The Fairytale Behind Lara Croft
Angelina Jolie is the undisputed star of Tomb Raider but Robert Phillips made an amazing transformation from taxi driver to action star all thanks to one lucky fare. A year ago, Phillips was driving taxis in London's West End when he happened to pick up Simon West, the director of Tomb Raider, and his assistant. Phillips struck up a conversation with the pair, who were struck by his upper class accent, and explained that he was an actor. "The director told me he'd made something with Nicolas Cage called Con Air but I'd never heard of it, or of this Lara Croft person, but he said he'd give me an audition and was true to his word." Phillips landed the role of an assault team leader, and there followed six months of shooting in some of the planet's most exotic locations.
- 7/9/2001
- WENN
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