Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Meet The New Lara Croft

We've seen quite a few iterations in the overall design of the lovely Lara Croft in either digital form as seen in the many games starring her or live-action form via the models used to promote said games and Mrs Smith Pitt in the feature films.

Well to promote the new game Tomb Raider: Underworld Lara has undergone yet another transformation and she is now wearing a Batman-inspired singlet and looking generally darker. To do all the public appearances for the "real" Lara we now have 23-year-old Alison Carroll, a professional display gymnast from the Croydon area of London, who has performed in front of Prince Charles himself. Miss Carroll beat out hundreds of applicants for the role of Lara Croft, the new position allowing her to quit her day job as a receptionist.

Make sure you get a good look at Lara's many design changes over the years in this series of not-quite-in-game renderings and hit up Kotaku for a potential NSFW shot of Alison Carroll doing her knock-your-block-off high kick.

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