Tomb Raider: New trailer shows Alicia Vikander in action as video game heroine Lara Croft

The adventure is set to focus on the video game character's origin story

Jacob Stolworthy
Friday 19 January 2018 10:06 GMT
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Tomb Raider (2018) - UK trailer

The next trailer for the new Tomb Raider film has arrived showing Alicia Vikander in action as video game heroine Lara Croft.

Simply titled Tomb Raider, the latest adaptation of the long-running video game franchise - which began in 1996 - sees the Swedish Oscar-winner take over from Angelina Jolie who played the character in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and its sequel The Cradle of Life (2003).

This film will focus on Croft's origin story with the character far from the seasoned adventurer gamers now know her as.

Vikander - who won Best Supporting Actress at the 2016 Oscars for her role in The Danish Girl - stars alongside Dominic West, Daniel Wu and Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight, HBO comedy Vice Principals) who'll play the film's chief villain.

Back in September, the film drew attraction due to its official poster which was deemed a Photoshop 'fail' because of Vikander's unusually long neck.


Speaking about Croft's inspiration, Vikander told Vanity Fair: “I think people can identify with her [Lara] for lots of different reasons, but for me I very much see her as a model for many young women. She's trying to carve out her place in the world and connect her future with her past. She also has a fantastic mix of traits - tough, smart, vulnerable, plus she's kick ass.“

Tomb Raider will be released in the UK on 16 March.

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