Daisy Ridley eyed as the next Laura Croft?

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Star Wars' Daisy Ridley Being Considered To Play The New Lara Croft

Star Wars' Daisy Ridley Being Considered To Play The New Lara Croft

John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley were talented before they were cast in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but now, their popularity is positively exploding. Ridley was arguably the least-known member of the cast before her casting as Rey, and now, in addition to her Star Wars role, she’s being sought after elsewhere.

Deadline is reporting that Daisy Ridley has found herself on a shortlist for consideration to play Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider movie. Though it’s still very early in the process and no offers have been made, Ridley is in the running to play a younger version of the character than we saw in Angelina Jolie’s films a decade ago.

To me, the question isn’t if the Tomb Raider movie would be wise to cast Ridley as Croft, but rather if Ridley would be wise to accept it.

We are still very much in the era of “bad video game movies,” as in, people are still pointing to Silent Hill and the original Resident Evil as “not bad” video game films, yet we are very, very far away from any approaching good.


Now while that could change in the near future with a pair of upcoming projects, it’s far from a sure thing. Yes, Assassin’s Creed has a talented, Oscar-worthy cast in the form of Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, but that’s no predictor of success by itselfAnd as much as I like director Duncan Jones and want theWarcraft movie to succeed, I was not exactly been blown away by the trailer.

A Tomb Raider movie is an interesting prospect, considering it will presumably be based on this new era of Lara Croft where she’s less of an overt sex symbol, and actually kind of the poster child for female empowerment in games, as weird as that might be to say. She is still attractive (because obviously), but this younger Croft from the last two Tomb Raider games is more focused on mayhem and murder than tight tank tops and steamy shower scenes. Ridley’s potential Croft would probably be the same, shedding purposeful sex appeal for a harder-edged hero.

The new Tomb Raider is being helmed by director Roar Uthuag (Norwegians have the coolest names) who made the foreign disaster film The Wave about a landslide/tidal wave. It was relatively well-received by critics, but he’s not exactly a known quantity, so what he’ll do with Tomb Raider is anyone’s guess.

The Tomb Raider movie is moving forward as its sibling project, the Uncharted movie, has stalled for years, losing close to half dozen directors and half as many stars. Both of these films are surely going to try and capture some of the magic that made Indiana Jones great (both rely heavily on that series for inspiration), but that’s a tall order.

I would love to see a great Tomb Raider movie, and cement Lara Croft as kickass female action star in film, not just video games. The de-sexualized version of Croft we’ve seen in the game does deserve a proper film adaptation, and considering that’s exactly what Ridley did with Rey in Star Wars, it does seem like a perfect fit.

But it’s a gamble. Video game films just have not proven themselves yet, with a string of miserable failures culminating in a few “not bad” films at best. I want to believe that Assassin’s Creed and Warcraft andUncharted and The Last of Us and everything else in the works will be great, but I’m going to have to see it to believe it. And even the success of a few of those would not guarantee Tomb Raider’s.

And yet, what if Tomb Raider works? What if like Harrison Ford jumping from Han Solo in Star Wars to Indiana Jones, Daisy Ridley could make a parallel leap to a Lara Croft role that could be iconic in its own right? Now that would be amazing to see.

 

[Tical]

VIkander would be better

 

[Mowgli]

Boring like

I'm snoring like

 

[KevCo]

Daddario would be better...

 

[Still Benefited]

This will be them reaching to see if they can get some of that trickle down star wars money,prety sure nobody is asking for another Tomb Raider movie are they

Last movie I remember based on a video game that was actually decent was the one where Jake Jillenhall played an arab who could slow down time,that was based on a video game.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Maggie from TWD has been my choice since i heard her real voice a few years ago. She has the British accent even though she was born in NJ and she has the perfect look if you base it off of current Lara Kroft...

 

[Chef]

A new Tomb Raider flick. New scust smiley potential in the OP though.

 

[FlyRy]

She's cute but she's kind of flat chested

 

[NoGutsNoGLory]

Daddario would be better...

And we have a winner.

 

[FlyRy]

abigail ratchford

 

[Roman Brady]

It's going to look really silly If they need to cgi her chest

 

[Won Won]

DaDDario would be better...

...doing porn

 

[Captain Crunch]

It's going to look really silly If they need to cgi her chest

In the article said that she'll be more of a hero than a sex symbol, just like the current video game Tomb Raider.

 

[KevCo]

...doing porn

 

[Mr210]

Don't do it daisey