Behind-The-Scenes of Tomb Raider: Making Lara Croft Real

Alicia Vikander is going to extreme to become Lara Croft in a new behind - the - scenes featurette for the reboot ofTomb Raider . It ’s been an over-the-top preceding three years for Vikander , who follow her breakthrough use as the humanoid A.I. Ava inEx Machinain 2014nabbed a plum tree role in 2015 in director Guy Ritchie’sThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.opposite Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer . Later in the year , the Swedish actress star opposite Eddie Redmayne in the Einar Wegener / Lili Elbe biographical dramaThe Danish Girl , which earned Vikander several honour include a Best hold Actress Oscar .

The Oscar winnings open up a land of possibility for Vikander , who in 2016 star opposite Matt Damon in the action - adventureJason Bourne . Damon , naturally , was the performer who get to spring in the action for the dealership film , and now withTomb Raider , it ’s Vikander ’s number .

A reboot of the Angelina Jolie celluloid based on the iconic picture secret plan heroine , Tomb Raideris giving Vikander her long - awaited chance to become a part of a big military action - adventure . In a new featurette for the film , fix for a March 16 , 2018 , passing , Vikander explains how she became fascinated by Lara as an 8 - year - old . Vikander say she"hadn’t seen a girl as the lead character in a video game"beforeTomb Raider , and was impressed with how she was"extremely fierce,““capable"and"a self-aggrandising adventurer . "

Now that Vikander is getting the opportunity to play Lara in the flesh , she seem intent on not squandering any opportunity in bringing the character to sprightliness . In the new 2 mo 51 second featurette , fans not only get a glimpse at Vikander as she appears in the picture , but get some in - deepness feel at how the actress plunk headfirst into role during the making of the film .

TitledTomb Raider : Becoming Lara Croft , the featurette show Vikander doing just that , whether she ’s immersed herself in flowing rapids , making adventuresome leaps or , via a harness , hanging from dangerous heights off the ground .

Vikander explains in the video thatTomb Raideris an origins storey for Lara , about her"becoming the activity paladin that we know her to be . “In addition to Vikander , the featurette includes interviews with her co - stars Daniel Wu , Walton Goggins and Dominic West , as well as stunt coordinator Franklin Henson , who say the actress does it all , from"fight club , conducting wire work , weewee work , shoot - out , chases . It ’s relentless . "

From an actress who could have easy settle into her pick of any dramatic function after her Oscar win , it ’s great to see Vikander examining a big spectrum of different movie genres , andTomb Raiderpromises to be her most physically ambitious project yet . Saying she wanted Lara to"be a unattackable , physical girl,“Vikander is also shown in the video going through acute workouts to be in peak cast to play the character . Vikander ’s strength and muscle - building regimen was so telling that Goggins admitted that he was embarrassed to take his shirt off , adding,“and I go to the gym five day a week . "