Tom Holland leaves behind the heroic deeds of his Spider-Man role in the first official trailer for his upcoming crime film Cherry.
The 24-year-old actor plays in the upcoming Apple TV + movie as a wounded veteran whose trauma leads him to rob banks.
The film reunites Holland with its Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo.
Dark: Tom Holland (24) plays in the first official trailer of Apple TV +’s new movie Cherry, about a veteran in the war in Iraq who suffers from PTSD and opioid addiction that robs the banks to stimulate his habit
The trailer opens as the character of Holland, Cherry, strips a one-dollar bill to a bank teller after writing ‘I HAVE A GUN’ in red ink on it.
He flips the bill to show that it says ‘This is a robbery’ on the other side.
“I’m 23 years old and sometimes I wonder if life’s being wasted on me,” Holland wonders in a voice as a surprised Cherry hands over a stack of bills through the scared counter.
Meanwhile, the bank’s other customers are doing their business as if nothing is wrong.
Striking: The trailer opens when the character of Holland, Cherry, slips a one-dollar bill to a bank teller after writing ‘I HAVE A GUN’ in red ink on it
Before times: the action goes back in time to Cherry’s seemingly idyllic teens, and he sees him throw a stack of leaves in the air.
Dramatic: ‘I take all the beautiful things to heart …’ until I die of it, ‘he says. His first agitations of young love are shown spying on a brunette girl in the middle of a lecture hall
Young love: Later he stops to chat with Emily (Ciara Bravo) while she is sitting on a rope swinging. “Hey, I’m really glad you’re here,” he told her, adding that it was “Because I love you.”
The action goes back in time to Cherry’s seemingly idyllic teens, and he sees him throw a heap of fallen leaves in the air.
“I take all the beautiful things to heart …” until I die of it, “he says.
His first agitations of young love are shown spying on a brunette girl in the middle of a lecture hall.
Later, he stops to chat with Emily (Ciara Bravo) as she sits on a rope swinging.
“Hey, I’m really glad you’re here,” he told her, adding that it was “Because I love you.”
Changing rate: But his childhood love is put to the test after joining the army impulsively
Overall minimum: ‘My true achievement was not dying,’ says Cherry, breaking the fourth wall and talking directly to the camera.
Overwhelming: a montage of firearms and explosions shows him fighting in a desert, apparently pushing him to his breaking point.
All the way down here: upon his return home, Cherry suffers from tinnitus, a constant buzzing tone in his ears, and he turns to opioids to deal with his post-traumatic stress disorder
But his childhood love is put to the test after he impulsively joined the army.
“My one true achievement was not dying,” says Cherry, breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly to the camera.
A montage of gunfire and explosions shows him fighting in a desert, resembling his breaking point.
After returning home, Cherry suffers from overwhelming tinnitus, a constant buzzing tone in his ears, and he turns to opioids to deal with his post-traumatic stress disorder.
“I have this noise in my head,” he says to Emily as she is on the verge of tears as he scratches across his scalp.
Nothing to lose: Cherry describes his turn to bank robbery, which he does to pay for his addiction, as a response to ‘desperation’
Risky business: ‘I’ve been doing this for a while now and it’s no secret what my face looks like,’ he tells the camera, illustrating his lack of concern for himself.
Cherry describes his turn to bank robbery, which he does to pay for his addiction, as a response to ‘desperation’.
“I’ve been doing this for a while now, and it’s no secret what my face looks like,” he tells the camera, illustrating his lack of concern for himself.
The trailer ends with a quick montage of scenes from Cherry’s armed bank robbery with romantic footage of him and Emily.
The film was adapted from Nico Walker’s semi-autobiographical novel Cherry.
The actual writer served in the Iraqi army and later suffered from PTSD and became addicted to heroin.
To fund his addiction, he robbed ten banks in Cleveland, Ohio, from December 2010 to March 2011, before being arrested in April of that year.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2012 to prison until the end of 2020, although he was released in early October 2019.
True to life: the film was adapted from Nico Walker’s semi-autobiographical novel Cherry. The real writer served in the Iraqi army and later suffered from PTSD and became addicted to heroin
Clearly, in 2010 he robbed ten banks in four months to pay for his addiction. He pleaded guilty in 2012 and was sentenced to November 2020, although he was released in early October 2019