Sophie Turner and Lucy Boynton are testing for the position of Lara Croft in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s live-action Tomb Raider series.

In case you forgot, Phoebe Waller-Bridge is creating a live-action Tomb Raider TV series for Prime Video, and Deadline has the news on two potential contenders for the coveted position of Lara Croft. The outlet reviews that Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) and Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) are set to check for the main position within the Tomb Raider series.

Deadline doesn’t know who else might be testing for the series however mentions that a few of the different names on the Tomb Raider wishlist, comparable to Emma Corrin and Mackenzie Davis, are not believed to be testing.

Jen Salke, Head of Amazon & MGM Studios, has teased that Tomb Raider will likely be an “epic” and “globe-trotting” series. Waller-Bridge can be excited to be bringing the series to life, saying, “If I might inform my teenage self this was taking place I believe she’d explode. Tomb Raider has been an enormous a part of my life and I really feel extremely privileged to be bringing it to tv with such passionate collaborators. Lara Croft means lots to me, as she does to many, and I can’t wait to go on this journey. Bats ‘n all.“

“God, it literally felt like that teenager in me saying: do right by her, do right by Lara!” Waller-Bridge stated when Amazon approached her in regards to the Tomb Raider series. “The alternative to have, as we had been speaking earlier, a feminine motion character…. Having labored on Bond and having labored as an actor on Indy, I really feel like I’ve been constructing as much as this. What if I might take the reins on an motion franchise, with all the things I’ve realized, with a personality I am keen on, and likewise simply carry again a few of that ’90s vibe? And it’s such a beautiful feeling to suppose you recognize what to do.“

Waller-Bridge added that she has the chance to “do something dangerous and exciting” with the Tomb Raider series. “I already have an audience of people who love Lara and hopefully will continue to,” Waller-Bridge stated. “And that is a very unusual position to be in. It’s the old Trojan horse.”

Could you see Sophie Turner or Lucy Boynton as the brand new Lara Croft within the Tomb Raider series?