Lara Croft claims to be an archaeologist

Yay, the picture is back!

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.

I don't know, I'd like to at least see her try that once.

Dick move in the interviewers part, he knew what the response would be.

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.

Love that accent. Mrrowrr.

She's not an actress, she's a model - I wouldn't be expecting much anyway.

testing testing...is this thing on?

*Clears Throat*

I'd hit it!

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 ...

I had an Egyptian civilization class last semester and I didn't even know that answer. Maybe my professor just sucked or something.

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?

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.

Slow news day...

Well, at least she did better than Sarah Palin

....zing!

I swear, this new Lara Croft makes Jolie look like a joke.

She looks sort of like Lucy Pinder.

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...

Boner City.

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.

but she's so hot!

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 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.

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.

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'.

Hmm... thought her boobs would be bigger.

i got a bone she can unearth

You guys slay me. First, if this were an American there would be nothing but "OMG Americans are so STOOPID!" comments.

And second, of course it's not professional for a journalist to decide to do their best to make someone look foolish. Funny that nobody cared when Katie Couric did this with Sarah Palin - not actually asking important questions, but asking the same question over and over and over and over and then splicing the interview to look like it was never answered. Oh, and then asking fawning, slobbering questions of Obama & Biden like "Why is your campaign so popular"?

If you are the future of America, America is doomed.