Hard-core training

Jolie quit smoking for ‘Tomb Raider’

Angelina Jolie has now revealed that she once quit smoking because of the tough training program for "Tomb Raider".(Bild: APA/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

According to Angelina Jolie, she quit smoking thanks to her role as action heroine Lara Croft. 

"I admittedly smoked two packs a day," the 49-year-old said about her life before filming the "Tomb Raider" series at an event in Santa Barbara, as reported by "People" magazine.

"Good food, water, sleep"
"For 'Tomb Raider', for a few months there was nothing but several training sessions a day: morning, noon and night," said Jolie. "And at a certain point, I wanted nothing more than good food, water and sleep."

After that, with one or two exceptions, she "never smoked again".

Angelina Jolie made her big breakthrough in Hollywood in the early 2000s with the role of Lara Croft.(Bild: Viennareport)

Superstar thanks to Lara Croft
For "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" in 2001, Jolie slipped into the role of computer game heroine Lara Croft for the first time - and became an international superstar. She played the adventurer again in the 2003 sequel. After her, Alicia Vikander took over the role.