Fan Casting Darby Erickson in Stephen Herek's Tomb Raider

A weathered Scottish cartographer and one of Lara's oldest friends, Darby Erickson is the brilliant mind who deciphered the location of El Dorado. Desperate and hunted by a ruthless Australian tycoon, he entrusts Lara with a video plea and a map to the lost city. His murder in a Curacao hotel room becomes the inciting incident of the film, driving Lara's quest for vengeance and justice. Though his screentime is brief, his presence looms over the entire story as the fallen mentor whose trust Lara must honor.