Alicia Vikander attends the Louis Vuitton show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2017 on October 5, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo : Getty Images/Pascal Le Segretain)
The filming of the highly anticipated "Tomb Raider" reboot is finally underway in South Africa and the first photos from the set have just been leaked. The photos has fans buzzing as Alicia Vikander takes on the role of Lara Croft.
Fans were excited to see the Academy Award-winning actress in her new avatar ever since she was tapped to play Croft in the film adaptation of the popular video game franchise. Vikander's role was previously made famous by Angelina Jolie, who starred in the previous two film adaptations; "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" and "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life."
"The Danish Girl" actress is proving herself to be an impressive Croft as the on-set images show her performing several stunts atop a wooden bar. Wearing a low-cut khaki top and black trousers with her hair tied up in a braid, Vikander nailed Croft's signature look as she jumped and swung off the wooden platform.
The upcoming film's plot revolves around a young Croft as she follows her father's footsteps and sets off on her first archeological adventure. In a telephonic interview with Uproxx in July 2016, Vikander pointed out that the film was based on the 2013 reboot of the video game.
"That is more of an origin story, she told the publication. "You get into an emotional aspect of getting to know Lara hopefully in an in-depth way. So I hope that doing a film of the rebooted game will bring something new and fresh that"ll stand on its own two legs."
"The Wire" star Dominic West will be playing the role of Croft's father in the film alongside Daniel Wu, who plays a ship captain, and Walton Goggins, who has been tapped to play the bad guy, according to Screen Crush.
Norwegian filmmaker Roar Uthaug, whose credits include "The Wave," will be directing the action-adventure flick based on a script penned by "Transformers: The Last Knight" scribe Geneva Robertson-Dworet. The "Tomb Raider" reboot has currently been set for a March 16, 2018, release.
Check out the first look of Vikander as Lara Croft in the video below:
