That resilience shows as Vikander easily maneuvers choppy terrain. I was always trying to get her out to the pub, but she was very disciplined.” “And she’s deadly serious about the work. ![]() “Alicia is quite badass,” says West, who spent his downtime on set surfing with Fassbender. I’m trying to be respectful, too, but it’s hard not to admire Vikander’s post– Tomb Raider figure, the product of a six-month shoot in South Africa that involved weight training, MMA fighting, climbing, archery, and swimming. He doesn’t care.” Meaning Randy, who very gallantly tries to avert his eyes every time he turns in our direction. With the temperature nearing 100, Vikander slips her arms inside her tank top to shield them from the sizzling midday sun, revealing a white lace bra. I do OK, but mostly I look like a rag doll trying to ride a lawn mower. Vikander and I are now careening through sagebrush on the ATV. We’re making a girl that’s flesh and blood.” (Or as Dominic West, who plays Croft’s father, describes the reboot: “Less boobs, more fighting.”) We’re not making a cardboard Hollywood hero. “She brings a vulnerability that I think is important. “I knew I wanted Alicia to play Lara even before I met her,” says Roar Uthaug, Tomb Raider’s director, who reportedly chose Vikander over Daisy Ridley and Cara Delevingne. “Bicycling, that’s my big stunt!” she jokes. The first action sequence shows Vikander racing through London streets-not atop Croft’s signature motorcycle (or an ATV) but on a bicycle. The new film tells an origin story about how Croft became the invincible, gun-wielding archaeologist. For Vikander, who won an Oscar for The Danish Girl, the role comes as one of those anointing rituals of modern Hollywood in which an actor is plucked from the land of daring art-house dramas-Scarlett, Jennifer, Shailene-and entrusted with carrying a bankable franchise. I promise.”Īn ATV ride was Vikander’s idea, a nod to her turn as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, a reboot of the 2001 film that transformed Angelina Jolie, the compelling aggressor in Girl, Interrupted, into a big-screen action figure. “The worst that can happen is we flip,” Vikander says. What’s the worst that can happen? I accidentally say this out loud. Vikander is behind the wheel even though she doesn’t have a driver’s license. We’ve just signed away our right to sue in case of sunburn, collision, hypothermia, and harm by wild animals. ![]() We’re on a two-seater ATV somewhere outside Joshua Tree. This will be the closest you feel to any of your subjects,” says Alicia Vikander, telling me to grab hold of her waist if I get scared. “Like she hasn’t found her place and footing in the world just yet.” Far left: Proenza Schouler bustier, top, and skirt. She truly became the Renaissance woman and all around badass Lara Croft is known to be.Vikander’s incarnation of Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft “feels younger,” the actress says. Oh and Alicia Vikander also did rock climbing and swimming as well. ![]() This had the dual benefit of helping her physical transformation, while also preparing her for her fight scenes to look the part. As things progressed, she also did some mixed martial arts training and pad work, learning how to punch, kick and grapple effectively. According to USA Today, in the early days of her training, in order to bulk, Alicia Vikander ate a lot and focused on strength training with only a bit of cardio. While you might suspect that this transformation means she basically lived in the gym, it's actually the opposite, as she had a diverse training regimen and basically worked smarter thanks to Magnus Lygdback's programming. In fact, the actress even found the weight gain jarring at first. Adding 12 pounds of muscle, an additional 10% of her body weight in muscle to someone who is naturally small, is a huge transformation and especially impressive to achieve in just a few months time. According to ET, Alicia Vikander had a slim, 5-foot-5, 117-pound frame. Alicia Vikander was already a trained ballet dancer before taking the role, and she was obviously relatively fit. Adding muscle is no easy feat, and adding 12 pounds in even a full year would be considered a great result for most people training. While 12 pounds might not seem like a lot on its own, it is.
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