Angelina Jolie Posters Movie Posters	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Players Assembled	tomb raider special Homepage 4 Tomb Raider: Lara Croft (2001) Cast and Credits Story Players Assembled Jolie is Lara Croft Building Lara's World Iceland & Cambodia The Game Picture Gallery 4 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) Cast and Credits Detailed Storyline A Dream Come True Interesting Co-Stars Lara's Most Dangerous Venture of All Technology From Greece to China Picture Gallery
	In rounding out the cast, the filmmakers then brought on a diverse ensemble of acclaimed talent. One of the most hotly discussed casting choices was the question of who should play Lord Croft, Lara's father. As names were bandied back and forth, the name that emerged as front-runner was Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie's real life father. "As a father, spending time with your children is the greatest thing, and to be in the same profession as your children and to be able to work with them is the deepest joy," says Voight. "To find ourselves in the adventure of the work was quite daunting to us because we wanted to do it right, we wanted to have our moment together. I was pleased and touched that Angie wanted this to -happen, and I was nervous, and she was nervous. But when we were in the work it was good, and we both had a tremendous amount of fun." Explains Jolie of Lara's relationship with her father, "Her father died when she was eight. She never met her mother, who died in childbirth. And so she was raised by a father who educated her very well and traveled the world. He was an explorer, and though she was very young when he died, he left many different journals and set up a whole world for her to grow up in." "It was very exciting to have a genuine father and daughter playing these roles," adds West. Voight, savoring his role as Lara's father, says, "There is warmth to Lord Croft - humor and a touch of the heroic."