The BBC has a short but interesting story up about the latest actress to play Lara Croft. Karima Adebibe is the first Croft actress who is allowed to actually talk as Croft.

Karima is the first person that Eidos have actually entrusted to "be" Lara, meaning that she is allowed to speak as the character, rather than just pose.

In the game, Lara Croft is an English aristocrat and world-renowned archaeological expert, as well as an unparalleled athlete and fluent Arabic speaker.

So Eidos has sent Karima on all kinds of training, from the obvious combat and motorcycle routines through to the less obvious, such as elocution and deportment.

"In the beginning, it was a little bit surreal," she told Radio Five Live's Up All Night.

"But because of all the training, I really do feel like Lara Croft now. It's incredible."

Being Croft [BBC]