UPDATE! Daisy Ridley Confirms Conversations for Tomb Raider Reboot.
Deadline is reporting that Daisy Ridley, who needs no introduction here, is one of the number of actresses being considered to play the heroine archaeologist and adventurer Lara Croft in a reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise from Warner Bros. and MGM.
March 10, 2016
According to Deadline, conversations have taken place, but as it’s still very early, there has not yet been any official negotiations or offers made. The rumor is that the upcoming reboot of the film will be heavily inspired by the 2013 reboot of the video game franchise of the same name, featuring a younger version of the character and detailing her origin. Ridley is similar in appearance to the recently rebooted version of the character, who also happens to be English.
This might be a great opportunity for Ridley to branch out in her career. If her portrayal of Rey in Star Wars hasn’t already made her a household name, another franchise like this one might just do the trick.
What do you think? Would Ridley be a good fit for the character, and would this be a good gig for her career? After all, branching out to play an archaeologist seemed to work for Harrison Ford. Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Title image by Bryanzap
UPDATE!
March 21, 2016
During the Empire Awards, Daisy Ridley confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that indeed “there have been conversations” about her playing the iconic heroine, but she has not been offered the role yet.
“I’m waiting for someone to say ‘I want you, let’s do it’,” she said, adding that there wasn’t a script for the film yet.
Although currently filming the 8th episode of Star Wars, Ridley said she would have time to take the additional role given the opportunity. “Absolutely, I’m trying to fill up my calendar,” she said.
Ridley’s co-star John Boyega – winner of Empire’s best male newcomer award – admitted that he himself had eyed Ridley for the Lara Croft role.
“I played Tomb Raider the game, it’s a new take and I think the movies are going to be based on that version,” he told THR. “But I texted Daisy [and] was like, ‘this is you!’ and ‘you need to get on that because you could be Lara Croft.’ She should be.”
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I think Rey as a character is pretty similar to new-age Lara, now that this article mentions it. The determination, the charm, the way they struggle with and overcome their challenges, all tit-for-tat with eachother. I have no doubt that Daisy could absolutely pull it off.
Two problems, though.
One, if this is Daisy’s next big role, she’s certainly going to be typecasted by it (if Rey didn’t do that enough already). She’ll be relegated to the tough heroine role for her entire career (if it even survives after this). I don’t want to see that.
Two, have you played the new Tomb Raider games? They’re called “cinematic” for a reason. Why the hell are they making a movie about a game that’s basically already a movie?
Money, money, money, money! MONEY!
Because money.
I don’t play video games. I don’t know the story of the new Lara Croft. I would be much more interested in seeing in a movie than a video game.
“Two, have you played the new Tomb Raider games? They’re called “cinematic” for a reason. Why the hell are they making a movie about a game that’s basically already a movie?”
Most moviegoers don’t play Tomb Raider games.
I can dig it
I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
She would be great for the role, but is lacking in one department…..
That was my first thought before I read that they rebooted the character in 2013. The images above don’t make Lara look as, shall we say, top heavy.
They are doing great things with CG these days…
You apparently haven’t looked at the latest game incarnation of Croft.
My interest in Tomb Raider has suddenly increased…
I am not familiar with the reboot version of Lara Croft, only the old, big boobed version. But this article got me thinking about how great it would be to have a reboot of the Indiana Jones franchise with Daisy as the lead!
So you’re looking forward to Ghostbusters?
You’re missing out with the new Tomb Raider. Lara has an incredible amount of depth as a character, and the game itself is extremely fun to play.
missing two of the most important aspects of this character!
Each one of the boobs?
Would rather see her in a more dramatic role, but I’m sure they’ll be many of them in years to come.
Camilla Luddington, the voice and motion capture actress for the rebooted games, would make the most sense as Lara. That said, Daisy Ridley is fantastic, so I would not have even a tiny problem with her being cast instead.
I doubt Daisy would take the role. She’ll risk getting type cast.
Type cast how? As an awesome woman? LOL
for non-serious action movies. Tomb Raider isn’t a slam dunk movie. It could be a bomb. Daisy is already front and center on Star Wars.
just like how harrison ford was type cast when he went from han solo to indiana jones?
She already will have three Star Wars films under her belt, and I’m sure she will want to continue acting as her career. What better way than to add Lara Croft to her resume of characters she’s played. Even if the movie ends up not being good or successful, if she does her best, the movie’s failure won’t be because of her acting ability.
That first picture with the bow looks just like Selena Gomez.
Ridley is very talented, but wasted for a movie like Tomb Raider (as Angelina Jolie was for the old ones).
I wanna see her in a drama, or comedy.
thats assuming tomb raider is neither.
Honestly, I don’t care about Tomb Raider. Give Ridley a real badass female role, if you want to see her in an action movie.
I mean, something like Ripley or Sarah Connor. Who cares about Lara Croft?
A lot of fucking people. She’s considered the most recognizable gaming heroine (outside of like, Samus) for a reason.
Oh wait, I forgot. Your opinion is the same as that of the rest of the world, so if YOU don’t care, NOBODY cares. Sorry, I’ll remember that for next time.
There’s no need to get so antagonistic, truly.
“Honestly, I don’t care about Tomb Raider. Give Ridley a real badass female role, if you want to see her in an action movie.”
It’s fine if you don’t care for Lara, but she’s already the perfect vehicle for “a real badass female role”.
I’m glad Daisy is making a name for herself, but I really don’t want to see her in this role. There are very few action movies that allow for real acting (Star Wars being on of the exceptions), and I’d like to see her exercise her chops in a more dramatic flick. Besides, she doesn’t want to end up being a franchise-only actor; she should be set for money from Star Wars, so why commit to something like this? Thanks, but Daisy is Rey, not Lara.
Why wouldn’t she want to be a franchise only actor? Harison Ford is a mostly franchise actor, whats wrong with Daisey doing it too?
Harrison is not a mainly franchise actor, if that is it for you, you ve missed half of his filmography at least. The problem of being a franchise actor is that generally the brand of the movie is above anything else. Ridley has the power to become a great actress and provide deep performances. She deserves roles where she can develop her great skills, where character are the most important part of it. Fortunately Star Wars sequels took character-driven direction, but other franchises (most of them) don’t.
What I am saying is that he jump started his career with Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Much like Daisey could launch her career with Star Wars and the female Indiana Jones in Lara Croft. It doesn’t mean she is stuck if she takes the role. It seems sort of off to say that she can’t or shouldn’t do it. You’re just assuming that Tomb Raider is going to suck, which is could but it doesn’t mean that she wouldn’t be able to provide a deep performance in it. She can do anything and there are way worse things to do than to follow in Harison Ford’s footsteps.
Ford was a franchise actor in the days before Big Franchises, or the pre-Harry Potter days. Nowadays, most actors can only commit to one or two franchises because of the time commitment for each (filming, press tours, staying “on-hand” for sequels). Those that do stick to the franchise game are very often easily forgotten, or they eventually transcend the genre and never look back. I’d rather see Daisy make her name in SW and refine her gift in smaller movies than be stuck being known as Rey AND Lara ad infinitum.
i support this. she already kinda looked like lara in the TFA anyway.
the The Force Awakens?
😉
Tomb Raider is not a very good movie franchise. If I were Ridley, I’d stay well away unless a visionary director is attached. This – if handled badly – could be her VAN HELSING.
because van helsing destroyed hugh jackman’s career?
No, because it was an unnecessary misstep for Jackman. Ridley is even less established than Jackman was when he took that role. Ridley doesn’t need to take on a lacklustre franchise when she has STAR WARS under her belt.
She’s better off taking dramatic roles ( even smaller roles ) in other non-genre projects, and only picking up another genre project ( which she is fully capable of leading ) which has high credentials. For me, Tomb Raider is not that.
How about she chooses what she thinks is best for her?
I’m certain she will, but this IS a comments section, no?
It is, which makes your career “advice” for her all the more pointless. But no, go ahead and continue shouting how she’s destroying her career.
Hmm.
Interesting that you would infer “shouting how she’s destroying her career” from my comments when you’re the one that used that word ( you may want to re-read my actual words and then understand that you’re projecting your own biases on my comments ).
Not sure why you’re wanting to pick a fight with me, but I bid you peace, and nothing but happiness and goodness in your day.
Do you take offense from people saying she wouldn’t be good for a role?
You say that like she has much choice.
It’s my fav Jackman movie right after The Prestige. Can’t wait for the Universal Monsters shared universe.
But yeah I think she should do something more artsy or Oscar worthy next. Tomb Raider is a throw away franchise, it would really need top level talent behind it. Also doesn’t the character have giant boobs?
She’ll need to inflate those Ta Ta’s ..
Because the videogames had the character with flotation devices? (i.e humongous fake boobs)
No thanks.
Concur, her two BBs on an ironing board won’t work for LC.
Can’t possibly do a worse job than Jolie did and unlike her she actually has a real accent and athletic build but there’s still yet to be a genuinely good video game based film. There are semi-blockbusters and camp classics but they’ve still yet to make one with a decent plot or dialogue. Kind of like comic book films decades ago.
My thoughts? Bad career move. This is not the kind of role someone takes when they explode onto the scene like Daisy Ridley has, she has all kinds of better options than starring in a reboot based on a once popular video game franchise.
If they really make it like the reboot. I think she’d be great. This is assuming they do a really good job. Which is risky given the genre. Indian Jones made 2 great movies… countless others including the original creators have tried and failed at the Jone’s genre.
My first thought was not good, then I was thinking about Harrison and Indiana Jones. Ok, worked for him. As others have noted, it depends on the quality of the film. I would say overall there is probably more risk. She’d probably be better off with serious rolls as opposed to action star rolls.
I didn’t even notice that Daisy’s face had been photoshopped onto Lara’s body in that first picture…
I’ve played the rebooted game and Daisy would be a perfect choice for the movie.
Uh, SW Boss told her she wasn’t allowed to audition for any outside roles. I guess she doesn’t listen.
Who said she did?
SW Boss went on a tear in the comments for an article from a few weeks back, saying Ridley was “a Star Wars actor and nothing more.”
We can all hardly believe that she didn’t listen to him. He comes across as so thoughtful, wise, and well measured, and his opinions are highly respected…
Lol.
Either that or they could get Jennifer Lawrence back in her HG garb, whom that Tomb Raider is very obviously mimicking down to the hairstyle and cut of clothes.
Stumbled across this video, it’s a musical mash-up of parts of Rey’s Theme mixed with parts of Binary Sunset, and it’s pretty cohesive and very tricky to tell which part is Luke’s and which is Rey’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bJpmMwrabo
Damn it, I think he is her dad, and we’ll all super see it coming and it will be awesome.
Cool.
That is simply wonderful. Thank you for sharing!
no. if they make a reboot they should use Camilla Luddington who is the actress that does Lara in the new game.
Please no. Just because she is in the game does make her fit as life action Lara.
Im kinda annoyed by the Reboot Lara and how she is potraitred in the games anyway.
Not busty enough?
Or she could just do whatever the hell she wants to do. It’s her life. If the only reason you work and move on to other jobs is purely for monetary reasons and she’s the same then sure it makes sense as sad as that is. But if you are like me and choose new jobs based off of expanding what you already know and because they seem bigger and more fun than your previous one then who cares.
Dude, people are just suggesting that she could be good in the role. No one is bossing her around. So calm your tits.
I’m pretty sure my comment was just that.. a comment. I don’t understand how what I said could be misunderstood as not being calm. Perhaps you yourself should calm down when reading comments before making assumptions about their emotional context.
Don’t be salty.
And in addition you completely misconstrued my statement. Not everyone is saying she would be good in the role. In fact a decent amount of people are saying it would be terrible for her career. My point is that she can do what she wants.
Reason why pretty much every video game adaptation sucks is due to the extreme lack of talent behind the camera. Getting A-List actors is a start but there’s never been one with an acclaimed director or screenwriter yet which will make all the difference in the world.
Warcraft is the key to all of this. 😉
I’m not sure if it will be any good but it has a big enough of a fanbase to make it a blockbuster even if it isn’t.
I’m cautiously optimistic. The past of video game movies is the caution. But the talent behind Warcraft is the best a video game movie has ever had (IMO) With the director Duncan Jones (Who did Moon and Source Code), he’s also one of the writers, meanwhile the other writer comes from Blizzard (The creators of the Warcraft games, if you didn’t know) themselves. Then the actors include Dominic Cooper, Clancy Brown, Toby Kebell, Ben Foster and Rob Kazinsky. Blizzard themselves are heavily involved with the production as well, and since they’ve spent forever making this movie I believe they want (and hopefully) have gotten it right.
Clany Brown is criminally underrated. I think the problem with the genre is that the source material now is even more dense than a novel or decades long comic that they get overwhelmed by which stories to tell. I’d love to see Jones direct a spinoff SW film as well too.
Jones would be great for a spinoff.
In regards to the material, it seems that they are sticking with the chronological timeline of Warcraft lore. This first film is when Orcs first meet Humans, and they have the First War.
I think he was supposed to write/direct one of the live-action SW episodes so his spec script probably exists somewhere in the archives. Lucas worked with Bowie on Labryinth too so I’m assuming he’s on good terms with Lucasfilm.
The potential problem will be what they have to leave out but Harry Potter/LOTOR/Narnia managed to sidestep all that so long as they have a good editor it should be fine.
That and Assassin’s Creed with Young Magneto.
Good point, any serious director would give this kind of movie a wide-bearth.
Speilburg and Jackson are supposedly gamers and keep teasing they’ll do one but all talk so far. Usually they get music video hacks to do them and we seen what happens when they do that.
Personal opinionion #1. In TFA she is already kind of Space Lara Croft so I would love to see her in that role. Personal opinion #2. I can understand why people think her breasts are too small. Even though I don’t mind it would be similar to casting a guy who is really thin and skinny in a role like He-man.
just cgi the titties