Sophie Turner plays Lara Croft in the new series on Prime Video. The first picture has now been released, and it’s been very well received by the community.
If you’re a Tomb Raider fan, you’re in for a real treat. There are currently two games in the works, and a new series is set to launch on Prime Video in the foreseeable future.
Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner will take on the lead role. A newly released character portrait now offers a first glimpse of the new interpretation of Lara Croft, and fans are very pleased.
Back to the roots
Of course, we don’t want to keep the complete poster from you, because Sophie Turner has worked hard to achieve this look.
Sophie Turner is Lara Craft in the first look at #TombRaider.
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Her outfit and style are once again strongly reminiscent of the early days of the action archaeologist, while Alicia Vikander plays her in the 2018 film adaptation. more modern look. As several posts on Reddit make clear, this is a direction that is readily accepted.
The image is shared in several subreddits, where it receives several thousand upvotes. In r/gaming alone, it collects just under 36,000 likes and over 3,000 comments.
The latter includes jokes about the well-known video game quirks. For example, User Loki-L will only judge the new Lara Croft once she ”plummets down a slope like a ragdoll after missing the edge during a jump.”
One-Man-Wolf-Pack is more enthusiastic: ”Sophie looks better than I expected – and has obviously been working out a lot at the gym. Hats off to her, I think she looks great.“ Many fans were able to see Turner before not really imagine her as Lara Croft, but the first image allays any doubts.
With the release of the poster Prime and MGM Studios announce the start of production of the Tomb Raider series. In addition to Turner, we can look forward to an illustrious cast, with Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Avatar), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter, The White Lotus), Martin Bobb-Semple (All American: Homecoming), and German actor August Wittgenstein (Ku’damm 77) in other roles.
The creator, writer, and producer is Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag). However, it has not yet been announced when we can expect the series to start.
