{
  "id": 16188187,
  "title": "Lara Croft’s Inaugural Voice Actor Shelley Blond Recalls First Time She Saw ‘Tomb Raider’ Character: ‘I Thought She Was Very Sexy and Very Ballsy’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/lara-crofts-inaugural-voice-actor-shelley-blond-recalls-first-time",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T12:06:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/digital/global/lara-croft-shelley-blond-voice-actor-audition-tomb-raider-1236922413/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "It’s been thirty years since Lara Croft was unleashed on the world via the hit video game “Tomb Raider.” Released first in Europe, on Oct. 24, 1996, for the Sega Saturn, the title broke the rules in every way: an action-packed video game for adults with a female lead player character. With her double handguns, […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}