Tom Holland leaves the heroics of his Spider-Man role behind him in the first official trailer for his upcoming crime film Cherry.
The 24-year-old actor stars in the upcoming Apple TV+ film as a wounded veteran whose trauma leads him to rob banks.
The movie reunites Holland with his Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo.
Dark: Tom Holland, 24, stars in the first official trailer for Apple TV+’s new film Cherry, about an Iraq War veteran suffering from PTSD and opioid addiction who turns to robbing banks to fuel his habit
The trailer opens as Holland’s character Cherry slips a one-dollar bill to a bank teller after writing ‘I HAVE A GUN’ in red ink on it.
He flips the bill over to show that it says ‘This is a Robbery’ on the opposite side.
‘I’m 23 years old, and sometimes I wonder if life is wasted on me,’ Holland ponders in voice over as an astonished-looking Cherry is handed a stack of bills by the frightened teller.
Meanwhile, the bank’s other clients go about their business as if nothing is wrong.
Eye-catching: The trailer opens as Holland’s character 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 teenage years, and he’s seen throwing a pile of fallen leaves into the air
Dramatic: ‘I take all the beautiful things to heart… ’til I about die from it,’ he says. His first stirrings of young love are shown as he spies a dark-haired girl in the middle of a lecture hall
Young love: Later, he stops to chat with Emily (Ciara Bravo) as she sits on a rope swing. ‘Hey, I’m really happy you’re here,’ he tells her, adding that it’s ‘Because I like you’
The action goes back in time to Cherry’s seemingly idyllic teenage years, and he’s seen throwing a pile of fallen leaves into the air.
‘I take all the beautiful things to heart… ’til I about die from it,’ he says.
His first stirrings of young love are shown as he spies a dark-haired girl in the middle of a lecture hall.
Later, he stops to chat with Emily (Ciara Bravo) as she sits on a rope swing.
‘Hey, I’m really happy you’re here,’ he tells her, adding that it’s ‘Because I like you.’
Changing course: But his youthful love is put to the test after he impulsively enlists in the army
Bare minimum: ‘My one true accomplishment was not dying,’ Cherry says, breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly to the camera
Overwhelming: A montage of gun fire and explosions shows him fighting in a desert, which seems to push him to his breaking point
All downhill from here: After he returns 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 youthful love is put to the test after he impulsively enlists in the army.
‘My one true accomplishment was not dying,’ Cherry says, breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly to the camera.
A montage of gun fire and explosions shows him fighting in a desert, which seems to push him to his breaking point.
After he returns 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 tells Emily while on the verge of tears as he compulsively scratches his scalp.
Nothing to lose: Cherry describes his turn toward bank robbing, which he does to pay for his addiction, as a reaction to ‘desperation’
Risky business: ‘I’ve been at this a while now, and it’s no secret what my face looks like,’ he says to the camera, illustrating his lack of concern for himself
Cherry describes his turn toward bank robbing, which he does to pay for his addiction, as a reaction to ‘desperation.’
‘I’ve been at this a while now, and it’s no secret what my face looks like,’ he says to the camera, illustrating his lack of concern for himself.
The trailer ends with a fast-paced montage of scenes of Cherry’s armed bank robberies intercut with romantic footage 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 fund his addiction, he robbed 10 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 through late 2020, though he was released early in October 2019.
True to life: 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
In the clear: He robbed 10 banks in four months in 2010 to pay for his addiction. He pleaded guilty in 2012 and was sentence until November 2020, though he was released early in October 2019