After director Edgar Wrights recent fan casting, Aubrey Plaza shares that shes actually open to playing Lara Croft in a possible Tomb Raider reboot. Aubrey Plaza has shared that shes open to playing Lara Croft in a possible future Tomb Raider project, in response to Edgar Wright’s recent fan casting. The actress, comedian, and producer, with over 80 acting credits, is widely known for her role as April Ludgate in the sitcom Parks and Recreation. In addition to her TV roles, Plaza has also been in several films, like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Monsters University, Ingrid Goes West, and Black Bear. Her most recent film, Emily the Criminal, for which she also serves as producer, just landed in theaters.
The Criminal during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Plaza shared that Wright, who worked with her in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, texted her after seeing her on the cover of a magazine, promoting Emily the Criminal. Wright saw the ensemble she was wearing in the picture, and in registering it as the outfit Lara Croft is known for sporting, he thought she had been cast as the new Lara Croft. This is especially timely, given that development on the 2018 Tomb Raider sequel film was recently canceled, due to MGM losing the film rights for the character, prompting the need for a new cast and crew if a different studio gains the rights and decides to make another film.
Plaza has shared more about her exchange with Wright, noting how funny it is that the top shes wearing and the purse shes carrying resemble a Lara Croft-esque costume featuring her gun holster. Plaza went on to express that shes actually indeed open to the idea of Wrights fan casting, detailing how she would love to play an iconic and badass character like Lara Croft. Look, I have no idea what the future holds for me, but I love it. It was so funny when [Wright] texted me that because I didnt realize how strikingly similar those photos are. Emily is carrying a purse strap and Lara Croft has a gun holster, those are very different. But its very weird and totally accidental, but Ill take it. I love action movies, and I dont discriminate against big movies or small movies. I love all kinds of movies. I would love it if somehow that turned into a real thing, but who knows, I have no idea. Thats an iconic character. Shes the original badass.
Tomb Raiders New Reboot Wastes Its Best Lara Croft Future
Tomb Raider 2 failing to be greenlit spells disaster for Alicia Vikanders iteration of the British aristocratic tomb-raiding archaeologist. MGM failing to greenlight Tomb Raider 2 meant the company lost the film rights to the Tomb Raider franchise, starting a bidding war for them among studios as a result – heres why news of a new Tomb Raider reboot unrelated to the 2018 film just wastes 2018s Tomb Raider and its Lara Crofts potential. Loosely based on Laras adventures from the 2013 videogame reboot – which was then followed by 2015s Rise of the Tomb Raider and 2018s Shadow of the Tomb Raider – Tomb Raider sees Lara (Alicia Vikander) trying to uncover what happened to her father Richard (Dominic West), who is presumed dead after his disappearance some time earlier. The 2018 film aims to tell Laras origin story that ended up starting her career as a tomb-raiding archaeologist that fights mercenaries and, sometimes, ancient gods.
Talks about the release of Tomb Raider 2 went around for years, with British director Ben Wheatley initially set to direct the sequel with Amy Jump writing it. While Vikanders Tomb Raider wasnt the first time the famous videogame characters adventures moved to the big screen, it did depict a different Lara Croft. After all, 2001s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and 2003s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life saw Angelina Jolies Lara Croft on her adventures as an already established archaeologist. Still, interest in the franchise hasnt waned through the years, as Tomb Raider is still going strong 26 years after the first game released, morphing into a media franchise that includes various videogames, spinoff games, comic books, films, and, soon enough, One 𝖯iece Film: Red anime produced by Smartstream21net.
The announcement that MGM lost the film rights to the Tomb Raider franchise as it failed to greenlight Tomb Raider 2 by May 2022 is the last straw in a long line of issues the 2018 Tomb Raider sequel had to face. While Tomb Raider 2s future was already in doubt after Amazons acquisition of MGM, its now officially scrapped as studios engage in a bidding war for the rights to adapt the profitable stories of the videogame heroine, with a rumored reboot and recast of the lead role in the plans. While new stories about Lara Croft can always be told, especially considering the vastity and variety of her videogame adventures, Tomb Raider 2s scrapping is particularly unfair towards the Alicia Vikander version of Lara Croft and the story 2018s Tomb Raider tried to tell, wasting the best possible future for the adventurers story One 𝖯iece Film: Red.
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