Actor Alicia Vikander recently sat down with Entertainment Weekly to discuss the cinematic revival of Tomb Raider, and what makes Lara Croft such an ideal big-screen heroine.
Vikander says, ?She has all the fierce, tough, curious, intelligent traits, but we?ve stripped away all of her experience. She hasn?t gone on an adventure just yet. She thought she was a stuck up businessperson living in the modern youth culture of suburban London, but then this whole box of information. This is the beginning.?
Vikander says the film will follow Croft at the start of her legacy, rather in the midst of it.
The actor didn't ignore the legacy she's now apart of. Vikander said, ?I was surprised that my mum knew what Tomb Raider was. That?s due to the fact that Angelina Jolie made Lara Croft such an icon. But this is a beautiful way of showing a very loved character from more angles.?