Film Action Heroines - Will Scarlett Johansen make a better Lara Croft?

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

A discussion on who would make a better Lara Croft than Alicia Vikander.

My vote was for Scarlett. Thoughts?

Who else?

 

[Dirty Schwein]

A discussion on who would make a better Lara Croft than Alicia Vikander.

My vote was for Scarlett. Thoughts?

Who else?

No way. Think Alicia V was a great choice.

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

No way. Think Alicia V was a great choice.

Jeez, no. She was half whiny and half idiot in that movie. None of the presence or charisma of Jolie.

 

[Billy Blaggs]

A discussion on who would make a better Lara Croft than Alicia Vikander.

My vote was for Scarlett. Thoughts?

Who else?

I'd go with Scarlett too .

 

[Don Alfredo]

Scarlett J is overused as action heroine. Also, brown hair is not the best fit for her. Red is fine and blonde is gorgeous

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Brie Larson
Olivia Wilde

 

[vangagal]

Jennifer Lawrence

 

[Redplane]

Gemma Arterton
Kate Beckinsale
Lauren Cohan
Felicity Jones
Evangeline Lilly
Lynn Collins
Karen Gillan
Would have all been better choices despite some of their ages. Not a fan of Vikander at all.

For the obligatory NSFW version: Peta Jensen

 

[vangagal]

Gemma Arterton
Kate Beckinsale
Lauren Cohan
Felicity Jones
Evangeline Lilly
Lynn Collins
Karen Gillan
Would have all been better choices despite some of their ages. Not a fan of Vikander at all.

For the obligatory NSFW version: Peta Jensen

You will get along really well with @Edgar Allan Pillow

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Evangeline Lilly

Lovely, but she'd be awful in this role.

 

[Ish]

S Johansen
Beckinsale
Theron
Lawrence
Larson
Blunt

 

[KirkDuyt]

I'm not a big fan of Scarlett, apart from her obvious merits... She just seems a bit one note. She's just so emotionless. I haven't seen Tomb Raider yet, so I can't comment on Alicia Vikander, but in the trailer she looked Lara Crofty enough?

If I have to pick someone else I'd go with Emilia Clarke! Nah, just kidding, don't lynch me. Jennifer Lawrence seems an obvious choice, but I'm suffering from Jlaw fatigue, so that's a no. Perhaps Brie Larson? Emma Watson for a more feminist Lara? Sierra Skye for ehm, giving me an excuse to google her?

Brie Larson, final answer.

 

[villain]

Tessa Thompson would've been great.

 

[Skåre Willoch]

Brie Larson
Olivia Wilde

Agreed. Also

 

[kps88]

Tessa Thompson would've been great.

Yep. She would have done great.

It's hard to make a Tomb Raider movie anything special though so in a way I'm glad she's not getting wasted in that.

 

[duffer]

Angelina was perfect.

 

[Hal9000]

I liked Alicia Vikander, she fits in with the Lara of the 'modern' Tomb Raider. Angelina fitted in with the older style.

 

[Deleted member 101472]

 

[Welsh Wonder]

What about Larry Croft you bunch of weirdos?

 

[Edgar Allan Pillow]

Time to close this thread.

 

[Ivor Ballokov]

Talulah Riley

 

[Revan]

She is too small for someone who is supposed to be that strong. Liked Alicia Vikander in the role, but there could have been better choices. Gal Gadot would have obviously been the best choice.

 

[Invictus]

Johansson would be a rather bland Lara Croft after playing the roles of Black Widow, Lucy, and worst of all — Motoko .

If Hollywood weren't so unimaginative and rife with cronyism, Adèle Haenel would make for a great Lara Croft: fairly broad acting range (Orpheline, The Unknown Girl, Les Diables, House of Tolerance), statuesque, and fits the at times stern aesthetic of Lara: