nobody gives a single fuck about (both look and writing) as character model for every future form of media

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

I hope it'll at least be like the fun Lara Croft from the 90s instead of the serious one.

 

[INC]

Phoebe Waller + Amazon, enough said.

Trash, regardless of the laughable actress.

This

Can't stand that woman, or anything she touches

 

[Mr Hyde]

They should've just cast Camilla Luddington as Lara. She did a great interpretation of Lara in the reboot trilogy and she looks the part too.

 

[Artoris]

she is not athletic enough for the role

 

[Putonahappyface]

Just for shits and giggles, I wish they would have given the part of Lara Croft to Bella Ramsey.

 

[AJUMP23]

Phoebe Waller + Amazon, enough said.

Trash, regardless of the laughable actress.

Ruined Indy now video games.

 

[SJRB]

I'm currently replaying Rise of the Tomb Raider and I swear to god the thought of a Phoebe Waller Bridge / Sophie Turner Tomb Raider just makes me sick.

 

[FunkMiller]

Let's be frank about this, if Hollywood was like it was ten years ago, Sydney Sweeney would have been a lock for this, with a terrible British accent, and the fucking thing would have been a massive hit. Or maybe Grace Currey. She would have been great.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Let's be frank about this, if Hollywood was like it was ten years ago, Sydney Sweeney would have been a lock for this, with a terrible British accent, and the fucking thing would have been a massive hit. Or maybe Grace Currey. She would have been great.

And Grace Currey has actually done some climbing. I think it was for the movie Fall? She could be a believable Lara imo, not just picked based on her chest size.

 

[Little Mac]

 

[Ammogeddon]

Wrong writer, wrong actress.

 

[Shadowplay1979]

Phoebe Waller Bridge showrunning. So Lara will be a moralizing charisma black hole in a tarp who lectures the real tomb raiders about cultural appropriation and steals from the British Museum to return artifacts safely to ISIS. Can't wait to not watch this!

Shell also only be eating black holes

 

[GymWolf]

Just for shits and giggles, I wish they would have given the part of Lara Croft to Bella Ramsey.

She has to shot criminals and ferocious beasts, not scare them to death.

 

[Hrk69]

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I'm surprised she wasn't race swapped tbh. She'll surely be gay as hell.

 

[Lord Panda]

Let's be frank about this, if Hollywood was like it was ten years ago, Sydney Sweeney would have been a lock for this, with a terrible British accent, and the fucking thing would have been a massive hit. Or maybe Grace Currey. She would have been great.

Younger Emily Blunt would have done a decent job at it too.

 

[mansoor1980]

Let's be frank about this, if Hollywood was like it was ten years ago, Sydney Sweeney would have been a lock for this, with a terrible British accent, and the fucking thing would have been a massive hit. Or maybe Grace Currey. She would have been great.

i said damn...................

 

[Valonquar]

Well at least they are picking a franchise that is fairly dead (to me) already.

 

[jason10mm]

i said damn...................

Thats the chick from Shazam, right?

Yeah, she'd be a GREAT pick and the worse her english accent, the better

 

[NeoGiffer]

 

[Musashipan]

Disappointed
I was expecting Halle Bailey

 

[Toons]

Sorry but I dont care about boob size for lara that much.

Hayley Atwell is 42, she obviously wasn't going to be doing it.

If she can pull of the physicality of the stunts then I can probably suspend my disbelief enough for everything else. I dont go into video game adaptations expecting realism, which is why I mostly enjoyed that uncharted movie.

I never saw the vikander movies, so I have no frame of reference from that either

 

[FunkMiller]

Sorry but I dont care about boob size for lara that much.

Hayley Atwell is 42, she obviously wasn't going to be doing it.

If she can pull of the physicality of the stunts then I can probably suspend my disbelief enough for everything else. I dont go into video game adaptations expecting realism, which is why I mostly enjoyed that uncharted movie.

I never saw the vikander movies, so I have no frame of reference from that either

You're right about the boobies... but I really would like at least one of these things to feature a woman with a physique who actually looks like she could pull off the kinds of action the show will inevitably have her doing. Men bulk the fuck up whenever they do action, why not the women as well?

I'm not talking Abby here... but at least let's have someone who's put some work in to increase muscle mass and density. Lara would have to be physically very fit and strong to do what she does.

This feels like the kind of body they should be going with for Lara:

Sadly, I doubt there's many of these Hollywood starlets who'd want to commit to something like that (can't do perfume ads if you look jacked), so we'll get waif Sophie Turner, who can barely hold a Desert eagle straight, I have no doubt.

 

[EviLore]

You're right about the boobies... but I really would like at least one of these things to feature a woman with a physique who actually looks like she could pull off the kinds of action the show will inevitably have her doing. Men bulk the fuck up whenever they do action, why not the women as well?

I'm not talking Abby here... but at least let's have someone who's put some work in to increase muscle mass and density. Lara would have to be physically very fit and strong to do what she does.

This feels like the kind of body they should be going with for Lara:

Sadly, I doubt there's many of these Hollywood starlets who'd want to commit to something like that (can't do perfume ads if you look jacked), so we'll get waif Sophie Turner, who can barely hold a Desert eagle straight, I have no doubt.

Fit yes, but the girl pictured there is on steroids. I don’t think any female roles should go in that direction.

 

[Tams]

I hope it'll at least be like the fun Lara Croft from the 90s instead of the serious one.

Sadly, not a chance.

That died along with booth babes.

 

[GymWolf]

Even if you leave having no boobs and being super skinnty aside, she also can't for shit...

She is just riding the success of got without any other merit whatsoever.

 

[JCK75]

What shitty casting

 

[VulcanRaven]

That Alicia Vikander movie was great. A sequel was planned but they sadly cancelled it.

 

[Toons]

You're right about the boobies... but I really would like at least one of these things to feature a woman with a physique who actually looks like she could pull off the kinds of action the show will inevitably have her doing. Men bulk the fuck up whenever they do action, why not the women as well?

I'm not talking Abby here... but at least let's have someone who's put some work in to increase muscle mass and density. Lara would have to be physically very fit and strong to do what she does.

This feels like the kind of body they should be going with for Lara:

Sadly, I doubt there's many of these Hollywood starlets who'd want to commit to something like that (can't do perfume ads if you look jacked), so we'll get waif Sophie Turner, who can barely hold a Desert eagle straight, I have no doubt.

That's kinda the thing tho. Men in Hollywood are generally encouraged to have these physiques in general... even if you're not playing an action role, if you look athletic you're gonna get attention and gigs. If a woman in Hollywood goes around like that she'd probably get passed up for any roles that ISNT an action film(let alone any modeling opportunities that may come along). I hate the double standard there but it's a long running one.

Im totally down for buffer ladies in movies but I get why a lot of em won't do that... I can't even think of a major Hollywood actress that has a real athletic physique. Even hayley Atwell looks pretty regular in M:I

 

[jason10mm]

Fit yes, but the girl pictured there is on steroids. I don’t think any female roles should go in that direction.

Nah, that's a totally natural look a girl can get. She MIGHT be on a little juice but hardly a requirement.

Now THIS is juice

 

[mansoor1980]

AI

 

[SJRB]

AI

AI can make anyone look good doing anything.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

AI

I'd watch that.

 

[Nankatsu]

AI

I've seen this before.

Oh wait, never mind, wrong movie.

 

[Rockondevil]

AI

If she actually looked like that in the movie I'd be down.

 

[jason10mm]

AI

If she can look like that....I'll allow it

 

[Pegasus Actual]

AI

No thank you I am recasting:

 

[Hookshot]

First time I've not been annoyed at myself for making this thread.