United Kingdom, June 11 -- The new Lara Craft dislocated her jaw during work on Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis.

Alix Wilton Regan, who plays the iconic character in the upcoming remake of the original 1996 Tomb Raider and next year's Tomb Raider: Catalyst, has opened up about the physical demands of one of video game's most legendary roles.

She told GameSpot: "The biggest challenge on this has been me restraining myself at points because I throw myself into every scene with such energy.

"I actually punched myself in the face the other day, this is a true story by the way.

"We were on a four hour VO record, and in the last half hour they show me some fight sequences they need to capture some extra sound for, some extra vocalisations....