Lara Croft’s Acrobatics Were So Important to Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis That Actress Alix Wilton Regan Started Rock-Climbing to Get Into Character

In a caller occurrence of their mini-docuseries, the minds astatine Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog explained wherefore bringing backmost Lara Croft’s iconic acrobatics and question was truthful important to Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and fans couldn’t beryllium happier astir it.

Legacy of Atlantis is the latest reimagining of Lara Croft’s debut adventure, marking a stark opposition from the gritty realism of the reboot trilogy.

Amazon Game Studios’ caller instrumentality connected the archetypal 1996 Tomb Raider brings backmost Lara’s high-flying movement, some successful traversal and combat. As told by crippled manager Raul Siqueira, “This is simply a infinitesimal wherever a mean idiosyncratic would measurement to the side. Lara Croft doesn’t measurement to the side; she cartwheels to the side, due to the fact that she’s fast, due to the fact that she’s agile, due to the fact that she tin bash each of those things.”

In a July 21 occurrence of the game’s behind-the-scenes mini-doc, the squad made it wide that they’re bringing backmost old-school Lara Croft for the caller procreation — and that includes each of her badass abilities similar handstands and swan dives.

“She’s moving confidently, with each these acrobatics, climbing and jumping,” main method crippled decorator Grzegorz Grzywacz said. “That’s what makes Lara, Lara.”

“All of those things were the biggest contented for us. Because a regular leap isn’t a Lara Croft regular jump, right?” originative manager Michal Kuk added.

In fact, Lara’s physicality was truthful integral to the crippled that her actress, Alix Wilton Regan, trained extensively successful respective antithetic disciplines to get into character.

“I did a batch — I inactive bash a batch — of value training, running, yoga, rock-climbing. I freakin’ emotion stone climbing, that is my jam,” she said.

In erstwhile episodes of the docuseries, Regan was shown successful afloat mocap getup, solving ‘puzzles,’ exploring treacherous terrain, and getting into standoffs with as-yet unrevealed enemies connected set.

“She is very, precise strong. She is very, precise capable. …I truly wanted to bring that assurance to Lara,” Regan said.

Fans are ecstatic astir the developers’ dedication to Lara’s classical moves, which the squad confirmed players volition beryllium capable to signifier to their hearts’ contented earlier mounting disconnected to research caller areas of the game.

“This is the NUMBER ONE happening for maine — I’m truthful grateful the devs are focusing connected Lara’s question and advertizing it arsenic a large origin successful defining her,” 1 subordinate wrote connected YouTube.

“Her acrobatics are a portion of her character. Literally nary 1 other has oregon ever done it similar her. Thank you for bringing it backmost to life!” different said.

“I'm truthful blessed the handstand and swan dive are back. Iconic Lara abilities,” yet different praised.

Speaking astatine IGN Live 2026, Regan said she recorded for 3 weeks astatine a time, joking that, “You get a spot blistery and sweaty and highly intimate with your costars doing 10 hours successful a mocap suit."

IGN got the accidental to preview the crippled astatine Summer Game Fest 2026, with Simon Cardy saying it "makes a 30-year-old escapade consciousness brand-new."

Initially slated for a 2026 release, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis present launches connected February 12, 2027, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2.

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