Tom Holland leaves behind the heroics of his role as Spider-Man in the first official trailer for his upcoming police film Cherry.
The 24-year-old actor stars in the upcoming Apple TV + film as an injured veteran whose trauma leads him to rob banks.
The film brings together Holland with its Avengers directors: Endgame, Anthony and Joe Russo.
Dark: Tom Holland, 24, stars in the first official trailer for Apple TV + ‘s new movie Cherry, about an Iraq war veteran suffering from PTSD and opioid addiction aimed at steal banks to feed their habit
The trailer opens when the Dutch character, Cherry, slips a dollar bill into a bank teller after writing “I HAVE A GUN” in red ink.
Turn the bill over to prove it says “This is a robbery” on the opposite side.
“I’m 23 and sometimes I wonder if I’m losing my life,” Holland reflects aloud as a marvelous-looking cherry tree hands him a stack of notes by the frightened cashier.
Meanwhile, the bank’s other customers are engaged in their business as if nothing was wrong.
It’s striking: the trailer opens when Dutch character Cherry smooths out a dollar bill at a bank teller after writing “I HAVE A GUN” in red ink.
Before the times: the action dates back to the seemingly idyllic years of Cherry’s adolescence, and has seen a lot of fallen leaves fall into the air
Dramatic: “I consider all beautiful things …” until I die, “she says, showing her first emotions of young love as she spies on a dark-haired girl in the middle of a conference room
Young Love: Later, he stops to chat with Emily (Ciara Bravo) while she sits on a rope swing. “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here,” he tells her, adding that it’s “Because I like it.”
The action goes back in time to Cherry’s seemingly idyllic years, and has seen a bunch of fallen leaves fall into the air.
“I take all the beautiful things to heart … until I die of them,” he says.
Her first emotions of young love are shown as she spies on a dark-haired girl in the middle of a conference room.
Later, he stops to chat with Emily (Ciara Bravo) while she sits on a rope swing.
“Hey, I’m so glad you’re here,” he tells her, adding that it’s “Because I like it.”
Change of course: but his youthful love is put to the test after impulsively joining the army
Bare minimum: “My only real success was not to die,” says Cherry, breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly to the camera
Overwhelming: a montage of shots and explosions shows him fighting in a desert, which seems to push him to his breaking point
Going down from here: after returning home, Cherry suffers from tinnitus, a constant ringing tone in her ears, and turns to opioids to deal with her post-traumatic stress disorder.
But his youthful love is put to the test after he impulsively joins the army.
“My only real hit wasn’t dying,” Cherry says, breaking down the fourth wall and speaking directly to the camera.
A montage of shots and explosions shows him fighting in a desert, which seems to push him to his breaking point.
After returning home, Cherry suffers from overwhelming tinnitus, a constant buzzing tone in her ears, and turns to opioids to deal with her post-traumatic stress disorder.
“I have that noise in my head,” she tells Emily as she was about to cry as she compulsively scratched her scalp.
Nothing to lose: Cherry describes her turn to bank robbery, which she does to pay for her addiction, as a reaction to “despair.”
Risky business: “I’ve been there for a long time, and it’s no secret what my face is like,” he says to the camera, illustrating his concern for himself
Cherry describes her turn to bank robbery, which she does to pay for her addiction, as a reaction to “despair.”
“I’ve been there for a long time, and it’s no secret what my face is like,” he says to the camera, illustrating his concern for himself.
The trailer ends with a hectic montage of scenes of Cherry’s armed bank robberies interspersed with romantic images of him and Emily.
The film is adapted from the semi-autobiographical novel Cherry by Nico Walker.
The real-life author served in the military in Iraq and later suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and became addicted to heroin.
To finance his addiction, he robbed ten banks in Cleveland, Ohio, from December 2010 to March 2011, before he was arrested in April of that year.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2012 to a prison sentence until the end of 2020, although he was released in early October 2019.
True to Life: The film is adapted from Nico Walker’s semi-autobiographical novel Cherry. The real-life author served in the military in Iraq and later suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and became addicted to heroin.
Clearly: he robbed 10 banks in four months in 2010 to pay for his addiction. He pleaded guilty in 2012 and was sentenced until November 2020, although he was released in early October 2019.