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Amazon just dropped the first official look at Sophie Turner as the iconic adventurer Lara Croft, and fandom predictably went feral. The upcoming Tomb Raider series for Amazon Prime Video is still months away, but one wardrobe test image was all it took to ignite a full blown online war over legacy, pixels, and proportions.
In the first look, Turner is straight out of the video game. She’s dressed in a skin tight teal rib-knit tank that hugs her chest and athletic frame, paired with short black tactical bottoms that put her powerful thighs and hips front and center. It’s a confident, knowingly sexy take that leans into the character’s long history as gaming’s most iconic power fantasy, while still grounding Croft as a physical force built for climbing, fighting, and surviving. Turner’s posture does most of the talking. Relaxed shoulders, a sharp stance, and that sly smirk suggest danger comes easy to this version of Lara.You can tell Turner got into shape for this role.
First Look: Sophie Turner as Lara Croft Tomb Raider
Since her early days as Sansa Stark, Turner has evolved into an actress with a commanding presence and an athlete’s build, and the costume design smartly emphasizes both. The look feels less like nostalgia bait and more like a modernized Croft who understands exactly how intimidating she is.
GameStop’s Reaction to Sophie Turner as Lara Croft Sparks Backlash
The excitement quickly curdled into controversy after GameStop reposted the image originally shared by IGN with a blunt caption declaring, “This is not Lara Croft.” That single sentence unleashed days of backlash, discourse, and increasingly unhinged AI edits.
Several viral posts attempted to “fix” Turner by digitally exaggerating her bust, while others swapped her out entirely with AI renders of Sydney Sweeney. As much as we love Sweeney, the suggestion revealed the uncomfortable core of the argument. For some corners of the internet, this debate was never about character accuracy or performance. It was just about boobs.
That framing feels outdated and reductive, especially for a franchise that has spent years trying to evolve beyond its most male-gaze-driven roots. Turner checks every box that actually matters. She’s British. She’s athletic. She’s striking. And she looks entirely believable sprinting through ruins with guns blazing. If anything, the backlash underscores how difficult it still is for fandom to let female icons grow beyond adolescent fantasies.
From this first look alone, Turner’s Lara Croft feels confident, dangerous, and unapologetically sexy on her own terms. That sounds like exactly the kind of reboot Tomb Raider needs.
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