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"Rhianna Pratchett has admitted that she had mixed feelings about Tomb Raider&amp;#039;s lead character Lara Croft before writing the recently-released reboot. Pratchett told Metro that the character had become &amp;quot;over-sexualised&amp;quot; since her 1996 debut.   &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Tomb Raider&amp;#039; review (Xbox 360): Lara&amp;#039;s latest is a real treasure &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve had an up-and-down relationship with Lara over the years,&amp;quot; Pratchett said. &amp;quot;I played the first game, in fact dad [writer Terry] did and spoilt the bit with the T-Rex but it was still awesome. &amp;quot;Then I felt she&amp;#039;d become reduced to a pair of boobs, a pair of pistols and a hair plait.&amp;quot;  &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Tomb Raider&amp;#039;: The rebirth of an iconic franchise and hero Lara Croft She added: &amp;quot;She became bigger than the games and was over-sexualised. I&amp;#039;m fairly used to that in games but it gave the impression that &amp;#039;ladies, this isn&amp;#039;t for you&amp;#039; and yet she was very popular with female gamers. &amp;quot;The chance to get my hands on her, so to speak, gave me the chance to make a difference. I spent ages working on her back story, relationships with other characters, how she evolves.&amp;quot; Pratchett said: &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s a Lara that doesn&amp;#039;t have all the guns and the gadgets or the confidence to get herself out of any situation. &amp;quot;It didn&amp;#039;t strike me at first just how big a character she is. It was only when I finished the script I thought, &amp;#039;Oh my gosh, it&amp;#039;s Lara Croft&amp;#039; - even my mother knows who she is.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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