
Why Not: All signs point to a reboot rather than a sequel, which means reinventing and reimagining a character, which would rule Jolie out. Her latest vehicle The Tourist was fully financed by Graham King's GK Films, so there's already a strong relationship with Jolie. Though lord knows what accent she was putting on in The Tourist. Salt proved that Jolie was still the closest thing we have to an accomplished action heroine in Hollywood, and her accent in the Croft sequel was a vast improvement on her dodgy Dick van Dyke-esque one of the first. Theres no other actress in the world who comes close to the physical resemblance of the video games Croft. Submitted for your approval or disapproval as we always like to do in our Fantasy Casting series, Ive selected eight actresses who could play the British, butt-kicking belle.Īngelina Jolie 36 years old Why: For many, she already is the real life embodiment of Lara Croft having starred in two financially successful summer blockbusters that caused something of a media circus. With the announcement yesterday that Oscar winning producer of The Departed Graham King and his company GK films are set to reboot the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider franchise, tongues have been wagging about just who might fill the boots and don the tank top and tinted shades of the video game heroine.
