OlderMon, 08 December 2008 at 11:25 am
Debra Messing is the Tomb Raider
Here is your first look of The Starter Wife star Debra Messing as Lara Croft, The Tomb Raider (originally played by Angelina Jolie in the 2001 movie).
Thanks to PopWrap, we learn that Debra’s character Molly dreams of a life where guns have replaced Blackberry’s. Molly’s BFF Rodney (Chris Diamantopoulos) also gets in on the spy action as Alex West, Daniel Craig’s character from Tomb Raider.
The Starter Wife airs Fridays @ 10PM on USA.
DO YOU THINK Debra Messing makes a good Lara Croft?
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Wow that’s a surprise. Maybe she’ll surprise us.
1ST
No comparison.
HELL TO THE NO!
I MISS ANGIE!!!
Too funny!! Love Debra. Heck, I’d love to dream I was ‘Tomb Raider’ — looking just like Angie!! HA! HA!
There will always be only one actress that will do the Lara Croft character justices and that is JOLIE !!
angie still the best
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=zaMF7rmLzk0&fmt=18
sexy couple.
They do a different movie each episode. I think its funny.
Woah, dude.. got scared there for a minute.
Love Debra but she’d be like THE worst Lara Croft ever.
umm.. she looks like a fcuking idiot. completely un-sexy and comfortable.
Haha, Angelina is Angelina, but Debra might do a well job. I love her ♥
I think we’ve all gotten used to seeing Angie as our Lara Croft and she certainly does a very good job. If Debra really is filling in her shoes, we’ll have to wait and see if it fits.
It’s ridiculous but what even more ridiculous is that show The Starter Wife. It’s sooooo cheesey and camp. It’s even campier than Ugly Betty.
I think Debra makes the hotter Laura in these pics because she has some MEAT on her!
As that older pic of Angelina shows, even back then she was scrawny.
YUCK!! No Comparison .. will flop
OMG!! What is wrong with some of you people. IT’S A JOKE!!! It’s a DREAM she has on her show. Some of your remarks are just awful!! Like Debra wants to do a Tomb Raider movie. GIVE ME A BREAK PEOPLE!! IT’S A JOKE!!!!
no… Angie is still better, like Debra though.
Not even close!
in her dreams? nah!
Maria (Shorty) @ 12/08/2008 at 12:11 pm OMG!! What is wrong with some of you people. IT’S A JOKE!!! It’s a DREAM she has on her show. Some of your remarks are just awful!! Like Debra wants to do a Tomb Raider movie. GIVE ME A BREAK PEOPLE!! IT’S A JOKE!!!!
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Yes, its a joke but the question was asked
“DO YOU THINK Debra Messing makes a good Lara Croft?”
And we are only giving our opinions !!
i tought karima made a good lara croft
http://www.guillaut.com/Karima_Adebibe/Images/19.html
debra looks like an idiot SORRY
True the question was asked if Debrta Messing would make a better Tombraider and imo in her dreams baby.
I like her but the only woman who can be the TombRaider is the most powerful actress in the world Angelina Jolie..Forevah.
A Total Fan. I understand, but some people are just being so down right nasty.
There is only one ‘Tomb Raider’ for me and that’s Angie, but I’m sure not going to say some of the ‘nasty’ things I’ve read here arleady. I mean, my answer would be ‘No’, but some people just feel they have to get ‘dirty’ and it’s not necessary.
It was all for fun ATF, but some people just can’t be nice.
OK, that’s enough for me on this subject. LOL
i don’t think Debra can be Lara Croft. She doesn’t have the look and physical required. Comedy is more suitable for her character.
It’s a good thng it is a joke b/c there is no way in helll the lovely Ms.Messing can be Laura Croft.. No Way Hosay.
Angelina Jolie is the one and only Laura Croft.
LMAO Angie too skinny in Tomb Raider. HUH! Pulease go back to the fug thread because you sound like a fool talk like a fool act like a fool. You are a fool…Meoww jealousy will get you nowhere.
Debra is so hillarious !
I like her in Will and Grace / The Starter Wife
Angie is the best and only Lara Croft
Not only beautiful both inside and outside.
Being a mom of 6 little kids , a promising leading HW actress, a humanitarian,etc… at the same time and still look so beautiful & sexy are very demanding jobs……..
I still can not really imagine how Angie can do.
YES! I love Debra!!!
I like Debra Messing but have never seen her tv show. I am assuminmg it is a comedy? She will just make ppl think of Angie and her role as Laura Croft but there will be no comparison . Tomb Raider will always be AJ’s movie. No two ways about it.. Sexxxxxxaaay Angie.
Absolutely no comparison.
Kitty Kat @ 12/08/2008 at 11:58 am
I think Debra makes the hotter Laura in these pics because she has some MEAT on her!
As that older pic of Angelina shows, even back then she was scrawny.
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Kitty Kat, have you seen the Tomb Raider movies? You’ll eat word words if you do.
Jolie looked just smashingly great, hence the biggest opening for a movie by a female movie star. Angelina did her own stunts, did ya know?
Jolie has that indefinable sultry sexiness that cannot be replicated. Great casting of her for Lara Croft!
http://www.myspace.com/crumeritza
Angelina’s training for Lara Croft
She’s super hawt! She will forever be Lara Croft.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JjkQuxDDSA
NEVER!
That’s pretty fun. You would have to be superbrave to doll up as Angie as Lara Croft - she knows the comparisons are coming - she’s having fun with it. I don’t think she’s trying to live up to it or anything - just be silly.
LMFAO Jared you ask Angelina Jolie Fans if anyone can compare to her in *her role as Laura Croft???? You have to be kidding! It’s not that from what i see Debra Messing is not liked but it actually is a silly question. Oh man you must have something good coming up for the next thread on Angie. Seriously this has to be a filler ontill then. Non?
NO WAY!…JOLIE ALL THE WAY!……Deb Messing is holding the gun like she’s an actor ….and like she’s uncomfortable with it…..
…..Angie holds a gun like it’s her B*i*t*c*H!!!
#27. Just this past week end, they had both Tomb Raider movies back to back. Watched them both — mind you I have both on DVD, but I watched anyway. That ’suck face’ scene with Mr. Butler in #2 still makes me dizzy. HA! HA!
#36 EXACTLY! She was having fun with it.
Messing as Lara Croft, is she trying hard to be Lara Croft in the picture?
God bless the Jolie-Pitt’s.
jaime # 34 Thank you for the utube on Angie’s training for Laura Croft.
Never seen that before . Angie is amazing! Those stunts are really wild. WOW!! Hawt is right. The chick is brilliant.
Nobody but nobody can compare to our Angie’s Laura Croft.
Only if it is a joke and thank goodness it is.
Of course Angie is the best Lara Croft. Nobody can fill in her shoes. God bless them.
Nope only one Lara Croft and we know who that is.
The one the only Angelina Jolie most powerful actress of 08.
I love Debra Messing but I don’t see her as Lara Croft
Nah, she’s not athletic enough to play the Tomb Raider.
On the other hand, I thought Angelina Jolie was a bad choice for Lara Croft, too.
I can’t win! :)
Debra Messing looks good not so much as playing Angie’s Lara but did notice she has her lips done too.
I just watched an old movie i think from 1994 last night with DM and Anthony Hopkins (can’t remember the name of it off hand) anyway she looks much younger here then back in the 90’s. Ho Hum as much as i like Debra Messing she will never be Lara Croft even with fatter lips.
They all want to have Angie’s lips. They can’t just like they can’t be the Tomb Raider…Never.
I don’t know, I wasn’t interested in watching Tomb Raider, but Debra Messing looks pretty good as Lara Croft in this picture. Cute.
Lara Croft is a franchise in her own way. Not even Angelina Jolie really did the character justice.
It looks like a funny dream sequence … BUT, wow, it kind of confirms the fact that there’s only 1 Angelina. Accept no substitutes!
Messing around with pretending to be the Tomb Raider will be fun most likely for Debra but that is as far as it will go as in only a joke.
I remember when that movie came out almost every beauty salon barber shops gyms anything to do with beauty and looking great all had Angie’s Tomb Raider HUGE posters plastered in their locals.
Too sexy for words. No wonder Brad can’t keep his hands off of his beautiful icon wife or partner.
This thread is boring Jared when are we going to see Angie or Brad at the top of their thread? Hope soon. Pretty please.
HA HA HA HA very funny!! What´s the hell is this? HAHA just a joke or what? She haven´t got any charizma, any sexapeal, nothing. Angelina Jolie is Lara Croft, this is only doll. HAHAHHA
I do like Debra Messing she’s a really funny actress, not sure if she can pull it off since that’s some pretty big shoes she would have to fill. I have the new Underworld Tomb Raider, kick a$$.
NO!
I HAVE POSTED THIS AT THE X THREAD AND ALSO THE ANGIE-TOPS-SHOWBIZ THREAD, COS I WANT ALL THE FANS (AS WELL AS THE TROLLS) TO GET A LOAD OF THIS:
“There is no relationship ever — parents, a friendship, partners or lover — there’s no connection like that [between owner and pet] ever.”
- Says Jennifer Aniston, Dec. 2008/USA Today interview.
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I SERIOUSLY BELIEVE THAT JJ SHOULD START A NEW THREAD, USING THIS QUOTE AND WITH A PICTURE OF THE X.
JJ COULD REALLY TURN A SPOTLIGHT ON THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT THE X AND SO PUT AN END TO THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE (which the X has just revived again in time for her dog movie promotional tour - cos we know thats her modus operandi).
JJ, PLEASE START A NEW THREAD WITH THAT QUOTE FROM THE X SO HER FANS CAN REALLY SEE HER FOR THE FIRST TIME AT LAST. OUT OF HER OWN MOUTH, SHE IS TELLING THEM THAT NEITHER BRAD NOR ANY OTHER MAN, NOR HER MOTHER OR FATHER MEANS AS MUCH TO HER AS A DOG.
As the late, great Martin Luther King Jr. told us: TRUTH, PRESSED TO EARTH, WILL RISE AGAIN.”
The truth about the X will be revealed, even tho its been almost five long years already.
ROTFLMAO. I can’t believe some of you people actually think 40 year-old short, flat-chested Debra Messing would actually be cast as the next Lara Croft for a movie. Geez…this is why drugs like crack and coke are kept illegal in this country…
She’s wrong for the part. Lara Croft is supposed to have big boobs.
Debra looks so much better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i know #46 jughead, i think jen is a good choice for lara croft. it will be hysterically funny and a major hit. i would love to see jen in an action film. i heard she plans and love to do action and produce the fil under her production- would love to see that.
movied also agree w/ you, i think jen could do justice as lara croft.by the way, i think jolie is attached very much to lara croft as far as a movie -dare i say, she is the movie franchise?…until somebody else can outdo her,but for now ,she is the movie franchise lara croft.
question for jughead and movied, who do you think can play and do justice as lara croft in the movie?….jen,megan fox,nicole kidman,halle berry or jesica alba?
She did make a good Lara Croft. I was rather surprised. It’s a comedy so it’s not supposed to be serious, but she looked the part.
No one is a better Lara than Santa Angelina!
queen bee @ 12/08/2008 at 1:27 pm
NO WAY!…JOLIE ALL THE WAY!……Deb Messing is holding the gun like she’s an actor ….and like she’s uncomfortable with it…..
…..Angie holds a gun like it’s her B*i*t*c*H!!!
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TOTALLY AGREE. Jolie can kick any actress’s azz in beauty, brains and brawn.
Long live the Jolie!!!!!!!!!!!
Loool, they gave her boobs.
Actually the thread was running quite smootly without jerky dumb posts about anuston so you can see the respect for Debra Messing.
I only ever saw her in Terms of Endearment and that was moons ago. Possibly 1975 and once again in the early 80’s maybe? in An Officer and A Gentelman. Like her as a young actress. In fact thought she played good roles in both. movies. Don’t know anything about her since those long ago days.
He-ll she has to be late 40’s when you look at the numbers. If she looked the part for her comedy show and did a good job she must be looking great for her age. I know a new set of boobs and a new face they all do that but she must be training or working out. to still have the curves and muscle?
It’s all in fun . Good for her but i want my Angie back.
Going to go tidy up before the award show comes on.
#64
I think you’re talking about Debra Winger.
i know #46 jughead, i think jen is a good choice for lara croft. it will be hysterically funny and a major hit. i would love to see jen in an action film. i heard she plans and love to do action and produce the fil under her production- would love to see that.
movied also agree w/ you, i think jen could do justice as lara croft.by the way, i think jolie is attached very much to lara croft as far as a movie -dare i say, she is the movie franchise?…until somebody else can outdo her,but for now ,she is the movie franchise lara croft.
question for jughead and movied, who do you think can play and do justice as lara croft in the movie?….jen,megan fox,nicole kidman,halle berry or jesica alba?
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Is crack in the air? JA, Nicole Kidman, Meghan Fox, Jessica Alba be Laura Croft, AND be better than AJ… WTF? No way on God’s Green earth!
OOPs Hold the phone i will dummy up. I got Debra Messing mixed up with Debra Winger. No loss.
I absolutely don’t remember Debra Messing then. As if anyone cares.lol
Tks daisy i was.. and just noticed your post. I took a peek at a pic of Debra M. at IMDB and was surprised at how she looked nothing like the pic above. Guess that’s Hollywood for ya.
Aand B Fan you’ve never heard of Will and Grace?
And no that pic doesn’t look much like as she usually sports red hair.
“Debra Messing makes a good Lara Croft?”
A BIG NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
NO! NO! ANGIE IS THE TOMB RAIDER FOREVER NO ONE CAN TAKE HER PLACE NOT EVER!
HELLLL NO.
You can’t beat the original.
But I’d like to watch this to see how it turns out.
Finally an attractive Lara Croft! This made my day.
That show Starter Wife might be canceled soon. They are trying everything to spruce it up. And NO, not even in a dream. Angie is the only Lara Croft and Daniel Craig are the only ones suited for those roles even as a dream episode. Thanks for the question though. Now you have one answered.
She has the chest of a 13 year old boy, no way she is Laura Croft or comparable to Angelina Jolie.
I think Angelina is so overrated. She never pulled Lara Croft’s role well, se doesn’t look like the original character. Debra might get it tho.
Debra Messing is a really good actress I’m sure she’ll do a really great job… I really liked tomb Raider with Angie…
This show she is on Starter Wife.. I just LOVE! Depending upon what going on she usually has a quick dream sequence of doing something. In this episode she is trying to rescue her best friend who has disappeared. This show is a drama with humor. I LOVE Debra Messing. Loved her in Will and Grace as well.
On her close up they had big lips penciled in it was just so funny.
She looks good there.
there can be only one lara croft - angelina jolie. only her. no one else. never.
She looks ridiculous.
answer to this:
i know #46 jughead, i think jen is a good choice for lara croft. it will be hysterically funny and a major hit. i would love to see jen in an action film. i heard she plans and love to do action and produce the fil under her production- would love to see that.
movied also agree w/ you, i think jen could do justice as lara croft.by the way, i think jolie is attached very much to lara croft as far as a movie -dare i say, she is the movie franchise?…until somebody else can outdo her,but for now ,she is the movie franchise lara croft.
question for jughead and movied, who do you think can play and do justice as lara croft in the movie?….jen,megan fox,nicole kidman,halle berry or jesica alba?
Which jen are you talkin’ about?
Out of all those actresses you mentioned I’d like to see Megan Fox doing splits and various asskickery.
I like Debra. I think she is a good actress. She’s very effective in Will & Grace. She has really good timing especially n comedy. She’s got talent and beauty.
Now about Molly (Debra) dreaming of a life of Lara Croft, i think it’s just for fun. It’s like a spoof or SNL I don’t think Debra will really take that role in film. She knows no one can really replace Angelina Jolie. There is only one Lara Croft. Angelina Jolie is the only one who can really play it best, and no one else. The rest are incomparable to her.
Besides, Debra likes Angie. I remember she said before, “he (her son) kisses Angelina Jolie on the cover of a magazine and then he says, ‘mama’.
“I’m like, ‘Kid, if you say Mama to Angelina Jolie, you could have anything you want,’ because she’s so gorgeous!”
So, I have nothing against her.
I like Debra, but I find her pose more humorous than sexy. Maybe that was the intent.
Nope, the only heroine who could do the part perfectly is ANGELINA JOLIE!!! Sorry, nice try.
that this is tongue in cheek? That every episode Debra’s character on TSW has a fantasy scene featuring a different movie, historical figure, or tv character?
Damn, when did some of you become so overblown and nuts?! Angie would probably laugh at the show as it is a comedy, and isn’t being insulting at all.
So damn crazy in here anymore and not fun at all.
everyone needs to calm the **** down.
i never knew TOMB RAIDER was the film that stole everyones heart.
goddamn.
everyone needs to calm the **** down.
i never knew TOMB RAIDER was the film that stole everyones heart.
goddamn.
hmmmm. it seems as though some of the frequenters of this site might not be able to read.
“WHY THE F WOULD ANYONE EVER EVEN CONSIDER CASTING DEBRA MESSING AS THE NEXT TOMB RAIDER IN THE NEXT MOVIE?!?!?!? THE HORROR! THE CHAOS!!!”
no one is. read the article please. and then take a chilling pill.
debra messing is 100 times better than angelina jolie in every way shape and form.
woop there it is.
She looks great. I like her. She seems pretty normal and nice. Good show.
she will make a great one i promise she’s a great actress she will be awesome.
Nooooo way :(((
OMG noooooo way! angie were amazig as her… well she were okay it would be nice if she were played by someone english seen as though lara is english!!
Debra looks awesome there!
Hello I think Debra is a good actress but no for this type of movie, i think Angelina is the perfect actress for this movie, her lokks is more original as a Tomb Raider i still prefer Angelina for this movie, will see how Debra do it.
HELL NO!!!
That is funny….but angie is the best and will always be.
I think that after beautiful Angelina played Lara Croft, Debra Messing is just too “poor” for this role.
I’m just guessing here, but I think it was just a question for fun, the article states that she has a dream sequence in Starter Wife of being Lora Craft, I don’t think there’s any movie in the works for Messing to take the place of Angelina Jolie. Sorry, but my opinion of Jolie went downhill after she stole another womans husband, that’s just selfish and wrong. I think Messing is adorable and beautiful. Also, I think they photoshoped her head unto Jolie’s body, that’s why the boobs!!
DEBRA MESSING IS AWESOME
oh no she’s too old and ugly. angelina jolie is the only one who can play lara croft. the movie will surely be a flop
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