Tom Holland leaves the heroism of his role in Spider-Man behind in the first official trailer for his upcoming thriller, Cherry.
The 24-year-old actor stars the Apple TV + film as an injured veteran whose trauma leads him to rob banks.
The film brings Holland together with its directors Avengers: Endgame, Anthony and Joe Russo.
Dark: Tom Holland, 24, stars in the first official trailer for the new Apple TV + Cherry movie, about an Iraq War veteran suffering from PTSD and opioid addiction that robs banks to feed his addiction
The trailer begins with Holland’s character, Cherry, who delivers a dollar bill to the bank teller after writing ‘I HAVE A GUN’ in red ink.
He turns the note over to show that it says ‘This is theft’ on the opposite side.
‘I am 23 years old and sometimes I wonder if life is a waste with me,’ Holland ponders aloud, while an astonished-looking Cherry receives a pile of notes from a cashier in fear.
Meanwhile, the bank’s other clients treat their business as if nothing is wrong.
Attractive: the trailer starts when the character from the Netherlands, Cherry, delivers a dollar bill to a bank teller after writing “I HAVE A GUN” in red ink.
Before the times: the action goes back to Cherry’s seemingly idyllic teenage years, and he is seen throwing a pile of fallen leaves in the air
Dramatic: ‘I take all beautiful things seriously …’ until I almost died because of it, ‘he says. His first signs of young love are shown when he sees a dark-haired girl in the middle of a classroom
Young love: Later, he stops to talk to Emily (Ciara Bravo) while she sits on a rope swing. ‘Hey, I’m really happy you’re here,’ he says, adding that it’s ‘because I like you’
The action goes back in time to Cherry’s seemingly idyllic teenage years, and he is seen throwing a pile of fallen leaves in the air.
‘I take all beautiful things seriously …’ until I almost died because of it, ‘he says.
His first signs of young love are shown when he sees a dark-haired girl in the middle of a classroom.
Later, he stops to talk to Emily (Ciara Bravo) while she sits on a rope swing.
‘Hey, I’m really happy you’re here,’ he says, adding that it is ‘because I like you’.
Changing course: But his youthful love is put to the test after he impulsively enlists the army
Bare minimum: ‘My only real accomplishment 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 take him to the point of collapse
Everything downhill from here: after returning home, Cherry suffers from tinnitus, a constant ringing in her ears, and he turns to opioids to deal with his post-traumatic stress disorder
But his youthful love is put to the test after he impulsively joins the army.
“My only real accomplishment was not to die,” says Cherry, breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly to the camera.
A montage of shots and explosions shows him fighting in a desert, which seems to bring him to the point of collapse.
After returning home, Cherry suffers from an unbearable ringing, a constant ringing in his ears, and he turns to opioids to deal with his post-traumatic stress disorder.
‘I have a noise in my head,’ he says to Emily as he is on the verge of tears as he scratches his scalp compulsively.
Nothing to lose: Cherry describes his turn to bank robbery, which he does to pay for his addiction, as a reaction to “despair”
Risky business: ‘I’ve been in this for some time, and it’s no secret how my face looks,’ he says to 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 reaction to “despair”.
“I have been in this for some time and it is no secret to anyone how my face looks,” he says to the camera, illustrating his lack of concern for himself.
The trailer ends with an accelerated montage of scenes of Cherry’s armed robberies interspersed with romantic scenes of him and Emily.
The film is adapted from Nico Walker’s semi-autobiographical novel, Cherry.
The real-life author served in the Army in Iraq and later suffered from PTSD and became addicted to heroin.
To finance his addiction, he robbed 10 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 a term of imprisonment until the end of 2020, although he was released in early October 2019.
True to life: the film is an adaptation of Nico Walker’s semi-autobiographical novel, Cherry. The real-life author served in the Army in Iraq and later suffered from PTSD and became addicted to heroin
Right: 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.