The available reporting does not fully explain how the deficiencies were divided between the two notices. Deadline described one notice focused on biological monitoring, while the regulator’s database shows a second enforcement action connected to the same production. What is clear is that improvement notices require an employer to fix an identified legal breach within a specified period. They are corrective measures, not proof that a worker became ill.
No report has established that any crew member recorded excessive exposure, developed breathing symptoms or suffered an occupational illness.
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Isocyanates are used in some sprayed paints and rank among the leading causes of workplace asthma. HSE warns that spraying can create an invisible mist that may remain airborne for up to 20 minutes. Employers must know the clearance time for the space, provide suitable protective equipment and control access while contaminated air remains.
Biological monitoring usually involves testing a worker’s urine shortly after possible exposure. The test measures urinary diamines and helps determine whether protective equipment and working practices are doing their job. HSE’s guidance value is 1 micromole of urinary diamines per mole of creatinine.
Crucially, the test measures exposure rather than diagnosing illness. Once someone becomes sensitized to isocyanates, even a very small amount can trigger an asthma attack. Continued exposure can lead to permanent asthma, which explains why the regulator treats monitoring as more than an optional production extra.
Enforcement against television shoots remains uncommon. HSE’s television-production category records five notices since December 2022, including the two involving Project Temple. The other notices were issued against ITV Studios, Left Bank Pictures and On-Set Location Services.
Sophie Turner’s injury caused a separate pause
The enforcement action was not the production’s only interruption. Sophie Turner, who plays Lara Croft, suffered what Prime Video described as a minor injury while filming. The streamer said at the time: “As a precaution, production has briefly paused to allow her time to recover.”
Accounts of the delay varied sharply. Deadline placed the pause at roughly two weeks. Variety cited a report from The Sun claiming filming had stopped for at least a month and could face a delay of up to six months. Prime Video rejected that dramatic framing by characterizing the stoppage as brief, and no later report confirmed a six-month shutdown.
There is no reported connection between Turner’s injury and the isocyanate monitoring breaches.
Production began in January 2026, when Amazon MGM Studios released a first-look image of the former Game of Thrones star in full Croft mode. Turner previously called Lara “a fierce female role model,” setting the tone for a version of the gaming icon built around strength rather than nostalgia alone.
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Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge created and wrote the series. She also serves as executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Chad Hodge. Jonathan Van Tulleken directs and executive produces.
The ensemble gives Turner plenty of heavyweight company:
- Sigourney Weaver
- Jason Isaacs
- Martin Bobb-Semple
- Jack Bannon
- John Heffernan
- Bill Paterson
- Paterson Joseph
- Sasha Luss
- Juliette Motamed
- Celia Imrie
- August Wittgenstein
Waller-Bridge called the assembled cast “beyond my wildest dreams.” Amazon MGM Studios produces the show for Prime Video with Crystal Dynamics, the video game studio closely associated with the franchise.
Waller-Bridge and Jenny Robins executive produce through Wells Street Films. Dmitri M. Johnson, Michael Lawrence Goldberg and Timothy I. Stevenson represent Story Kitchen among the executive producers, alongside Michael Scheel and Legendary Television. Matt McInnis serves as co-executive producer, with Jan R. Martin as producer.
The safety breaches were remedied according to HSE’s records, but the appearance of two notices rather than one leaves the production with an extra compliance detail to explain. Lara Croft may specialize in ancient mysteries. This one belongs to the filing cabinet.
