Star Wars 7's Daisy Ridley Could Play Lara Croft in New Tomb Raider Movie

She would probably be a pretty good Lara Croft. She has a resemblance. My personal pick would be relative unknown Alycia Debnam-Carey (of The100 and Fear The Walking Dead fame). She looks exactly like Lara Croft in the 2 new Tomb Raider games:

Alycia Debnam-Carey for Lara Croft

Awww, I was kinda hoping for them to cast the actress that plays Maggie's character on The Walking Dead. She actually looks like Lara in the new games.

"Transformers 5 writer Geneva Robertson-Dworet"....oh sweet lawd

Why not? She's a great actress who imo almost single-handedly saved SW VII from being completely mediocre. She would make a great (young) Lara Croft.

I would actually love to see Camilla Luddington...i mean, why not? I'm pretty sure she perfectly matches Lara's body and fitness since she actually did all the motion capturing for the animations in the game (maybe not all the extreme stunts obviously, but that's where cgi and stunt doubles come to help...)

I am actually Ok with this....

I loved Daisy in The Force Awakens, she is truly beautiful and would do for a amazing Lara. However, what about Lara's boobs? And yes I am serious, Lara's body is one of her most prominent characteristics! In the games, she is always portrayed with a sculptural body and Daisy doesn't have, well... nice boobs.

Alexandra Daddario if she can pull off a decent British accent.

Would be the next best thing to Daddario as Wonder Woman

Alison Carroll. She basically is Lara Croft. She is British, a gymnast, identical build and appearance to Lara. She doesn't even have to try.

Well she's already done topless scenes and is the latest Star Wars heroine might as well stick her in as female game character to complete fanatsy too for nerds lol

I think eventually they'll choose Camilla Luddington.

Lyndsy Fonseca, she's already played a badass assassin in Nikita and has the looks to go with it as well.

Kate Beckinsale would obviously be fantastic, but of course she is 42, so she might not want to engage in the sort of physicality she'd done before, though she was amazing in the Underworld movies.

I think Daisy would be a fine choice. She could be an awesome fit after make-up, costumes, and training (so she becomes a very different character from Rey). But we don't know much of anything at this point. Here are my top 12 for the part.

1. Sophia Cookson (Kingsman)
2. Daisy Ridley (Star Wars 7)
3. Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones, Terminator)
4. Gemma Arterton (Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia, Hansel & Gretel)
5. Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)
6. Emma Watson (Harry Potter, etc. - could pull it off because she is so good)
7. Anna Popplewell (Narnia Chronicles, Reign)
8. Adelaide Kane (Reign)
9. Michelle Ryan (Bionic Woman, Doctor Who, Covert Affairs)
10. Rebecca Night
11. Gemma-Leah Devereux
12. Lauren Cohan

I don't think Hayley Atwell has the right look and although I love Camilla Luddington's voice acting for the character in video games, she too does not have the right look. My 2 bits.

Hell no. I vote Lauren Cohan.

Interesting Choice

Good actor, but I can't picture her as Lara.

I 2nd the nomination for Camilla Luddington to play the role in the movies as well.

Really hope she does, amazing actor and the right 'feel' for Laura Croft - slightly rough around the edges posh British.

I think USA's obsession with Asian fads is going too far now, now girls that look 12 years old are becoming sex symbols.

She would be great, just add some CG boobs and all good.

Sounds excellent. I always thought that discount Keira Knightley would be perfect for flashback 12-year-old pre-pubescent Lara Croft. Now I wonder who they'll get to play adult Lara.

YES

Yes, I wanna see what daisy does with the role too. Who knows she might do it justice. She even has the look and the accent/voice for the role.

Angelina Jolie was perfect casting for the previous Lara Croft look and was a great acting talent, it was a shame the movies were fairly mediocre. For the new generation the first person that sprang to mind was Gemma Arterton. She has the look, the err polygon count and she has the British accent and she has shown some good acting prowess. Would be fine with Daisy Ridley, though all the way through Star Wars I kept thinking how she smiles/grits her teeth exactly like Keira Knightley, it someone told me they were sisters I would have totally believed them.

I'm on board with that; Ridley seems like a great actress.

Camilla Luddington *IS* Lara Croft now.

...and there's no reason NOT to cast her: She's got solid acting chops, she's gorgeous (since raw sex appeal is absolutely part of the TR brand), and she knows the current evolution of the role better than anyone else. Besides, they already use stunt doubles & CGI for intense action sequences -- there's no difference between Daisy and Camilla in that sense (they're both tiny people).

It makes absolutely no sense for the brand owners to allow fragmentation of the fan base they worked HARD to rebuild by changing out the lead actress again.

Seriously the main objection to daisy is the size of her chest.... Wtf. God no wonder gamers have a bad rep. Seriously grow up you lot and maybe a woman may even show you her chest without you paying for it one day. To all the ladies, my apologies were not all like that.

Too flat chested.

I don't think she has ... developed... yea that's the word I'm looking for... as an actress to be Lara Croft