‘Tomb Raider’: Sophie Turner & Lucy Boynton Testing For Lara Croft In Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Amazon Series
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: In what is shaping up to be one of the hottest TV casting searches this fall, Amazon MGM Studios has assembled a wishlist of accomplished young actors for the role of Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, Prime Video’s high-profile series adaptation of the video game franchise from Emmy-winning Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Sophie Turner (Game Of Thrones) and Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) are poised to test for the part previously played on the big screen by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander, sources tell Deadline.
It is unclear who else would be doing a test for the famous role, a process that has been shrouded in secrecy. Some of the names on the wishlist alongside Turner and Boynton, including Emma Corrin and Mackenzie Davis, are not believed to be testing.
A rep for Amazon MGM Studios declined comment. The combination of one of the best known action heroines in popular culture and one of the top female TV creators in Waller-Bridge has tuned Lara Croft into a hotly pursued role for actors in their late 20s and 30s.
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