Tom Holland is Sporting a Very Different Look in The First Look of His New Film CHERRY
Spider-Man star Tom Holland re-teamed with Marvel directors Joe and Anthony Russo for a new film projects called Cherry and today we have our first look at Holland in the role he’ll be playing. As you can see, this is a very different look for the actor.
Cherry is based on a book by Nico Walker that is said to parallel the true life story of the author, who was a former Army medic who returned from Iraq with extreme undiagnosed PTSD and fell into opioid addiction and began robbing banks. Walker ended up getting caught in 2011 and will be released in 2020.
The script for the movie was written by Jessica Goldberg (The Path), and here's a more in-depth description:
The book has been called Jesus’ Son meets Reservoir Dogs, a breakneck-paced debut novel about love, war, bank robberies, and heroin. A young man from an affluent family marries his hometown girlfriend before joining the Army and shipping out to Iraq. An Army medic, he is unprepared for the grisly reality that awaits him, and the rough-and-tumble nature of his fellow soldiers who smoke, huff computer duster, take painkillers, watch porn, and get gruesomely injured all too regularly.
By the time the soldier returns home, his PTSD rages, he’s soon on drugs and in debt, and he finds an outlet in knocking off banks, a pursuit that forces him to focus and makes him feel the way he did in pressure combat situations. Walker robbed about a dozen banks and stole close to $40,000 over four months, before finally getting caught in 2011.
When previously talking about the project, Holland said:
“It’s an incredible role. The book is amazing, the script is even better. I couldn’t wait to dive into it and sort of give it everything I’ve got. And it’s so different for me, I mean, I shaved my head. I really like it. I don’t know about you, but I really, really like it. It’s so much easier to manage. In this film, I’m playing a drug addict and I’ve never done drugs in my life, so… yeah, don’t do drugs, kids!”
He went on to say:
“So, it’s just a stretch, it’s different. It’s something I’ve never done before. And it’s gonna be a tough job and I hope I can do justice. Harry and I, my little brother, we’ve been going to the VA every day. Yeah, we’ve been going to the VA in Cleveland every day and meeting with veterans and making sure we do the research and pay respects to them and tell their story through our medium of entertainment.”
This film project has been a passion project for the Russo Bros. Walker grew up in the same area of Cleveland as they did and that made the project a more personal journey. Cherry is expected to be released sometime in 2020.