Prime Video’s “Tomb Raider” sequence has seemingly discovered its Lara Croft in “Sport of Thrones” veteran Sophie Turner, based on a report from Deadline.
On the finish of October, the identical outlet launched an preliminary unique saying that Turner was a best choice to play the titular tomb raider alongside Lucy Boynton (“Bohemian Rhapsody,” “The Pale Blue Eye”), with Emma Corrin (“The Crown”) and Mackenzie Davis (“Station Eleven”) additionally probably within the operating. Now, it appears as if the present, which is being spearheaded by “Fleabag” creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, might have settled on its lead actor.
If this involves fruition, Turner actually has massive sneakers to fill — she would be part of Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander as the one different two performers to play Lara Croft in live-action. It is necessary to make this abundantly clear: the report says that Turner is “in negotiations,” so this little bit of casting nonetheless is not official simply but. I additionally anticipate some pushback on this, to be trustworthy. Hayley Atwell voiced the character within the 2024 sequence “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft,” so some followers may really feel just like the function ought to have gone to the Marvel Cinematic Universe alumnus. Different fan-castings which have made their rounds on-line embrace performers like Daisy Ridley and Jodie Comer. I do not assume we must always dismiss Turner so shortly, although. If she books this function, she undoubtedly has the appearing chops to make Lara Croft her personal.
Sophie Turner is the brand new Lara Croft (and that is an excellent factor)
Sorry, naysayers: Sophie Turner does have what it takes to take over the function of Lara Croft, and her series-long function as Sansa Stark on “Sport of Thrones” is the primary piece of essential proof I am going to present. Sure, Sansa is annoying when the present begins — all she needs to do is marry the odious incest-baby Prince Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson) and be his “queen,” however when Sansa finds out who Joffrey actually is, she wises up fairly shortly. (She finds this out the onerous method in that he beheads her father, Sean Bean’s Ned Stark, in entrance of her and an assembled crowd.) Sansa will get actually succesful actually quick, utilizing wordplay and fast pondering to outwit Joffrey (normally by insulting him to his face) and navigating the shark tank that’s King’s Touchdown with extra ease as she ages and learns.
“Sport of Thrones” places Sansa by way of wringer — and assassinates her character on the finish of the present as well — however no person can deny that Turner’s efficiency did not get stronger and stronger with every season. The initiatives she’s chosen since, together with an extremely humorous cameo in Netflix’s 2022 film “Do Revenge,” the HBO drama “The Staircase,” and the ITV sequence “Joan,” present that she’s searching for extra selection as she strikes ahead, and I genuinely assume she’d shock everybody as an incredible Lara Croft. That is nonetheless formally unconfirmed, although, so if you wish to revisit Turner’s flip as Sansa, “Sport of Thrones” is streaming on Max now.
