Lara Croft claims to be an archaeologist
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Nov 7th 2008 at 2:45PM }
Of course, rather than humor the interviewer (1922, by the way) and risk making a fictional video game character look bad, Ms. Carroll summons her caretaker to shut down the pesky journalist. Take that, question man!
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Kevin949 @ Nov 7th 2008 2:52PM
Yay, the picture is back!
Iain Howe @ Nov 7th 2008 2:53PM
That's a bit cheap - she's an actress portraying a character, not the character. It's pretty clear she couldn't shoot a Velociraptor in the head whilst doing a cartwheel either but nobody gave her any flak for that.
Kevin949 @ Nov 7th 2008 3:05PM
True, but actors actually have to learn about their parts before they play them. I don't think it's much to ask her to learn about the part she's playing as well to get more in character. *Shrug* Either way, it was kind of a cheap shot, but he also wasn't asking very difficult questions. Not far off from talk show hosts asking people on the street simple questions about the country they live in or some such thing.
Erluti @ Nov 7th 2008 3:15PM
I also feel like she's a model, more so than an actress.
I expected her to look like a huge ditz, but she was really polite and matter of fact about what she doesn't know, and the interviewer came off looking like a total tool.
Dave @ Nov 7th 2008 3:17PM
I agree with Iain. You can't expect her to actually BE an archaeologist--and while that question may not be difficult for a student of history, she has the decided advantage of being hotter than most of them.
If they happened to find a knowledgeable, hot, athletic archaeologist, she actually would be Lara Croft--and then she wouldn't be giving interviews with assholes; she'd be off unearthing ruins and going on adventures and shit.
Mike @ Nov 7th 2008 3:43PM
Nobody was expecting her to BE anything - it was a silly trivia game for shits and giggles - one of the questions was about Indiana Jones. Clearly it wasn't to be taken seriously, but the model didn't wanna look stupid, so in comes the handler. This went from silly interview to trainwreck over nothing.
Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 7th 2008 3:55PM
yea, I agree with Mike. I think the train wreak could have been avoided or at least softened up a bit.
heypaul @ Nov 7th 2008 4:20PM
Quit being such a bunch of internet white knights. Of course he knew she wasn't a real archaeologist. He was just giving her a hard time to see if he could get some funny footage, much like they do on those Late Show side-of-the-street silly question interviews.
Drew @ Nov 7th 2008 5:41PM
Why is nobody questioning why she even does this?
#28 @ Nov 7th 2008 6:20PM
Why has no one mentioned her tits by now?
COme on, they're being squeezed in there.
Ludwig Kietzmann @ Nov 7th 2008 3:01PM
I don't know, I'd like to at least see her try that once.
Nick the Hero of Canton @ Nov 7th 2008 3:47PM
Dick move in the interviewers part, he knew what the response would be.
Dirty @ Nov 7th 2008 3:07PM
I'd let her unearth my lost treasures. Yeeaaa, she can find my city of gold. Uh huh, She can dig my site when ever she wants, oh yea.
Levi @ Nov 7th 2008 6:02PM
I wouldn't mind raiding her tombs. I'd come back for relentless sequel after sequel. Then I'd give her a good upgrade or two. And explore her Underworld.
I'd also have sex with her.
#28 @ Nov 11th 2008 8:11PM
Haha, +1.
Tango Charlie @ Nov 7th 2008 3:10PM
Love that accent. Mrrowrr.
Matthew @ Nov 7th 2008 3:12PM
She's not an actress, she's a model - I wouldn't be expecting much anyway.
Shagittarius @ Nov 7th 2008 3:21PM
testing testing...is this thing on?
*Clears Throat*
I'd hit it!
Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 7th 2008 3:28PM
yeah what he said
xGeneral DEATHx (Mr ESC Welcome Back Party Ultimate Mega Action Force) @ Nov 7th 2008 3:59PM
"Hit it"?
Readme @ Nov 7th 2008 4:01PM
In your mind, do you regard the fact that you'd "hit it" as a compliment to the woman?
Shagittarius @ Nov 7th 2008 4:07PM
What bitch wouldn't take that as a compliment?
A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Nov 8th 2008 12:04PM
"What bitch wouldn't take that as a compliment?"
One that doesn't want to be summed up as whether or not the rater would have sex with them or not?
Shagittarius @ Nov 8th 2008 12:47PM
I'm drawing a blank here.
Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 7th 2008 3:21PM
what an ass ... tutankaman? temple in cambodia?
You got Lara Croft next to you in a bikini and that's the shit you pull?
My question would have been more along the lines of ' "Hey Lara, you want to get out of here and grab a deli sandwich?"
seriously though ... that reporter was just being an ass ...
Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 7th 2008 3:23PM
anyone else try the demo?
I'm kind of digging the the demo so far ... always liked tomb raider so maybe I will pick this one up. Tough choice because I really want Left 4 dead & mirrors edge more than tomb raider.
Phillip @ Nov 7th 2008 3:22PM
I had an Egyptian civilization class last semester and I didn't even know that answer. Maybe my professor just sucked or something.
mindshed @ Nov 7th 2008 3:23PM
Did any of you know those answers? I didn't. Even if they gave her a crash course on archaeology, I'm not sure I would expect her to answer those history based questions (as you can imagine, there's a lot of history to cover). Reasonable questions would be what tools does Lara use, how did she learn to kick tigers in the face so well, etc. It was pretty unfair of the interviewer, and the questions were obviously asked to see what kind of stupid response she would give ("for the fun of it"). It wouldn't be very fun if she actually answered 1922 would it?
Ludwig Kietzmann @ Nov 7th 2008 3:26PM
But I think we can all agree that it was fun to watch the awkward situation that ensued. So really, a big success. :D
Sackolantern PSN ID: johnnynumber5 @ Nov 7th 2008 3:30PM
Ludwig
The only thing "fun" for me was the opening camera shot going up her legs and an extreme close-up of her tookis. That's my idea of a success!
Jimmyjimjim @ Nov 7th 2008 3:31PM
I've never heard anyone quiz Harrison Ford about his archeological knowledge. That interviewer was just being an ass.
The Lara girl was polite and cordial. I would have told the guy to f--- off.
Gemini Ace @ Nov 7th 2008 3:39PM
Slow news day...
KarlW @ Nov 7th 2008 3:42PM
Well, at least she did better than Sarah Palin
....zing!
John @ Nov 8th 2008 1:38PM
you mean Biden right? Cause you know he's the one that said FDR got on TV to reassure the American people about the stock market crash of 1929, you know 3 years before being elected and a decade before televisions hit the market
ass.
Albanian_Killa @ Nov 7th 2008 3:50PM
I swear, this new Lara Croft makes Jolie look like a joke.
Albanian_Killa @ Nov 7th 2008 3:53PM
I was talking about hotness :P And also, I don't expect an actor/actress to be the character they play in real life. Like some of you said, the interviewer was a tool. Camera man zooming in on boobs lol
Vegnagun bwf @ Nov 7th 2008 3:55PM
She looks sort of like Lucy Pinder.
mindshed @ Nov 7th 2008 4:03PM
Hah, imagine if McCain stepped in during a Palin interview:
Katie Couric: Sarah Palin is running for Vice Pres..ident
Sarah Palin: She IS running for Vice President, yes :)
KC: So we've made a little Vice Presi.. Vice President quiz.
SP: Oh no! That's not good, I haven't done my course yet so I'm gonna be rubbish :(
KC: ...It's not that difficult.
SP: Oh, it might be :D :(
KC: Ehh... What is your stance on the "Bush Doctrine"?
SP: :D :( I don't know whether these questions... this is going to make Sarah Palin look really... (Looks at McCain off camera)
John McCain: I'm sorry, what was the question?
KC: Wha-what is your stance on the "Bush Doctrine"?
JM: :\ *shakes head* Oh.. I
SP: Do'ya-know-what, it's gonna make Sarah Palin look bad. So I can't... It's not allowed.
JM: She can't, I don't think she'll be able to answer these questions. I don't think she'll KNOW them so...
KC: Ok, ok, ok! The other ones are REALLY easy.
...
JM: What are the other two questions?
KC: Um, "You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that"
JM: No idea :/
SP: Sorry... :/
KC: Okay... "Could you name one specific thing you would do as Vice President?"
JM: Again, no idea...
KC: But that's a joke, I mean, you could say make a sandwich or something.
JM: But she doesn't know the answers anyway to the first two so...
Chase @ Nov 7th 2008 4:03PM
Boner City.
chris @ Nov 7th 2008 4:22PM
Lara Croft is NOT an (and yes, I know its just a video game character) archaeologist. She is a grave robber. Archaeologists do not take 'treasures' from dig sites. Anyone caught removing artifacts illegaly would be subject to prison time. Just sayin'.
Besides, any video game featuring a true to life archaeologist would be boring as hell.
Mike Chase @ Nov 7th 2008 4:30PM
but she's so hot!
Cobra951 @ Nov 7th 2008 4:35PM
That was just idiotic. The self-serving "journalist" deserved to get shut down even sooner. Props to the sexy lady for not letting him lead her further into his BS.
The Doctor @ Nov 7th 2008 4:56PM
The questions were meant to be for fun, but then when it became extremely clear that they would not be fun, the reporter should have just stopped. She was obviously trying to do her job- "not make Lara look bad," because, if my memory of previous Lara-actress-posts serves, the Lara model isn't just a model, she's an impersonator who takes courses in all kinds of crazy stuff, like firearms, hand to hand combat, etc. The impersonator tried to politely decline these questions multiple times, and the reporter should have stopped before being forced to turn the cameras off.
Metal Geario 360 @ Nov 7th 2008 5:03PM
Agreed! If he was trying to be funny he failed. In terms of Jay Leno comparison's, when we get our chuckle in then the skit jumps to the next "target" for punchline effect. This wasn't funny,
at
all..
Kevin949 @ Nov 7th 2008 5:17PM
Though she did say as well that she "hasn't taken the course yet" which leads me to believe she WILL be learning about archeology. which is why I stated above what I stated (which everyone here loved so much as I can see). I'm not supporting the reporter or whatever. I was actually focusing more on the aspect of her seeming to want to learn about it.
The Doctor @ Nov 7th 2008 5:36PM
Yeah, I'm sure an intro archeology course is a part of the job. If he'd just said, "Alrighty then, we'll get back to you after you've done that" all would have been well.
Metal Geario 360 @ Nov 7th 2008 4:57PM
Pffft! Lara Croft.
Milla Jovovich or the "T2's Sarah Connor" Linda Hamilton(?) for me. Although Milla is a skinny thing, IMO, she pulls off stunts well enough to be believable as a tough chick.
Abn0rm4l @ Nov 7th 2008 5:01PM
I have no respect for journalists who can't even respect their interviewees. Trying to make your guest look stupid only reflects badly on you.
She should have asked him if he knew that she wasn't actually Lara Croft and they she was just playing her, and if he even knew the difference. Maybe then the interview wouldn't have been so 'fun'.
FallenCow @ Nov 7th 2008 5:22PM
Hmm... thought her boobs would be bigger.
Deeznuts420 @ Nov 7th 2008 5:23PM
i got a bone she can unearth