“Tomb Raider” Series Adds Sigourney Weaver and Jason Isaacs for Amazon
Slowish news day, so why not learn about the newly added cast to Amazon’s “Tom Raider” series?
Legendary actress Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Aliens, Ghostbusters) is costarring alongside Jason Isaacs (Event Horizon, A Cure for Wellness), Celia Imrie, and Bill Paterson, writes THR.
Sophie Turner is playing Lara Croft, as previously announced, and, along with Turner, Isaacs, Paterson and Martin Bobb-Semple all play canon roles.
The series, an adaptation of the popular video games, hails from co-showrunners Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Chad Hodge; Jonathan Van Tulleken (Dope Thief, Shogun) will direct and executive produce.
The site shares the cast breakdown:
The canon cast and characters now include:
- Martin Bobb-Semple is Zip, Lara Croft’s long-standing tech support and friend.
- Jason Isaacs (pictured below) is Atlas DeMornay, Laura’s uncle.
- Bill Paterson is Winston, the longstanding Croft family butler.
The other newcomers are:
- Jack Bannon is Gerry, Lara’s personal pilot and snack collector.
- John Heffernan is David, an exhausted government official who finds himself tangled up in Lara’s unusual world.
- Celia Imrie is Francine, the head of advancement at the British Museum, focused solely on raising funds and glasses of champagne.
- Paterson Joseph is Thomas Warner, a senior government official brought in to clean up an almighty mess.
- Sasha Luss is Sasha, a fierce, deeply competitive new adversary of Lara’s.
- Juliette Motamed is Georgia, a devoted, by-the-books curator at the British Museum, dedicated to the “proper” preservation of history.
- Sigourney Weaver is Evelyn Wallis, a mysterious, high-flying woman who is keen to exploit Lara’s talents.
- August Wittgenstein is Lukas, an illegal raider who shares history with Lara in more ways than one.
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