Lara Croft started out in 1996 as a classic video game that consisted of only six people involved in the development. Tomb Raider would be critically acclaimed for its variety, graphics, fascinating environments. Other than the game being an instant success, Lara herself would become of the most recognizable video game characters of all time. Today, she is still the most popular female video game charac⛄ter.

Five years after her video game debut, Lara Croft would later be in the filming world with Angelina Jolie playing her. The film was not met with positive reviews, but it was a box office success and Jolie was praised for her role as the Brit🗹ish archeologist. A sequel followed in 2003, but it was panned and performed worse than the first movie. Fifteen years later, a reboot film would star Alicia Vikander. It was critically m💙ixed, but it was a box-office disappointment despite passing its budget.

Movies based on video games usually get a bad rep for having an inconsistent plot unless fans of said video game know the characters and plot well. Out of the video game movie adaptations, Tomb Raider is among those that are close to the source material thanks to having a🌸 simple concept of a character like Lara travel around the world to search for rare and powerful artifacts.

Despite how the films fare, there are some interesting aspects that would not have been possible if it weren’t for them. Here are twenty-five things about the Tomb Raider films that fans missed.

25 𒐪 Future Spy 🐓

One of Lara’s rivals in the film is Alex West, an American adventurer who is mostly in for the money in gaining the artifacts. He was portraye𝄹d by Daniel Craig, who you might k🐽now to be famous for his role as James Bond.

His American accent was out of place.

His performance is good, but the accent sounded nasally. While he was not as known during the time of Tomb Raider’s release, Craig would later be a well-known name thanks to the James Bond movies.

24 💯 Needing Help ꦏ

One, well two, of Lara’s most recognizable traits is he♍r over-the-top chest. After a programming accident, the team behind Tomb Raider decided to keep her that way, and it was the right call. For Angelina Jolie taking on the role, she had to make some adjustments to stay true to the character.

Because of that, she had to pad her undergarment so that she would have a similar size. Thankfully, it didn’t go o🐻ver the top since her in-game character’s chest is bigger.

23 Talk About Irony ❀

Those that play the Tomb Raider games know that Lara’s weapons are very reliable and have been used to tꦕake out her obstacles such as ferocious animals and unfortunately, humans. While Lara in the 2001 film has her iconic guns, never once did she actually shoot anyone.

Throughout the fi♉lm, we were too busy focusing on Lara in different ways, but it is crazy how Lara never harmed anyone with her weapons. She ended up getting lucky for no🐠t wasting a lot of bullets unlike her game counterpart.

22 Not Again

Jolie captured the hearts of fans and critics for her performance as Lara despite the film not being a critical success. Due to the commercial success of the first film, a sequel was produced and released in 2003. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life would be a commercial success despite its smaller budget, but it was critically panned like the pr𝐆evious film.

Another sequel was planned, but Jolie declined.

In her defense, she m💃ade the right call since it would🌜 only get worse if the film series continued on.

21 Another Lara? 🅘

After Jolie decided to not reprise her role as Lara, it would be years until plans for a Tomb Raider live-action movie woꦯuld be in the works. Who would have been the star of this film 💞reboot?

None other than the bombshell Megan Fox.

She might have the look and charisma to play the beautiful video game character, but she actually declined. Because of her decision, the 2009 film never picked up and it would be another nine years until a next Tomb Raider movie came out.

20 Worth꧑ His Salt 🐠

It is a shame how the Tomb Raider films are not l♒oved by critics due to their flat storylines and generic action, but the references to moments from the video games truly shine. For instance, Lara’s butler, named Hillary in the first two films, has a scene where he uses a tea tray to protect himself when Lara smashed her clock with 🦩a hammer.

While it is not exactly the same, it is still a nice Easter egg for fans who played the games. Now it would have been better if there was a f🎃lashback in the films where a young Lara locks her butler in the freezer.

19 🃏Adapti💛ng Wonders

Just like with the game references used in the first two Tomb Raider films, the reboot also has its fair share of references from the 2013 vidඣeo game. By the time Lara escaped Vogel and landed from the parachute, she gets pierced🐼 from a stick at her side.

Those that played the game know that the beginning of the game has Lara go through some events like that. Since the reboot is darker compared to the original Tomb Raider, scenes like this struck fans and moviegoers 🎃to the core.

18 ൩ 🐻 Sad, But Subtle

Tomb Raider does a♒ great job in capturing the video games from the reboot era and it is a refreshing take to see a video game film adaptation be this good. Like with the previous entry, this🍃 movie has a lot of references to call back to the games it is adapting.

However, there are some subtle Easter eggs that the film has sprinkled. In the movie, Lara’s father’s hidden basement has an inscription that shows Lara’s mother passing away in the year 1996. That year is the same when the very first Tomb Raider came out.

17 Just Like The Inspiration🍃

Classic Lara is known to ꦗbe a fearless and capable archeologist who doesn’t take no for an answer. Jolie does portray her extremely well, but when she was filming with the crew in j♉ungle areas, having to deal with the wildlife was taxing.

Ironically, Jolie’s fear of snakes is like that of Indiana Jones, the original inspiration for Lara Croft. In thಞe end, she managed to overcome her fears and shoot the scenes with grace.

16 Part Of Her Collection ♉

While it is unfortunate that Jolie decided to not do another movie as Lara Croft, ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthat did not mean that it was a complete waste of time. Jolie has stated that she has kept Lara’s holsters after filming got done and still has them at home.

Keeping props is common for actors, so it wouldn’t be a surprise for Jolie to have a couple to take home once filming wrapped up. The holsters definitely will be one of Jolie’s꧂ most beloved collections in her film career.