TASHA HUO TALKS TOMB RAIDER ANIME WITH POLYGON

[ 3 September 2024 ]

Tomb Raider The Legend of Lara Croft showrunner Tasha Huo has fielded questions from Polygon about animating a 'character born out of a more sexualised era of female hero design' and says she opted to navigate this by making British adventurer Lara Croft realistic.

"It is of course a very unique pressure, by the way. If I was animating Indiana Jones, we would not be having this conversation. It was unfortunately something we had to think about, but the answer is also very easy, which is: Make her realistic." Tasha Huo tells Polygon.

The Tomb Raider anime showrunner also responds to the 'relic-stealing legacy' of Lara Croft's father and says: "I think back about the games I used to play in the 90s - I didn't relish the stealing of artifacts. The thing that I really remembered the most was how she kept them away from bad guys. That's the same in the movies with Angelina Jolie. And so, to me, it wasn't hard to have her be that person because that's kind of who she always was to begin with."

The full interview with Tasha Huo can be read on the Polygon website. Tomb Raider The Legend of Lara Croft will stream exclusively on Netflix on 10th of October, 2024.

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