Tom Holland’s Cherry Is Like Multiple Movies In One, Says Director
Tom Holland's latest film Cherry will be like multiple movies in one according to its directors, the Russo brothers. The film will follow Holland's titular character, an Army medic suffering from PTSD and dealing with an addiction to opiates. The film will also star Ciara Bravo as Holland's love interest. Jack Reynor and Bill Skarsgård round out the cast. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Nico Walker, with Walker using his own life as inspiration for Holland's character.
First-look images at the film show Holland in a role unlike any he's starred in before. The actor is most known for his role as Spider-Man in the MCU and this film marks a drastic departure from that. Still, Holland is working with his past collaborators, the Russo brothers. The pair of directors shot the actor in Captain American: Civil War, as well as Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.
At the Russo brothers CCXP panel (via Collider), they revealed more about the film ahead of its March 2021 release on Apple TV+. The directors revealed a personal connection to the story. They also revealed how they chose to tackle the movie. Cherry will be told in several parts, all of which, according to the Russo brothers, will be stylistically and tonally different. The episodic format will allow for each story to feel contained while still being part of a larger narrative.
The film is about [Holland's] life cycle. It’s about a 15-year life cycle. And it’s broken into chapters where each chapter is shot almost as if it was a different film, but they’re all connected in a way. But there’s a gonzo element to it... there’s magical realism in one chapter and then absurdism and then brutal realism and then horror and then dark humor, so it really covers a wide scope of experience both for the character and for the audience. Each chapter we made very distinct cinematic choices from costume to performance to lenses to the style of camerawork to the way the camera moves to music. It’s hopefully not a jarring shift for the audience, but it does move and take you places that you’re not expecting from chapter to chapter. And when you put it all together as a whole, hopefully you get a surprising and unique moviegoing experience.
Holland's role in this film is drastically different than what we've seen him play so far, making this dramatic turn highly anticipated. The film will give Holland a chance to break out of his typecasting as a blockbuster wunderkind ahead of the release of several big-budget action films like Spider-Man 3 and Uncharted. Of course, no actor wants to be pigeon-holed—Holland will likely use this film as a springboard into more serious projects.
The episodic format will also give Holland a chance to embody different aspects of his character. Just from the summary of the film, one can guess what kind of 'episodes' the Russo brothers will be making. There will surely be a wartime section, a love story narrative, a Bonnie and Clyde-esque bank-robbing chapter, and a chapter that deals with Holland's character's addiction. All of this will give both the Russo brothers and Holland the opportunity to really flesh out the characters and embody different aesthetics throughout the film, which could get awards buzz if they pull it off. Cherry debuts in theaters on February 26, 2021, and hits Apple TV+ on March 12.
Source: CCXP (via Collider)
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