DEBUNKED: Olivia Wilde To Be The New Lara Croft In Tomb Raider Reboot?
According to french website Cinepop, the gorgeous Olivia Wilde has been cast as video game character Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider reboot.
MovieHole just posted some interesting news concerning the Lara Croft franchise reboot. According to french website Cinepop the gorgeous Olivia Wilde has been cast to fill the shoes of the fearless Lara Croft. Check out below what MovieHole had to say.
Wilde reportedly confirmed the casting in an interview with the site, adding that Mark Fergus (“First Snow”, writer of “Cowboys & Aliens”, which Wilde was in) is directing the flick. Fergus co-wrote the script with Hawk Ostby (“Iron Man”)
Wilde, who career has gone from strength-to-strength since playing the lesbian bartender in Calisoap “The OC”, says she’s a fan of the character – who originates from the pixels on a video-game monitor – and is looking forward to raiding tombs on the big screen.
Lara Croft is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Square Enix (previously Eidos Interactive) video game series Tomb Raider. She is presented as a beautiful, intelligent, and athletic British archaeologist-adventurer who ventures into ancient, hazardous tombs and ruins around the world.
UPDATE: It was good while it lasted. Olivia Wilde has officially debunked the casting confirmation via her Twitter page!
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