Alix Wilton Regan on Becoming Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis | IGN Live 2026

Lara Croft is going backmost to the opening successful the upcoming Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, a caller remake of the archetypal Tomb Raider crippled from 1996. Taking connected the beloved relation of Lara Croft for this incarnation is Alix Wilton Regan (Assassin's Creed Origins, Dota: Dragon's Blood), who spoke astir the crippled and her celebrated quality astatine IGN Live today.

During the panel, IGN debuted a snippet of the caller "Meet Lara Croft" featurette successful which Regan and the game's creators talk astir the agelong bequest of the quality and bringing to beingness her latest incarnation, and which you tin ticker the afloat video of above.

So what's it similar stepping into the shoes (or boots) of a quality arsenic good known arsenic Lara Croft? Said Regan, "It’s amazing. Lara is simply a British taste icon, she’s a planetary icon. She is loved and I emotion her arsenic overmuch arsenic everyone else, truthful I’m ecstatic." She described Lara arsenic "so wholly assured successful herself, successful her abilities, her brain, her body, her being."

Regan doesn't conscionable person Legacy of Atlantis connected the way, she's besides playing Lara successful the upcoming Tomb Raider: Catalyst, wherever she volition embody an older Lara, connected the heels of playing the younger mentation successful Legacy of Atlantis. Regarding her attack to keeping the antithetic ages distinct, Regan explained, "You interruption them down arsenic overmuch arsenic possible. You inquire your collaborators to assistance you support way of it that due to the fact that it is tricky. We’re trying to bash thing antithetic with the dependable successful each game."

Regan revealed that for Legacy of Atlantis, "We’ve lifted immoderate of the astir iconic lines from the archetypal Tomb Raider," saying she loved "Just getting to play those lines with benignant of that 90s sass being brought up to 2026." She besides teased "A superb formed attached that I’m truly atrocious I can’t disclose yet!"

Regan admitted the mocap enactment she'd done for Tomb Raider could beryllium physically taxing, noting "We’ve done immense 3 week shoots astatine a time" and laughing "You get a spot blistery and sweaty and highly intimate with your costars doing 10 hours successful a mocap suit."

Regan said for other inspiration to support going during those agelong days, "I walk a batch of clip looking astatine Lara's small avatar connected screen... She is truthful smoking hot! I deliberation we tin each hold connected that."

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis volition beryllium released February 12, 2027 connected Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S.

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