Daisy Ridley May Star in Upcoming Tomb Raider Reboot

[Geisterkarle]

As part of the target demographic for the original version of Lara Croft, I'd prefer they cast somebody a little more 'mature' for the role.

I think, I was a "target demographic" too but ... and I can't believe I think I have to be "that guy", because I normally don't care that much about these "features" ... but I think I have to go with the "sexist" comment, that I would like a more "full figured" actress ... Angelina Jolie was already a "small frame", but Ridley is missing even more to the original video game character!
On the other hand, I don't care in the world about this movie, so do what you want...

 

[Laughing Man]

I wonder what kind of season pass they will be offering for this movie, or if it will be cut in to half a dozen mini movies that we will have to pay full price for.

Well given it's Square Enix the movie will be produced in one go and then it will no doubt be released in 6 parts over the course of a year. Don't worry though you can pre pay to see all 6 parts for the same cost as a regular movie ticket or you can pay as you see each part for the total sum that works out at twice the cost of a regular movie ticket.

If enough people pre pay to see it they will no doubt release the first part early and if you go for their season extended pass you'll get a free Tomb Raider themed popcorn tub (popcorn sold separately)

 

[Politrukk]

At least this will show if she's at least a decent actress.

I mean her performance in Star Wars was heavily coloured by perspective.

 

[happyninja42]

I'm curious if she can bring the "edgy world wise snark" angle of Lara's attitude. Daisy just seems a little too sweet and innocent to pull off the typical representation of Lara Croft. Of course, if they go the route of the Tomb Raider reboot game, where we see her get the shit kicked out of her for 2 hours, and then she rises as this grizzled badass, then ok sure, she might be able to pull it off.

I don't know, we'll see I guess, if she can act well enough to pull off a grizzled badass.

 

[Gatlank]

Was the Tomb Raider movie so great that a reboot is needed?

 

[happyninja42]

Was the Tomb Raider movie so great that a reboot is needed?

Were the games so great they needed a reboot? Probably not.

Is it a marketable franchise, with a large buyin from a fan base? Yep.

 

[Lightknight]

She'd be a good choice for the character. I just have no faith in their ability to write a good movie for Lara.

 

[Gatlank]

Was the Tomb Raider movie so great that a reboot is needed?

Were the games so great they needed a reboot? Probably not.

Is it a marketable franchise, with a large buyin from a fan base? Yep.

Sure is marketable but what i remember are the games not the movie.
I could still grab my Saturn and play the first game almost blindfolded while from the movie the only thing i remember is that it stars Angelina Jolie. I dont even remember if it did so well at the box office to warrant a reboot while Hollywood as other movies it could milking.

 

[happyninja42]

Was the Tomb Raider movie so great that a reboot is needed?

Were the games so great they needed a reboot? Probably not.

Is it a marketable franchise, with a large buyin from a fan base? Yep.

Sure is marketable but what i remember are the games not the movie.
I could still grab my Saturn and play the first game almost blindfolded while from the movie the only thing i remember is that it stars Angelina Jolie.

You're assuming they are rebooting the movie, and not the simple franchise. Considering that recently, a new Tomb Raider game is what came out, it's more likely they are trying to rebrand, not reboot the TR movie, and will likely do it along the lines of the new game. Less blatant sexuality and giant tits, more "gritty realism and showcasing a tough woman overcoming odds". Which frankly has nothing to do with the previous movies.

 

[teamcharlie]

As part of the target demographic for the original version of Lara Croft, I'd prefer they cast somebody a little more 'mature' for the role.

Nobody would dream of casting Jesse Eisenberg as Thor. Why are we trying to make tiny waifs into action heroines?

Doesn't that make you exactly the kind of person they don't really care about marketing to? Current-Lara is current, ergo it'd be a bit silly for them to cast someone more 'mature'. At the moment '96's Lara is a - ahem... - dinosaur, a relic. Nu-Lara's where it's at.
(snip)

I suppose my real question-behind-the-question is this: could you imagine Daisy Ridley punching a conscious, non-restrained, aware grown man to death? If not, she's probably not going to make a good Lara Croft, because that's regularly something Lara Croft has to do.

And I suppose that's my problem with a lot of recent action movie heroines: very few of them look like they could even beat up a regular guy who goes to a Krav class every week at the local gym, let alone a trained killer. (yes, except the actual MMA ladies who are fully qualified for those roles. See: Angel from Deadpool for a great example of somebody who could absolutely rock out the Lara Croft role).

 

[Cycloptomese]

I like Daisy Ridley. She was competent enough in The Force Awakens, but I think Emily Blunt would do a much better Lara Croft. But I'd be afraid of it hurting her career.

 

[Darth Rosenberg]

I suppose my real question-behind-the-question is this: could you imagine Daisy Ridley punching a conscious, non-restrained, aware grown man to death? If not, she's probably not going to make a good Lara Croft, because that's regularly something Lara Croft has to do.

Whilst I only played a couple of hours of Rise (I was disappointed by the start, at least. I'll restart it after a couple of other games), I don't actually remember a single moment of Lara punching a man to death in any of the TR's... I mean, I skipped the naff ones (dropped out at TR3, got back to TR with Legend), but still.

She's traditionally known for using athletic abilities plus firearms to deal with the vast majority of threats. And in the reboot she either uses firearms, tools to choke people with, rocks, and climbing axes - none of which someone of nu-Lara or Daisy's frame would be precluded from doing.

And I suppose that's my problem with a lot of recent action movie heroines: very few of them look like they could even beat up a regular guy who goes to a Krav class every week at the local gym, let alone a trained killer. (yes, except the actual MMA ladies who are fully qualified for those roles. See: Angel from Deadpool for a great example of somebody who could absolutely rock out the Lara Croft role).

I agree for the most part, and that goes for male actors too. But the demands for training up decent actors to also pull off very physical roles are usually just too great versus production schedules and wotnot. And yeah, whilst I've not seen Deadpool yet, Gina Carrano rocks - physically. As an actress? In Haywire she was okay, but her lifelong craft clearly isn't acting, just as most actors lifelong pursuits aren't martial arts or combat training.

I'll end with a question to you: would you seriously cast someone like Gina in the role of current, origins-Lara?

 

[teamcharlie]

I'll end with a question to you: would you seriously cast someone like Gina [Carano] in the role of current, origins-Lara?

Jean-Claude Van Damme made some fantastic action movies and he's hardly the world's most talented actor. So, yes. I would absolutely cast Gina Carano in pretty much any role that calls for a woman who can believably punch out a grown man, especially because I am beyond tired of seeing a panoply of iterations of the same 19-year-old white waif with good skin play literally every female role in Hollywood.

See: Shailene Woodley, Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Lawrence, Sophie Turner, Gal Godot, etc. There are other body types. There are tens of thousands of talented actresses in Hollywood of almost every body type practically dying to play a role in a movie. Let them!

 

[FPLOON]

So... It's going to be both a prequel AND a reboot, then?

Other than that, I'll probably see it in theaters the same way I didn't see Prince of Persia in theaters...

 

[Darth Rosenberg]

Jean-Claude Van Damme made some fantastic action movies and he's hardly the world's most talented actor. So, yes. I would absolutely cast Gina Carano in pretty much any role that calls for a woman who can believably punch out a grown man, especially because I am beyond tired of seeing a panoply of iterations of the same 19-year-old white waif with good skin play literally every female role in Hollywood.

So you don't care about character appropriate casting at all, then? Have you played the TR reboot or seen her design [http://sf.co.ua/13/03/wallpaper-2671701.jpg]? And you want to make this era of Lara, what, a beefy 30-year-old Hispanic or something? I'd love to see, say, Michelle Rodriguez get more leading roles, ditto Katee Sackhoff who usually looks like she could hold her own. But we're talking casting an early 20's Lara, here... a Lara whose experience mostly pertains to climbing Snowdon and backpacking with a friend.

And for me Van Damme's just an acting trainwreck, so gimme any proper actor over that guy. I don't want an 'action movie', either, I primarily want a character study for a new TR film. Probably won't ever get that, but I live in [very mild] hope...

See: Shailene Woodley, Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Lawrence, Sophie Turner, Gal Godot, etc. There are other body types. There are tens of thousands of talented actresses in Hollywood of almost every body type practically dying to play a role in a movie. Let them!

For starters, Lawrence was criticised was being too bulky/healthy looking for the role of Katniss, so making her some kind of meatheaded fighter would've been even more absurd than ignoring current Lara's design.

Personally I'd have definitely wanted a tougher, bulkier Woman Woman, but to be fair to various eras of her design she hasn't typically been depicted in that way, so Gal's not a terrible pick (I've heard she's pretty good in BvS).

Not sure why you're mentioning Sophie Turner. For Jean Grey, perhaps? If so, then that's a bizarre example given she's seemingly playing a young Jean with primarily mental abilities. I'm assuming/hoping she won't be beating guys unconscious by punching them...

Never seen Shailene Woodley in anything, so I can't comment on how suitable she was per roles. As for Kristen Stewart? Snow White And The Huntsmen is the only proper physical role I've seen her in (pretty sure her character in Twilight only scraps when she's got vamp-powers), and you don't really need bulk to wear armour or swing a sword (her character's also more or less Pagan-Jesus. plus, she kinda sucks hard at fighting anyway... given her whole 'I'm going to throw my shield away at the final boss fight'-thing).

 

[votemarvel]

She could pull it off acting wise but she just doesn't have the build needed for Lara Croft, old or new.

In the Force Awakens you could explain her slim frame away as living near starvation on a desert planet and being boosted by the Force (knowingly or not).

 

[Bob_McMillan]

More Daisy Ridley, less Angelina Jolie. Win-win.

 

[stormtrooper9091]

milk that cow, she ain't dry yet. Absolutely disgusting but oh well, nostalgia dollar is the most valuable currency today.