No Beckinsdale. No Box office. Period!
Well, you may be right and you may be wrong. The first two weren't exactly huge successes either as Yoda already mentioned.
I like Kate fine. She wasn't my first choice first time around and I'm not upset in the least that she won't be in this one.
Look. She's a hottie. Even through this airbrushed picture you can see that. But Rhona Mitra is a girl to watch folks. Many out there don't even remember her from the days when Tomb Raider was like the biggest game since marbles.
Yeah, that's her right there. The
ORIGINAL Lara Croft. The trouble was and still is to some extent, too many still don't fully know who she is. She was briefly slated to be in the
Tomb Raider movie but of course she was a relative unknown so they ended up with some chick named Jolie. Can't really fault the producers for that, Angelina was a pretty hot commodity and just slapping her name on
Tomb Raider was enough for me to go see it and quite a few other Fan Boys as well.
She has been in a few smaller parts and done a fair amount of television but earlier this year she got back to her Tomb Raider roots a bit and had herself a starring role in a major picture.
Doomsday (Neil Marshall-2008) was a lot of fun to watch. She was the star and she was terrific, it helped that she had a pretty decent cast around her as well.
This is my little review. So check out
Doomsday and then come sit down on the bench next to me and we'll wait patiently for this third installment. At the very least she's even easier on the eyes than Kate Beckinsale.