Eidos announced an official spokesmodel for Lara Croft Tomb
Raider: Legend, the seventh game in the long-running franchise.
Twenty-year-old Karima Adebibe, an otherwise unknown model from
London's East End, has been chosen to play legendary lead character
Lara Croft in a series of TV spots, chat shows, and modeling
appearances.
Karima was chosen from "thousands of hopefuls" in a worldwide
search for the new Lara model.
While Karima may look perfectly able dressed in Lara's gear, Eidos
is apparently not just interested in appearances. The company says
it is sending Karima "on a grueling training program which includes
an SAS survival, combat and semi automatic weapon firing course in
Eastern Europe, as well as a crash course in world archaeology,
deportment, elocution and etiquette."
"Karima has all the assets needed to accurately portray the world's
favorite female action hero" said Matt Gorman, Brand Controller for
Tomb Raider. "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend sees Lara at the very
height of her powers so this makes Karima the 7th and most
important Lara Croft yet."
Previous Lara Croft stand-ins include Lucy Clarkson, Rhona Mitra,
Nell McAndrew, Vanessa Demouy, and Lara Weller. Best known of all,
of course, is Angelina Jolie, who starred as Lara in the Tomb
Raider movies.
Tomb Raider: Legend will ship on April 11 for PlayStation 2, Xbox,
and PC. Versions for Xbox 360 and PSP are expected later in the
year.
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