First Look: Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider

Alicia Vikander’s 2015 was nothing short of a breakout year for the actress, starring in both a robot in Ex Machina and an Academy Award winning performance in The Danish Girl. Next up for Vikander is going to be the action-heroine route as she will star in the upcoming adaptation to the very popular video game franchise Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The first first-look images at Vikander as Laura Croft has been released and the actress looks stunning in this new role. This version of Croft will include a new back story as seven years after the disappearance of her father, 21-year-old Lara has refused to take the reins of his global business empire, instead working as a bike courier in London while taking college classes. What follows is Croft decides to investigate her father’s disappearance and travels to his last-known location.


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