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Topics: Tomb Raider, Interview
Lara Croft is set to return in a major way in the next couple of years.
In live-action, Sophie Turner will be stepping into the shoes of the famed heroine in an upcoming TV series from Prime Video.
Perhaps more excitingly though, Alix Wilton Regan will be portraying the character in two new video game projects, bringing Lara back to her roots.
There’s Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, a remake of the original Tomb Raider, which is due to land this year, as well as the brand-new Tomb Raider: Catalyst scheduled for 2027.
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We had the opportunity to catch up with Alix at the recent BAFTA Games Awards, asking a very important question. Will Legacy of Atlantis allow us to lock Winston in the freezer?
“I can neither confirm nor deny anything that you may or may not like to happen in the game,” Alix replied, adding that she’s excited to enter a new “golden age” for the franchise.
“There is a lot of pressure and I am hugely excited,” Alix said of taking on the role.
“This new era of Lara is in very, very safe hands. I feel immensely privileged to be playing [her]. I do not take it lightly at all.”
She continued, “I'm playing the games. I've watched all the films. I know very much which way I'm going with it. The narrative team is exceptional. I'm not allowed to tell you who yet, but oh my god, you're all going to scream when you find out.”
“It's going to be a great era for Tomb Raider. I hope we're entering the Golden Age.”
Alix was in attendance at the BAFTA Games Awards thanks to a Best Supporting Actor nod for her turn as Lea in Lies of P: Overture.
Despite how fast-paced souls games can often feel, I was struck by the commanding presence Alix was able to bring to the title.
“I'll be really honest, this is how I approached the role,” Alix began.
“It was a really hard time in my life personally, and I found out that I had been cast as this grieving older sister who was determined to go and save one of the other brothers that she felt was still alive.
“And I was so lucky to be working with such an emotionally intelligent studio in Round8, and there were such wonderfully compassionate people at Liquid Violet who did the localisation, and Mark Healy, who was my English voice director, and Choi Ji-Won, who was the game director, and I was there and I was like, ‘Guys, I just need to go and cry.’
“And they let me,” Alix continued. “And there were times where I had so much rage that I think got poured into the character, but instead of instead of trying to temper it down, which quite often, you know, in particular, male directors might be uncomfortable with female rage, but they allowed me to pour all of it into this character.
“And I was really reflecting on that, on the importance of giving space to everything that the actor and the artist shows up with. I think it's a really important quality for directors and development teams to work with, you know, and then you steer the actor in the right direction, of course. But I was just very moved by how kind they were to me. It made a real difference to my journey as Lea.”
If Alix’s performance as Lea is anything to go by, Lara Croft is in very safe hands.