Françoise Cadol, the French voice of Lara Croft in multiple Tomb Raider games, has issued a formal notice to publisher Aspyr, accusing the company of using AI to replicate her voice in Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered without her consent.
In an interview with French publication Le Parisien (translated via Google Translate), published on September 10, 2025, Cadol, who also provided the French dub for Angelina Jolie in the Tomb Raider films, explained that it was fans who first pointed out the similarities between Lara Croft’s voice (Cadol’s voice) in the original games and the voice used in the remasters.
“I call them the guardians of the voices,” she told the publication.
“Very quickly, these buyers of the compilation realized that the voice of Lara Croft, who gives gameplay instructions, was not mine. It caused a real uproar among the community.”
Fans claim the issue arose with Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered Patch 2, released on August 14, 2025, which added restored lines from the original game.
It’s claimed, however, that developer/publisher Aspyr used AI to replicate Cadol’s voice for these lines rather than having her re-record the lines herself.
Jonathan Elkaim, Françoise Cadol’s lawyer who specialises in intellectual property and AI, claims that you can “immediately notice” the allegedly AI voice has “a very strong metallic impact” and is “very chopped, without intonation.”
He claims it was “the actress’s voice that was used to recreate this artificial voice.”
Elkaim accuses Aspyr of “misleading” consumers, while Cadol claims the replication of her voice using AI would be a “betrayal” and “total disrespect” to fans.
“The decency would have been to inform the public concerned that it wasn’t their voice,” Elkaim told Le Parisien.
Elkaim and Cadol have now issued a formal notice to Aspyr, requesting “the compilation be withdrawn, with supporting documentation to determine the number of copies sold.”
“Aspyr has been informed; it’s up to them to respond to us, and quickly enough, so that they can stop sales,” Elkaim told the publication.
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