TASHA HUO ON COMBINING CANONS IN TOMB RAIDER ANIME

[ 26 August 2024 ]

Tasha Huo has spoken to IGN about combining canons in Tomb Raider The Legend of Lara Croft, those being Lara Croft's Survivor persona and classic Lara Croft from the 90s, how those transitions take place and why she chose the Survivor Trilogy as a jumping off point for the Tomb Raider anime.

"I had the whole canon in my head, because we were coming from the Survivor series, so you had to honor who [Lara Croft] was - that person that she was in those games - but move her into the person she was in the games where we all started playing - those early 90s games where she's just a very different person. And so it was really exciting to write to Lara becoming that person. 'How does someone who is like Lara from the Survivor series transform into that person? What goes on to drive her to become that person?' [Those were] was just the best questions to have to deal with, and it was really exciting to work in more humor, which is what I really loved about her early days. Getting to kind of combine those two canons has been really fun." Tasha Huo tells IGN.

Tomb Raider The Legend of Lara Croft follows on from the events of Shadow of the Tomb Raider and will chart the globe-trotting heroine's next chapter as the iconic adventurer. More than 25 years after her first appearance, Lara Croft, voiced by Hayley Atwell, continues to explore ancient mysteries and uncover lost truths across breathtaking and dangerous destinations.

Hop on over to IGN to read the full interview with Tasha Huo. Tomb Raider The Legend of Lara Croft will stream exclusively on Netflix on 10th of October, 2024.

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