Angelina Jolie, who will play Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider movie, told the Associated Press that she hopes she meets the expectations of fans of the Eidos video game series on which the film is based. "There are so many people who love this game," Jolie told the wire service. "She's their girl, and you don't want to take away the thing they love about her. You hope you do justice to what
everyone wanted. You pray you got it right."

Jolie added, "We decided she was human now, and she wasn't perfect. I gained weight and worked out, and my shape changed. She's a woman, and she's curvy and cheeky and playful and wicked, and we didn't try to make her macho."

The actress added that she underwent rigorous training to play the role. "It's like joining the army," she said. "I almost recommend to everyone sending themselves off to some insane boot camp and traveling the world and taking themselves out of their normal life and getting free." Tomb Raider opens in June 2001. A teaser trailer for the film has been posted to the film's official Web site.