Tomb Raider is a seminal franchise, and it's enjoying the height of its popularity today with an Unreal Engine 5 remake, a brand-new mainline installment, and an Amazon Prime Video TV show adaptation on its bright horizon. Like any franchise that has endured and thrived for 30 years, it is only natural that there are distinguished and generational Tomb Raider eras for new audiences and players to claim as their favorite.
Similarly, it is perhaps unrealistic to expect that the same actor would play Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft three decades later. It's neat to have a different Lara actor define the particular era that they were ascribed to, such as Shelley Blond, Judith Gibbins, and Jonell Elliott playing Lara across Tomb Raider’s classic entries (Tomb Raider 1 through 6). Now, Tomb Raider’s newest era is introducing another Lara to the fold.
On Reddit, Tomb Raider fans are discussing the game franchise’s legacy and their thoughts on Mass Effect 3, Lies of P: Overture, and Cyberpunk 2077’s Alix Wilton Regan being the latest actor to portray Lara. Interestingly, not only will Regan play Lara in the remake of the first game, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, but also in the...
