NOAH TAYLOR ON
PAR'S THE CRADLE OF LIFE
Copyright 2002 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ November 15th 2002 ]
Lara
Croft's gadget-extraordinaire side-kick Bryce,
played by 30-year-old Australian actor Noah Taylor,
will reprise his role opposite Angelina Jolie
in Paramount Pictures' Tomb Raider sequel The
Cradle Of Life. Taylor, fresh from playing notorious
World War 2 dictator Hitler in MAX, told Sci-Fi
Wire his character serves the same function as
before.
"Different
films have different requirements. I think you
should approach them all with the same level of
professionalism, but it's a fairly clear-cut,
defined purpose that my character fulfills in
a film like that. My job is just to carry that
out. I kind of like how simplistic it is on one
level, kind of an old-fashioned adventure film.
It's not something I've done a lot of before,
and I kind of like not going home wracked about
'what's my character really thinking?'"
Lara
Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life chronicles
the adventures of British aristocrat Lara Croft
sent on a perilous mission to rescue the world
from the exploits of an evil Chinese crime syndicate
led by oriental crime lord Chen Lo. The movie
opens with an explosive underwater action scene
involving a struggle for a sacred ancient spear
guarded by Chen Lo's evil henchmen and a mission
to overthrow new villain Reiss from deploying
an army of biological drones to wreak havoc on
the world.
The original
Simon West-helmed video-game adaptation garnered
more than $230 million in revenue worldwide, coining
$48 million during its domestic opening weekend
and remains the highest ever box-office earner
for a female-driven movie. That married with 30
million sales of a videogame featuring Britain's
most potent franchise export to date are the perfect
ingredients for a second indelible mark on the
silver screen and the Paramount bankroll.
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