Holland on his darkest role yet
‘Spider-Man’ star plays a heroin addict in the Apple TV+ film
Spider-Man star Tom Holland is all set to appear in his game-changing new role as a heroin addict in Cherry, an indie film directed by the Russo Brothers. But the journey to get here wasn’t easy, the actor revealed in a tell-all interview with GQ.
“Have you ever taken heroin before?” Holland said in the interview. “Because I have not. I couldn’t sit there on set and inject heroin into my chest — that’s not how it is done. I had to get it right. This role took me to some of the darkest places I have ever been, emotionally, physically, anythingly... I would never go back there again, not for anyone. I am pleased I did it, but that door is now closed and locked.”
The actor also recently found himself having to deal with an angry mob of Indians on Twitter, who are calling for a ban on his Spider-Man movies in the country, after they mistook him for an author of the same name.
A historian with the Twitter handle @holland_tom tweeted a post mocking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday after a huge cricket stadium was renamed after him. “I’m a huge admirer of the modesty Modi showed in naming the world’s largest cricket stadium after himself,” the tweet said.
In response, a social media user tweeted, “This is India’s internal matter. We will teach you a lesson of lifetime. #boycottspiderman,” a sentiment echoed by many others online.
In Cherry, an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Nico Walker, Holland plays an army veteran with PTSD who resorts to petty bank robberies to fund his addiction.
Cherry releases on Apple TV+ on March 9. Holland also stars in the sci-fi film Chaos Walking, out in cinemas on March 4.