'It's an exciting time now!' Alicia Vikander hopes for more women in leading roles ahead of the release of Tomb Raider
She's set to star in the widely-anticipated action film Tomb Raider.
And Alicia Vikander revealed her excitement for women in the entertainment industry during a sit-down interview with Marie Claire for the April 2018 issue.
The 29-year-old Academy Award-winner admitted that while she's been the lead in at least five consecutive films, working with other women has been few and far between.
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Star: Alicia Vikander revealed her excitement for women in the entertainment industry during a sit-down interview with Marie Claire for the April 2018 issue
Stripe it lucky like Alicia in Louis Vuttion
Her mega star status has been rising since her Oscar win back in 2016 and Alicia Vikander is only getting bigger now she is starring as Lara Croft.
Our female hero has had a remake and Alicia has taken the relm with rewards sweeping in, including a designer wardrobe. The actress is now appearing on the front cover for Marie Claire as styled by Alison Edmond wearing Louis Vuitton.
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'I think it's an interesting time now, because, sadly even if there are some stories being highlighted with female leads, it's still – you know, I did five films in a row where I was the lead, and I didn't have another woman to work with,' she said.
'It was still just men in it, even though they had a female lead. So being an actress wanting to work with women? It's an exciting time now, because I think the awareness will bring a change.'
Preparing for her Tomb Raider role as Lara Croft did not come easy as Vikander reportedly put on 11 pounds of muscle after four months of training.
Strong: The 29-year-old Academy Award-winner admitted that while she's been the lead in at least five consecutive films, working with other women has been few and far between
Tough: Preparing for her Tomb Raider role as Lara Croft did not come easy as Vikander reportedly put on 11 pounds of muscle after four months of training
'It's interesting that a character that has been seen as very sexualized back in the '90s is very different now,' Vikander said. 'If you go out in the street and ask men and women, young and old, what they find attractive, it's different.
'You want her to be attractive and sexy, but, nowadays, you want this to be a girl that fights. Someone who's vulnerable, but funny. Someone who's OK with people seeing her bad sides.'
Conveying the character's strength was important to Alicia, basing her moves and actions on the 2013 reboot of the classic video game.
Hard work: Conveying the character's strength was important to Alicia, basing her moves and actions on the 2013 reboot of the classic video game
Love: She's notoriously kept her 2016 marriage to Michael Fassbender top secret, but admitted that she's a 'big romantic, and I always have been'
'We wanted to base most of the action in reality,' she said. 'She's a girl my size having to become a survivor and overcome a lot of obstacles, and I wanted it to be believable that she could do it.
'All the action scenes when I had to fight with a man bigger than me – we had to figure out how I could actually kick his ass. I wanted to show young girls that it's cool to be a girl who's really strong and that watching her, you feel like OK, she might be able to climb that wall. She might be able to lift her own weight.'
She's notoriously kept her 2016 marriage to Michael Fassbender top secret, but admitted that she's a 'big romantic, and I always have been.'
Tomb Raider, set to hit the big screen on March 16, has already made its red carpet debut in London, Stockholm, and Mexico.
Action: Tomb Raider, set to hit the big screen on March 16, has already made its red carpet debut in London, Stockholm, and Mexico
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