Alison Carroll is Tomb Raider

By John Freeman on 22 August 2008

Meet Alison Carroll – actress, gymnast and arguably the greatest living embodiment of Lara Croft so far.

There have been several memorable real-life incarnations of England’s first lady of adventure over the last decade, but few have managed to capture what Lara embodies with quite so much gusto.

Carroll not only bears an uncanny resemblance to Lara, but by checking out this video you’ll also learn how she flawlessly embraces Lara’s attitude, physicality and bravado. A naturally confident speaker, her transformation to become Lara Croft is breathlessly captured in this exclusively behind-the-scenes exposé.

The next Tomb Raider rleases is Tomb Rraider: Underworld, which will have a blanket release on 21st November and will see Lara Croft storm all formats in similarly impressive fashion: Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, PlayStation3 computer entertainment system, Wii, PlayStation2, Nintendo DS, and PC Games for Windows platforms.

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.