Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner Reportedly in Line to Play Lara Croft in Prime Video’s Tomb Raider Series

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Tomb Raider series on Prime Video appears to be on the verge of casting Sophie Turner as its Lara Croft.

Deadline reports that Turner is currently in negotations to star as the famous video game heroine, who has previously been portrayed by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander. Sophie Turner is best-known for her role as Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones, though she has also played Jean Grey in X-Men: Dark Phoenix and X-Men: Apocalypse.

IGN has reached out to Prime Video as well as Turner’s representatives for confirmation.

Officially announced earlier this year, Prime Video’s live-action Tomb Raider series is the latest attempt to adapt the seminal action-adventure series starring world-famous archaeologist and adventurer Lara Croft. Waller-Bridges is the show’s writer and executive producer, having found fame for her work as the star and creator of Fleabag.

“There’s room to do something really quite dangerous,” Waller-Bridge previously said. “And if I can do something dangerous and exciting with Tomb Raider, I already have an audience of people who love Lara and hopefully will continue to. And that is a very unusual position to be in. It’s the old Trojan horse.”

Other than that brief tease, however, we know little about the approach the Amazon show will be taking to Lara Croft, with Turner’s potential casting being the most substantial development thus far. Recently, Netflix aired its own anime take on Tomb Raider, with Hayley Atwell voicing the lead character.

For more on Lara Croft while we wait for more information on the Amazon series, read up on how to play the Tomb Raider games in chronological order.

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