Tom Holland puts the exploits of his Spider-Man role behind him in the first official trailer of his upcoming crime movie Cherry.
The 24-year-old actor stars in the upcoming Apple TV + movie as an injured veteran whose trauma leads him to rob banks.
The film unites the Netherlands with its Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo.
Dark: Tom Holland, 24, stars in the first official trailer of Apple TV + ‘s new movie Cherry, about an Iraq war veteran suffering from PTSD and opioid addiction who robs banks to fuel his addiction
The trailer opens when Holland Cherry’s character slides a one dollar bill at a bank employee 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 am 23 years old, and sometimes I wonder if my life has been wasted on me’, Holland thinks in voice-over while a surprised-looking Cherry receives a pile of bills from the frightened cashier.
Meanwhile, the bank’s other customers are doing their business as if nothing was wrong.
Striking: The trailer opens when the character Cherry from Holland slides a one dollar bill to a bank clerk after writing ‘I HAVE A GUN’ on it in red ink
Before times: The action goes back in time to Cherry’s seemingly idyllic teenage years, and he’s watched him throw a pile of fallen leaves in the air
Dramatic: “I take everything beautiful to heart …” until I die from it, “he says. His first impulses of young love are shown when he spies on a dark-haired girl in the middle of a lecture hall
Young Love: Later he stops to talk to Emily (Ciara Bravo) while she is on a rope swing. ‘Hey, I’m really glad you’re here,’ he says, adding it’s ‘because I like you’
The action goes back in time to Cherry’s seemingly idyllic teenage years, and he’s watched him throw a pile of fallen leaves into the air.
“I take all the beauty to heart …” until I die from it, “he says.
His first impulses of young love are shown when he spies on a dark-haired girl in the middle of a lecture hall.
Later he stops to talk to Emily (Ciara Bravo) while she is on a rope swing.
“Hey, I’m really glad you’re here,” he says, adding that “it’s because I like you.”
Changing course: But his youthful love is put to the test after he impulsively joins the military
Bare Minimum: ‘My only real achievement was not dying,’ says Cherry, breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly into the camera.
Overwhelming: A montage of gunfire and explosions shows how he fights in a desert, which seems to push him to his breaking point
Everything downhill from here: After returning home, Cherry suffers from tinnitus, a constant buzzing tone in his ears, and turns to opioids to deal with his post-traumatic stress disorder
But his youthful love is tested after he impulsively enlisted in the army.
“My only real achievement was not dying,” Cherry says, breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly into the camera.
A montage of gunfire and explosions shows him fighting in a desert, which appears to be pushing him to his breaking point.
After returning home, Cherry suffers from overwhelming tinnitus, a constant buzzing tone in his ears, and turns to opioids to deal with his post-traumatic stress disorder.
“I have this sound in my head,” he tells Emily, on the verge of tears as he compulsively scratches his scalp.
Nothing to lose: Cherry describes his turn to bank robberies, which he makes to pay for his addiction, as a response to ‘desperation’
Risky Company: “I’ve been on this for a while, 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 toward bank robberies, which he makes to pay for his addiction, as a response to “desperation.”
“I’ve been on 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 cut of scenes from Cherry’s armed bank robbery, interspersed with romantic images of him and Emily.
The film is adapted from Nico Walker’s semi-autobiographical novel Cherry.
The real author served in the military in Iraq 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 to imprisonment until the end of 2020 in 2012, although he was released in early October 2019.
Lifelike: The film is an adaptation of Nico Walker’s semi-autobiographical novel Cherry. The real author served in the military in Iraq and later suffered from PTSD and became addicted to heroin
To be clear, he robbed 10 banks in four months in 2010 to pay for his addiction. He pleaded guilty in 2012 and was sentenced to November 2020, although he was released in early October 2019