Phoebe Waller-Bridge hopes to make her forthcoming Tomb Raider TV series "dangerous and exciting".
In January, it was announced that the Fleabag star was writing and executive producing a new TV adaptation of the video game and movie franchise.
During a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the 37-year-old stated her commitment to do justice to the project.
"There's room to do something really quite dangerous," she told the publication. "And if I can do something dangerous and exciting with Tomb Raider, I already have an audience of people who love Lara (Croft) and hopefully will continue to. And that is a very unusual position to be in. It's the old Trojan horse."
Phoebe revealed she was an avid player of Tomb Raider as a teenager and re-immersed herself in the PlayStation game again during the Covid-19 pandemic, which put her in good stead once Amazon approached her to take on the project.
"God, it literally felt like that teenager in me saying: do right by her, do right by Lara!" the Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny actor confessed.
"The opportunity to have, as we were talking earlier, a female action character... Having worked on Bond and having worked as an actor on Indy, I feel like I've been building up to this," she continued. "What if I could take the reins on an action franchise, with everything I've learned, with a character I adore, and also just bring back some of that '90s vibe? It's such a wonderful feeling to think you know what to do."
The new Tomb Raider series is still in early development. No lead star, director, or premiere date has yet been announced.
In January, it was announced that the Fleabag star was writing and executive producing a new TV adaptation of the video game and movie franchise.
During a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the 37-year-old stated her commitment to do justice to the project.
"There's room to do something really quite dangerous," she told the publication. "And if I can do something dangerous and exciting with Tomb Raider, I already have an audience of people who love Lara (Croft) and hopefully will continue to. And that is a very unusual position to be in. It's the old Trojan horse."
Phoebe revealed she was an avid player of Tomb Raider as a teenager and re-immersed herself in the PlayStation game again during the Covid-19 pandemic, which put her in good stead once Amazon approached her to take on the project.
"God, it literally felt like that teenager in me saying: do right by her, do right by Lara!" the Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny actor confessed.
"The opportunity to have, as we were talking earlier, a female action character... Having worked on Bond and having worked as an actor on Indy, I feel like I've been building up to this," she continued. "What if I could take the reins on an action franchise, with everything I've learned, with a character I adore, and also just bring back some of that '90s vibe? It's such a wonderful feeling to think you know what to do."
The new Tomb Raider series is still in early development. No lead star, director, or premiere date has yet been announced.