Aubrey Plaza Responds to 'Tomb Raider' Fan Cast: I'm Ready to Play the 'Original Badass'

Edgar Wright, casting agent?

After the 'Shaun of the Dead' director mistook Aubrey Plaza's recent MovieMaker magazine cover for a promo for 'Tomb Raider' 3.0, Plaza herself has addressed fan casting rumors.< /p>

"Look, I have no idea what the future holds, but I love it," Plaza said. "It was so funny when he texted me because I hadn't realized how amazingly similar those photos were. Emily is wearing a handbag strap and Lara Croft has a gun holster, these are very different. But it's very weird and totally accidental, but I'll take it."

She continued, "I love action movies and I don't discriminate between big movies or small movies. I love all kinds of movies. I would love to see this become a real thing, but who knows. , I have no idea. She's an iconic character. She's the first badass."

Angelina Jolie originated the on-screen franchise 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider', followed by Alicia Vikander as the 2018 reboot film 'Tomb Raider'. MGM recently returned the rights to "Tomb Raider" to producer Graham King and his GK Films after owning the intellectual property for nine years. There was reportedly a "feeding frenzy" among studios and streamers to acquire the rights to the franchise.

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And Lara Croft isn't the only action role Plaza has in mind. While starring in Guy Ritchie's "Operation Fortune" alongside Jason Statham, Plaza channeled his inner James Bond.

"I was like, 'If I'm going to be in an action movie, I want to be with Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie, that's good for me,'" Plaza said of the agent's role. secret Sarah Fidel. "Normally in these movies, the Bond character is always mildly harassing other women or flirting with women too much. I was like, I wanted Sarah Fidel to be a Bond woman, not like a Bond girl, like a Bond woman. Where I was, I'm an agent, but I also flirt with all the guys, and I'm just horny or something."

She joked, "That wasn't in the script. I just added that because I thought that's what a female Bond character would do. We need a female Bond."

Well, with another MGM-owned franchise missing a star, Plaza is easily up for either.

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