MILITARY LIFE, WAR & PTSD ON SCREEN A Q&A WITH 'AVENGERS' DIRECTOR ANTHONY RUSSO ABOUT HIS NEW FILM, 'CHERRY'

摘要

A purposeless existence, an enlistment, war, post-traumatic stress disorder, opioid addiction, crime, redemption. The sequential, and perpetually spi-raling, story of "Cherry," starring Tom Holland ("Spider-Man: Homecoming"), is everything one might expect from a character whose addiction evolves to supersede anything that once held value. A marriage shaken to its core, parents and family alienated, death, financial ruin, self-sabotage. Holland's unnamed lead is an interpretation of the semi-autobiographical novel by Nico Walker, a former U.S. Army medic with a post-military service heroin addiction that eventually dovetailed into a series of bank robberies from 2010-11 across Cleveland that were meant to fund his habit. Walker, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison, wrote his best-selling book of the same name while behind bars. Directors Joe and Anthony Russo acquired the rights to the work in 2018, right on the heels of spearheading Marvel smash hits like "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Endgame."