Angelina Jolie had a starring role in the 2001 film adaptation of the video game Tomb Raider. But the role would end up having a profound and unexpected impact on Jolie’s life.
Many remember Angelina Jolie as the action hero Lara Croft in 2001’s Tomb Raider. And although the film gave Jolie the opportunity to star in her own hit franchise, she was originally reluctant to do Tomb Raider.
Jolie would later learn, however, she would be given a lot of time to prepare for Tomb Raider. Doing the movie also came with certain perks she was interested in experiencing.
“But they said you can travel the world and train with the British Military and so I had three months of seeing what I could do,” she said. “And I would encourage anybody to do that. Sign up for as much as you can, give yourself a few months, push yourself to the limit and see, ‘What can I do?’ And you find that there’s a lot you didn’t know and some crazy, weird things you can do or you’re capable of, so I love it.”
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