It’s an exciting time to be a Tomb Raider fan. A new game is coming in 2027, a remake of the original is slated for later this year, and the Amazon live-action series is finally getting off the ground. Today, we finally got our first look at Game of Thrones and X-Men actor Sophie Turner in full Lara Croft glam for the upcoming show, and she looks like she was plucked straight out of the original 1996 game.
Get your artifacts out. Lara’s on her way… #TombRaider #WardrobeTest pic.twitter.com/OBEQ8VKzbI
— Tomb Raider (@tombraider) January 15, 2026
The look certainly gets points for accuracy. Turner is wearing a faithful recreation of Lara’s teal tank top and even has her iconic rounded red sunglasses that we haven’t seen on her in recent games. The outfit coming so close to being game-accurate does open it up to nitpicks, though, like how she’s wearing black shorts instead of the brown ones from back in the day.
That same accuracy has made the reaction to the reveal interesting. Some fans are excited at how true Turner’s look is to the source material, while others are less moved by it because, well, yeah, that’s what Lara Croft looks like, alright. Others are simultaneously giving Amazon props for committing to the ‘90s look while also saying it kinda looks like a Party City costume.
I like the color of her top ALOT but why is she wearing black shorts!!? And where’s the jade necklace pic.twitter.com/WVIXhSPcmE
— ✮⋆˙ (@starrituals) January 15, 2026
Not the biggest fan of the casting at first but this is working so far https://t.co/aGc16CgXYj
— Jorge (@djodjeee_) January 15, 2026
she’s gonna use the dual pistols for 5 seconds in the finale https://t.co/TD1ai8DdPo
— Neb | (@NebsGoodTakes) January 15, 2026
The future of Tomb Raider is VERY bright. pic.twitter.com/fYEFh03IIa
— Last Chalice (@lastchalice) January 15, 2026
that certainly is what Lara Croft looks like https://t.co/t0b18Jd4Co
— Matt Nando Kelly (@NandovMovies) January 15, 2026
pic.twitter.com/lSkYPWW21h https://t.co/orI5mYx2oN
— jade (@LaraCrxft) January 15, 2026
She looks like an American girl who bought the Lara Croft Halloween costume on Amazon
https://t.co/Mjpp9pznmF pic.twitter.com/ONlkdKVSpD
— Ulthimas 女天狗 ︎ (@ulthimas) January 15, 2026
Ultimately, the real test will be when we see Turner dressed as Lara in motion on the show, as a picture can only communicate so much. There’s no official release date for the series yet, but we do know that Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge is leading the project, and that’s more than enough reason to look forward to it.
