Amazon MGM Studios and Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge are actively working on a Tomb Raider adaptation for Prime Video, with the search for an actor to play Lara Croft turning into a hotly-contested competition for the role.
Deadline reports that the showrunners have created a shortlist of young actors with the potential to play Croft, and a couple of them are already undergoing screen tests. Sophie Turner, best known for her role as Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones, is one such candidate, while Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) is another. The report suggests that Emma Corrin (The Crown) and Mackenzie Davis (Blade Runner 2049) are also under consideration but haven't been screen-tested.
Lara Croft has previously been played by Angelina Jolie, in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) and by Alicia Vikander in Tomb Raider (2018). None of these movies were positively reviewed by critics, but Jolie's debut as Lara Croft does hold the record for the highest-grossing video game adaptation when adjusting for inflation.
Waller-Bridge was overjoyed to receive the nod to write the show, saying "If I could tell my teenage self this was happening...
