New Lara Croft
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 by PPV
Lara Croft is a fictional character and the protagonist of Eidos Interactive's Tomb Raider video game series. Designed by Toby Gard, she has also been featured in movies in which she was portrayed by Angelina Jolie.
Initially, designer Toby Gard focused on creating the settings for Tomb Raider and the main character was essentially an Indiana Jones clone. When this character was deemed unacceptable, Gard placed his attention on designing a new one. One factor that influenced Gard to use a female character was that he noticed his male co-workers often preferred using female characters in Virtua Fighter. The redesigned character was initially a South American woman named Laura Cruz. She eventually evolved into an English woman named Lara Croft. Her name was picked from a phone book for sounding "UK friendly."
The new Lara Croft model is no other than Alison Carroll, a 23-year old professional gymnast who represented Great Britain in the past.
Alison will replace Karima Adebibe, a model from Bethnal Green, London and a self confessed tomboy (pic below).
Here's the list of Lara Croft Model:
Initially, designer Toby Gard focused on creating the settings for Tomb Raider and the main character was essentially an Indiana Jones clone. When this character was deemed unacceptable, Gard placed his attention on designing a new one. One factor that influenced Gard to use a female character was that he noticed his male co-workers often preferred using female characters in Virtua Fighter. The redesigned character was initially a South American woman named Laura Cruz. She eventually evolved into an English woman named Lara Croft. Her name was picked from a phone book for sounding "UK friendly."
The new Lara Croft model is no other than Alison Carroll, a 23-year old professional gymnast who represented Great Britain in the past.
Alison will replace Karima Adebibe, a model from Bethnal Green, London and a self confessed tomboy (pic below).
Here's the list of Lara Croft Model:
- Alison Carroll (latest)
- Karima Adebibe
- Jill de Jong
- Lucy Clarkson
- Lara Weller
- Nell McAndrew
- Rhona Mitra
- Ellen Rocche
- Vanessa Demouy
