E3 ABSENCE FOR
LARA CROFT...?
Copyright 2001 www.tombraiderchronicles.com Source:
Stomped
[ April 20th 2001 ]
According
to a report on Stomped, the future of Core Designs
Next Generation Lara Croft could well remain a
mystery as speculation suggests her absence at
this years U.S. E3 trade show.
It has
become a true tradition at E3. Along with the
media breakfast and the keynote speech, attendees
could count on Eidos and Core Design introducing
a new model to represent their trademark character
Lara Croft at their booth. Hundreds of E3 attendees
crowded around the stage whenever the new Lara
Croft model appeared. Since E3 1997, Eidos has
hired a model to portray Lara Croft at E3 and
then have that model represent that character
all over the world. Some models have used the
job as a stepping stone for other things. Rhona
Mitra became a successful actress in films and
is now a regular on the TV show Gideon's Crossing.
Another Lara Croft model, Nell McAndrew, took
another route and posed nude for Playboy soon
after her Lara Croft gig came to an end. Now it
seems the tradition has been stopped, at least
for this year. Stomped has learned that Eidos
will NOT have a new Lara Croft model at this year's
E3.
According
to what a representative of Eidos told Stomped
today, one reason is that since there are no plans
to have a new Tomb Raider game released this year,
there is not much point in having a new model
to promote it. A bigger reason, however, is the
upcoming big budget Tomb Raider film starring
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie. The Eidos
representative told Stomped that they did not
want to confuse the public by introducing a new
Lara model just before the film comes out. As
far as Eidos's plans for E3 itself, the publisher
is staying mum for the moment. However, the representative
did say that, even though E3 takes place less
than a month before the Tomb Raider movie hits
theaters, they had no plans to promote the movie
at the expo.
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