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‘Tomb Raider’: Sophie Turner & Lucy Boynton Testing For Lara Croft In Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Amazon Series


Sophie Turner and Lucy Boynton are poised to test for the part previously played on the big screen by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander.

Sophie Turner( Game Of Thrones) and Lucy Boynton( Bohemian Rhapsody) are poised to test for the part previously played on the big screen by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander, sources tell Deadline. The combination of one of the best known action heroines in popular culture and one of the top female TV creators in Waller-Bridge has tuned Lara Croft into a hotly pursued role for actors in their late 20s and 30s. Tomb Raider, which Amazon MGM Studios Head Jennifer Salke called “epic” and “globe-trotting” while announcing the series order in May, has been a passion project for writer/executive producer Waller-Bridge, who spoke fondly of the title character at the time of the pickup.

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