![]() “It’s a modern Lara Croft, a strong, independent woman, and I think it’s exactly what the world needs right now,” says Lygdback. Lygdback says he and Vikander didn’t look to the early 2000s franchise star Angelina Jolie for inspiration: “Angelina did a great job, but this is something completely different from the original movies.” Instead, they focused on the physicality that the Swedish-born actress and trained ballet dancer would need to perform acrobatic stunts, from diving off of boats to free climbing in caves. Vikander, 29, added 16 pounds of muscle to her slender 5-foot-5 frame for the role. ![]() You could see more details of the training routine below: “We got some pretty freakish results” is exactly what Hollywood trainer Magnus Lygdback said about working with Alicia Vikander for her role in this March’s Tomb Raider. Crossfit athlete Brooke Ence had a role in last year’s Wonder Womanand Justice League Women’s Physique Competitor Dana Linn Bailey has gone on to becoming one of the most widely recognized of athletes and, in many ways, is equivalent to what Arnold Schwarzenegger is to bodybuilding! With this shift, we’ve been seeing more actresses devote themselves to transforming for their roles, in a way that is now more publicly exciting and sellable for mass market audiences. But in the years since the last Lara Croft film, released in 2003, the rise in Crossfit and bodybuilding popularity has started to create a shift in modern public reception to women with muscles. While Angelina Jolie went through a rigorous training routine for her role as Lara Croft in both Lara Croft Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, the typical Hollywood actress playing an action role was still pretty slim, with an emphasis on the super heroics being accomplished more by way of natural skill than anything else. You know you’re stepping into Linda Hamilton territory (and even Jessica Biel for Blade: Trinity). When a Hollywood trainer starts out by saying “We got some pretty freakish results,” you know what you’re getting is a step above the typical Hollywood actress action hero.
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