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Lara Croft

Interview

March 10th, 2009

BELEFAST TELEGRAPH

Alison Carroll, 23,

is an English actress best

known for her role

as Lara Croft

in the computer game.

She was born in Croydon

and originally trained as

a gymnast and actress

before becoming a model.

In August 2008,

she was announced as

the new Lara Croft model

for the Tomb Raider:

Underworld game.

Tomb Raider: Underworld featuring

Lara Croft is now available on the

new gaming handset Sony Ericsson

W910 exclusively at

The Carphone Warehouse .

If I weren’t talking to you

right now I’d be?

I’d probably be going out for a run

through the woods with my iPod.

I listen to all sorts of crazy

stuff when I’m running.

A phrase I use far too often…

I say ‘really’ far too much.

I wish people would

take more notice of…

When it was announced that

I was to become Lara Croft,

everyone immediately assumed

I was just a model.

I’m actually a trained actress so

I’d really like people to be aware

of the fact I am trained.

The most surprising thing

that ever happened to me was…

In Italy last year,

I had to do a performance with

Negramaro which is a big rock

band over there.

I was asked to abseil from

the top of the stadium and land

in the middle of the whole audience.

There were thousands and thousands

of people watching and after the abseil,

I still had to do my Lara Croft routine.

It was a bit of a challenge.

I’m good at…

Gymnastics.

My party trick is having the ability

to balance on just one hand.

But I’m very bad at…

Is Lara Croft bad at anything?

Alison might be but Lara Croft

certainly isn’t.

The ideal night out is…

Doing something active.

I often go down to the New Forest

for a weekend for mountain biking

and camping.

I like my weekends to

be action-packed.

In moments of weakness I…

I go for a run.

It completely clears my head.

You know me as the new

Lara Croft but in truer life

I’d have been…

A cat.

Because then I could roam

around doing whatever I want,

just eating and sleeping all day.

Cats are also pretty athletic too.

The best age to be is…

21. I’ll always be 21 at heart

despite the fact I’m 23 now

and will soon be 24.

In a nutshell,

my philosophy is?

Live life to the full and

cram in as much as possible!