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CAIRO

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You think you can post the height chart sometime as I'm curious how tall is everyone.

I didn't even realise that I haven't posted the height chart but here we go. Warning for spoilers obviously.

From left to right for clarification: Adam, Zanthus, Ruri, Eirian, Chase, Roxanne, Hound II (Behind Roxanne), Mauve, Niccolo, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Sun, Pyrrha, Ren, Nora, Aurora at 11, Aurora at 13, Aurora at 18,

Ozpin, Glynda, Pacae (Behind Glynda), Cassandra Melina, Tabi Kaseya, Oobleck, Junior, Malachite Twins, Summer, Hound I (Behind Summer), Taiyang, Raven, Qrow, Qinri, Xanthe, Eliana, Theo, Chavi Kokkinos, Sable, Meuiranne, Jacob, Sage, Ankhesenamun, Afra, Alpha Stitched,

Ironwood, Winter, Khovsgol (Behind Winter), Clover, Elm, Vine, Harriet, Marrow, Pietro, Penny, Velvet, Robyn, May, Aisling, Roisinn, Yuki, Lou, Qiu, Argentra, Chau, Ciara, Lavender, Vionn, Rhiannon, Flynt, Neon, Kobalt, Ivori, Alon, Cerise, Jacques, Willow, Whitley, Kallan, Empress Huáng Xia, Jin, Jinn (Behind Jin), Odstesteg, Seigyoku, Hisui, Shinju, Ha-yun, Lady Quyen, Quyen Hue, Vernal

Sienna, Kaanchana, Banesaw, Iya, Ilia, Salem, Cinder, Emerald, Mercury, Roman, Neo, Gretchen, Tyrian, Giang, Watts, Merlot, Carmine, Bertilak, Teumessian, Ghira, Hajimu, Keahi, Icheku, Clementine, Kuluua, Safou

Chandra, Guiying, Mosu, Yinyue, Merrill, Wisteria, Chrysanthi, Eluhlaza, Winijay, Riley, Jack, Behmi, Wren, Hyeon-Ju, Opal, Horus, Liserian, Sterling.

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A Report! From Inside The Walls of Mallmart

The colorful shores of Okaloosa County were blasted with 200 watts of 90s rock as a car zoomed down the road. Its course is clear, and the movement precise, as they turn into the Mallmart parking lot. I gaze up at the sign, and those old, dingy faded signs plastered up on the sides of the store, a Arched wings over a carcass on the top of the building. I ignore the warnings, and press on, because this is the story of Taylor Peyton.

The back rooms were bleak, and Taylor dreaded them whenever she entered the building. The porosity of wood fibers in the cardboard sucked any and all moisture out of the air, she knew this was fact. It  left her throat dry and sore as if she had swallowed glass. The lights were dim and flickering. She was always terrified of being crushed between moving shelves as she scanned products.That awful ringing, from the emergency alarms that everyone just ignored… In a nutshell, it was sensory hell. What could she do? Just sit there and endure? No, that wasn’t her style. While she was here, she might as well get to the bottom of the oddities that were happening here in their little town. The only thing was, how much of it was really happening, and how much of it was in her head? A bit unsettled, she pulled something from her bag, and with a piece of Mallmart standard tape, she set up a sanrio calendar, there at the beginning of the home merchandise shelves. With what little of her surroundings she could control, she was resolved to change them for the better. The cartoon frog stared back at her with a pointed smile. ‘It’s May already…’ That meant that Taylor had been here in Okaloosa County for a total of four months. Four months, since she had left Arizona. With everything that had happened, she had hardly noticed that she had stayed for so long. She heaves another box onto her cart, deep in contemplation. 

In fact, it’s nearly 9 o’clock when the emergency alarm sounded overhead, dragging her from her thoughts abruptly. It was time for her first mandatory 15 minute break. Right… Taylor took a step in the direction of the breakroom, only to find her feet slide from under her. She stumbled, catching herself on the side of a shelf for support. There, on the concrete floors was the budding of condensation. The walls of Mallmart were alive, sweating in the spiking heatwave that was cast on Okaloosa Island. This fascinated Taylor because the air conditioning was regulated to keep the store at a consistent temperature, and yet the amount of moisture seemed nearly impossible that was collecting on the ground. It wasn’t exactly ‘fleshless humanoid speaking in tongues’ but this was a good start, as far as investigations go. In fact, Taylor would dare say she found herself eager at the prospect of finding answers to why Mallmart was as odd as it was. She had to find someone. Anyone who'd accompany her. Tiptoeing around taking notes on their company while Mallmart’s overseer loomed close nearby made her nervous, to say the least. Her first thought was ‘Ciara’, but as she glanced down the hall she could see I was busy directing the new trainees. That left one other person she knew would be down for this impromptu investigation- Aiden. Even better, he was rarely busy or as engrossed in his work so this would not take much convincing. All she needed to do was find him. 

Logically, she knew there were only three places she’d be likely to find Aiden. One place was the toy and game department, where he was often assigned to. That was often later in the day though. He could be hiding in the breakroom, getting a headstart on his 15 minute break, but somehow, she didn’t think that was the case either. That only left one place.

“Aiden! Hey, look up!” Those sunglasses donned eyes looked up from his phone, as he stood in the cosmetics section. He had not yet put the false eyelashes or press on nails behind their locked glass case (As they were recently announced highly dangerous items). “I need your help for something. Something important.” 

“Huh?”

“I need to find out where the air conditioning is controlled in the store first, and then, I need to figure out where there’s a temperature irregularity because something is fluctuating and causing high levels of moisture in the store.” She explained. “Isn’t that like, management’s job?” Taylor stared at him, not even amused. “Are you going to help or not?”

“....Yeah, I’m coming..” With that, our heroes were off on their quest to the heart of the store.

 Sure enough, the refrigerated grocery area of the store was significantly more cool, but that did not explain, why on the opposite wing, deep in the backrooms where it seemed to have low humidity, there was moisture slicking every surface. “We need to take our break, we’ll end up getting in trouble. I don’t know about you, but I think getting in trouble for doing more work is a stupid way to end up in re education for real.” 

“Just one moment,”  Taylor stared at the air vent desperately trying to blow out cold air. “This is going to lead somewhere in the back, I know it.” Her eyes  followed along the ceiling towards the grocery wing of the backrooms. Wordlessly, she pushes ahead despite the protests of her now exasperated sidekick. Deep in the back of the store is a room labeled, “Technical Control” It is where the lighting is managed, and power generator, and probably, the temperature of Mallmart. “If I could just take a look in there, I could get a rough idea of what we’re dealing with,” She thinks aloud. “No dude, you aren’t breaking into there. That’s just… no.” 

“Where is your sense of adventure?” She chides him, her voice flat and marvelously devoid of emotion. “Wait, someone is coming-” and in that moment, they both panicked, ducking behind the black plastic waste bins at the end of the room. 

"I already paid you more than enough to cover the costs. This will end here, and you will not contact me at this establishment anymore." The man's voice was gritted and harsh. "Had I not given you the sweat of my brow? Have I not given you everything you desired? And you've gone cold to me, with all that money, all that power-"

"Final warning."  

With a huff, the man left our overseer disheveled and running his fingers through his hair. One question was buzzing through everyone's minds, 'If he had all this money and power, why stay with a place like Mallmart?'

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Stranger Things OCs

Annie Wheeler. Faceclaim is Dafne Keen.

August Mayfield. Faceclaim is Elizabeth Olsen.

Caroline Buckley. Faceclaim is Sophie Grace.

Celeste Cunningham. Faceclaim is Sydney Sweeney.

Daisy Harrington/ Number 005. Faceclaim is Daisy Edgar Jones.

Daniel Baker. Faceclaim is Tom Holland.

Dawn Newby. Faceclaim is Emma Watson.

Ellie Munson. Faceclaim is Ciara Bravo.

Harley Hopper. Faceclaim is Anya Taylor Joy.

Jacob Munson. Faceclaim is Walker Scobell.

Jessica Ruiz. Faceclaim is Selena Gomez.

Jude Lewis. Faceclaim is Jenna Ortega.

Katy Watts. Faceclaim is Julia Stiles.

Laila Vance. Faceclaim is Hailee Steinfeld.

Margot Henderson. Faceclaim is Danielle Rose Russell.

Mason Holland. Faceclaim is Andrew Garfield.

Mika Prince. Faceclaim is Fivel Stewart.

Nathaniel Byers. Faceclaim is Wyatt Oleff.

Prue Harrington. Faceclaim is Florence Pugh.

Quinn Watts. Faceclaim is McKenna Grace.

Regina Sinclair. Faceclaim is Jasmin Savoy Brown.

Seraphina Hopper. Faceclaim is Shay Rudolph.

Simon Byers. Faceclaim is Robert Sheehan.

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This segment features artists who have submitted their tracks/videos to She Makes Music. If you would like to be featured here then please send an e-mail to shemakesmusic@hotmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

Adi Shaham

Adi Shaham is a musician and producer based in Tel Aviv. Adi creates danceable electro-pop protest music. In her songs she finds sophisticated ways to mainstream subversive observations about gender and power structures. Two years after her successful debut album Army of Witches, she’s releasing her second album Last on the Shore. With a more accessible, poppier sound, and an electronic, techno touch, the album delves into our complex relationship with money in a capitalist and ultra-competitive society. The album is self-produced by Shaham and was created, recorded and mixed at Penguin Studios TLV, owned and operated by Shaham and Yuval Rozin who mixed the album and also plays on all of the tracks. Shaham wrote the album over a period of two years, during which she attempted to live as a financially independent musician, without relying on her family or partner, in an insatiable, achievement obsessed city. Alongside this, Shaham further developed as a musical producer and began producing records for other musicians such as Tal Oren and Roy Zemach. Her production style is inspired by the electro pop style of artists like St. Vincent, Robyn, Susanne Sundfur and The Knife. The final result is a sexy, pointed album, full of catchy, danceable anthems with a lot to say. Latest cut ‘Visit to the Zoo’ was written to overcome heartbreak after ghosting. “I wrote the song after a guy I was dating disappeared on me,” says Adi. “In retrospect I realized the signs were there all along: he didn't want to meet in crowded places, bragged to his friends that he was dating the "Florentin musician" as if I was an exotic bird, and each meeting was rescheduled three times before it happened. It made me realize in relationships we sometimes use each other to fill a space, rather than treat each other like a whole person.” Listen below.

Stephanie Rezendes

Stephanie Rezendes is a 15 year old artist from Boston, MA. She writes and plays piano and records everything from her childhood bedroom. ‘Stranger in the Shelter’ is the first song on her 6 song EP that comes out April 16. “This is a song I wrote about myself when i was feeling sad,” Stephanie explains. “At the time i was listening to a lot of Phoebe Bridgers, so the whole vibe that goes along with this is inspired by her. I’ve never musically written a song like this, so I’m proud of the sound it has. I think this song sort of demonstrates where i am right now, and where I was creating this project. I wanted to add to that and explain why i didn’t want my songs to sound “professionally produced” on this EP. I feel like the way I wrote these songs are the way they’re meant to be heard. Its messy and raw but that’s kind of the point. I feel like it’s more personal to me and to everyone else listening that way.” Listen below.

Stephanie Rezendes · Stranger in the Shelter

Stefanie Parnell

Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Stefanie Parnell is an insightful, refined and melodically driven Canadian singer-songwriter. Parnell sings from a place where her deep-seated anxieties lie beneath the surface as she expresses her heartfelt experiences. Her music will leave you feeling comforted by the dissonant chords and melancholic lyrics. Have you ever felt like a nomad, a wandering soul in search of something you can’t quite identify? The new song she is sharing ‘If I Leave’, explores the feeling that something is missing despite being in a good situation. The lack of security can leave you constantly searching in life. "’If I Leave’ came to me when thinking back on my first serious relationship,” explains Stefanie. “After it ended, I was not ready to deal with any unresolved feelings until I sat down to write this song. Writing ‘If I Leave’ brought me the closure I needed. Although I loved the person I was with, I knew that, for whatever reason, what we were doing was not right for me. This song encompasses the raw emotion I was feeling at the time, but I am surprised to see its meaning evolve over the years. It grew from how I felt in one particular relationship to the realization of a common theme in all my relationships. Because of this, I have grown to fall in love with it again and again. ‘If I Leave’ goes out to anyone who is looking for comfort but also for those who are looking to get lost.” Listen below.

Stefanie Parnell · If I Leave

Ciara Watt

With her melodic, acoustic folk-pop, Scottish singer-songwriter Ciara Watt has combined her love of storytelling and rhyme with her talent for writing melodies and songs. At only nineteen years old, Ciara has supported bands such as The Snuts as part of their 2019 tour and has written countless songs to soundtrack her story so far. Over the last year, while continuing to study her degree in English Literature, Ciara has been busy writing and while locked down composed her latest single ‘Alone in the Dark’ which expresses how it can feel to never fit in anywhere except in your own head. She creates a visual landscape of her escapisms from the mundane which help to distract her from the unpleasant and uncomfortable situation she describes. With catchy, quirky and clever lyrics and folk-pop melodies, Ciara transports us to our own places of comfort when we are ‘Alone in the Dark’. Listen below.

Bad Bloom

New York-based rising duo Bad Bloom continues to make strides with the release of their new EP Leave.The fuzzy, ethereal collection of songs is released after the band’s strong debut in 2019, bringing a fresh spirit to the shoegaze/post punk/indie rock genre. The overall tone of the EP reflects the idea of escapism. “It’s been difficult to break away from the monotony of life, and with this album, we explore a world where we can abandon responsibility,” shares Kate Rogers. “It’s such anemotional balance knowing that the real world is where we should stay...but we wanted our listener to get lost in their own mind and explore a sense of wonder through the music.” In the summer of 2020, the tracks were recorded both in Brooklyn, NY and remotely in Rochester, NY during the lock-down. Spending three days in-studio and completing the tune via remote sessions, producer Michael Abiuso (Behind the Curtains Media) worked with Bad Bloom to create their second EP. Dreamy and emotional, stand out track 'Paperwork' reflects a moment when passion turns to anger...and then fades into apathy. It feels like a gentle rage, a fury, that can only be expressed with layers of noise and sound to drown everything out. I think we've all been there at some point in our lives - where it is hard to express how you feel and immersing yourself in turbulence....whatever that may be....is the only way out. Listen below.

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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Covers Go For Diversity With Four Very Different Women

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Covers Go For Diversity With Four Very Different Women

This year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Covers feature the gamut in terms of diversity. Models Kim Kardashian, Ciara, Yumi Nu and Maye Musk represent women of all colors, ages and sizes. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Covers The four beautiful and talented women were photographed by Greg Swales, Ben Watts, James Macari and for the coveted Sports Illustrated swimsuit covers in…

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Today's Style: 19 June 2019

Today’s Style: 19 June 2019

Kendall Jenner

Jennifer Lopez

Ashlee Simpson

Katie Holmes

Kendall Jenner

Naomi Watts

Sofia Vergara

Heidi Klum

Jessica Alba

Ciara

Wow, Kendall certainly looks cool in an oversized neon green top!

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With upcoming roles in not just in “Cherry,” the British star is also currently filming the still-untitled “Spider-Man” sequel from director Jon Watts. Holland opens up about preparing for his role as a soldier turned drug addict and then turned bank robber, along with what we can expect from the new superhero movie next year, which he calls “the most ambitious standalone superhero movie ever made.” Finally, he touches upon getting an itch for directing and how his dream role is to play James Bond and work with Maggie Smith. Listen to the podcast below!

Why did you choose “Cherry” for your first project following the MCU films?

Tom Holland: I don’t really know why now. I would have accepted this job; whoever it was, it’s the gift that keeps on giving. And I got to work with the Russos [Anthony and Joe] again. People that I really respect and I look up to and admire their work. The subject matter is really important. I think we’re doing a service to society by shining the light on a problem that is happening on everybody’s doorstep, which is substance abuse, overmedicating people, and not treating PTSD in the correct way. And also, it was a challenge. I love a challenge. I love pushing myself. Hard work is good work. So it was a bit of a no-brainer, this film, and I can’t imagine there was any way in which I would have turned it down and walked away.

As a former child actor, was there a particular film that really inspired you to get into this business?

Holland: That’s a good question. There are definitely films that I’ve watched as a young kid where I’ve gone “Wow, I would love to be able to play a character like that.” I was 11 when I first went on stage for “Billy Elliot,” and I was too young to think about the future of my career. I never decided to become an actor. It’s just something that happened to my life. It happened to me, and I just never stopped. I was just really lucky that I was able to continue doing it for as long as I have been doing it. Working with Naomi Watts on “The Impossible” was the time where I realized that this was something that I could do for a living. The first time I was like, “Oh, wow, I could actually maybe be an actor.”

Is there a film or performance that’s your favorite of all-time?

Holland: “Primal Fear” for me is one of my all-time favorite performances from Edward Norton. I think he is just picture-perfect, and there is not anything about his performance that you could tweak to make it better. So that’s a film I’ve to continue to learn from.

What was it like working with your co-star Ciara Bravo on “Cherry?”

Holland: Let me start by saying what a pleasure it was to work with her and get to know her. She’s an amazing actress, and the film wouldn’t be half the film without the performance that she gives. I remember I wasn’t at all involved in the casting process of Emily’s character. And I remember The Russos sent me Ciara’s audition tape two or three months before we started production. And for the first time in my career, I was so intimidated. I saw her tape, and I was like, “Oh, she’s like, too good,” and I need to do more work, because she’s going to act me off the screen, and no one’s going to want to follow my character. I thought the Russos were going to be like, “fuck you, Tom Holland, we’re rewriting the film with her now.”

I was so intimidated, and we were so lucky that she was so confident. You can only imagine she’s a young actress. She’s working with the two biggest directors, arguably of all time at the moment, and, and she’s working on this really difficult film with the tricky subject matter. She was so confident, brave, talented, and unselfish in the way that she went about making the film.

How did you prepare your unnamed character in “Cherry” in terms of meeting with addicts or veterans?

Holland: We did quite a lot of research. We spent a lot of time at the VA in Cleveland, and we were interviewing veterans who were suffering from PTSD and substance abuse and trying to seek help. It was an amazing process because it really showed me that therapy works. That these men and women were healing, and they were getting better. We met people at the beginning of their treatment, and they were really closed off, and they weren’t quite comfortable enough to share the stories.

We had people in the middle of their treatment who were getting to that stage where they were willing to open up. So some of them didn’t want to open up to a 24-year-old actor making a movie. Then the people at the end of their treatment who have made peace with their decisions and their mistakes were able to own it. They would tell us the stories and almost tell them proudly. I think one of the big problems in our society is that if you say to someone, “I’m going to rehab,” immediately the reaction is like, “Oh my god, that must mean that you’re really messed up.”

But what the reaction should be is, “Congratulations…that’s amazing. I’m really proud of you that you’re seeking help and that you’ve recognized that you’re in trouble.” I’m hoping that this film can do that for some people. And that, we can maybe stop some kids from falling into this trap of addiction in the future.

After working so much with The Russo Brothers, are you getting an itch to direct in the future?

Holland: Yes, absolutely. I’ve been trying to scratch that itch for a really long time. And my younger brother Harry and I have been writing a script together. We managed to acquire the rights to a book series that we loved as kids. So we’ve been sort of chipping away at that. I now have so much more respect for writers because it’s so difficult, man. I mean, trying to put something on the page is really, really quite difficult. I’d love to direct one day. We’re not rushing anything because I think the project we’re working on is amazing and can be quite powerful. So we want to make sure we get it right. But hopefully, within the next five years, you’ll see Harry and I sitting in the director’s chairs shouting action.

Can you tell us anything about the upcoming “Spider-Man” movie that you’re filming?

Holland: Obviously, I can’t really say anything.

You can tell us what happens at the end, right?

Holland: [pauses] What’s funny is like, I nearly told you then. You were so close to getting what you want.

I can say that it’s the most ambitious standalone superhero movie ever made. You sit down, read the script, and see what they’re trying to do, and they’re succeeding. It’s really impressive. I’ve never seen a standalone superhero movie quite like it. And I’m just, you know, again, that lucky little shit who happens to be Spider-Man in it. We got a lot more shooting to do. We started before Christmas and shot for like seven weeks. We stopped for the Christmas break, and then we’re starting again. I’m just as excited as everyone else to see it, let alone be a part of it.

What’s a role from a book or a series that you would really like to play?

Holland: I’ve got two roles coming up that I’m playing in the next few years that I’m really excited about, but I can’t talk about them yet. But I mean, ultimately, as a young British lad who loves cinema, I’d love to be James Bond. So, you know, I’m just putting that out there. I look pretty good in a suit.

What actress are you dying to work but haven’t as of yet?

Holland: I really want to work with Maggie Smith. I love her. She’s so like English and just seems so sweet. I’d really love to work with Maggie Smith.

You’re eying the “Downton Abbey” universe now I see.

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My "Cherry” Review

***Disclaimer*** - Please keep in mind that these are only my own PERSONAL thoughts and feelings about this movie, so it doesn’t make it “law”.  These are just my personal opinions.  If you disagree, then that’s fine, but just know that a pro OR a con is not a reflection on how I feel about the actors as individuals in this film at all.  

***SPOILERS: If you haven’t seen the movie, then you might not want to read my review if you don’t like spoilers***

Okay....Where to begin.....

PROS:

Okay first of all, can I just say? I LOVED seeing Tom in a role that is so DIFFERENT from anything he has ever done before! 👏  I feel like this movie really showed more of his range (not that his other films haven’t, but this one showed more of his full range I felt).  

LOVED the chemistry btwn Tom and Ciara in this!  Omg they did such a good job!  Both of them killed it with their acting imo.  I had no idea Ciara had it in her either!  😂   Perfect casting of Ciara Bravo to play Tom’s wife in the movie. 

I know some people had issues with the way the movie was shot, but I actually felt the movie was shot beautifully!  Great cinematography!  I loved the usage of camera angles. 

Tom did a really good job at making me feel some type of sympathy for his character, even though he was doing some pretty horrible things after a while. I can definitely see why the Russo’s cast him.  

Can I just say?? When watching Cherry and Emily in the film, I was like: “See, THIS is how Peter Parker & MJ’s chemistry should have been built up in the Spider-Man films!”  Instead of making them both two socially awkward teenagers who can barely talk to each other w/out stuttering lol. 😅  The way they developed their relationship (very easily and quickly mind you - within the first 20 min of the film actually) was perfectly well-done imo.  Marvel/Jon Watts could take some notes lol.  

Tom killed his druggy/high scenes most of the time.  I also saw how he could play crazy really really well if he’s ever cast in a film like that one day lol.  👀  

I didn’t think I would like a film that showcases war (or drug abuse for that matter), but I actually didn’t mind as much because the war scenes weren’t throughout the movie, they were only a small part. Plus, Tom in uniform looked really nice... 😍 

CONS:

The voice-overs...  Oh gosh...the voiceovers. 🙈 I’m not someone who usually likes voiceovers in films.  I don’t mind them in the beginning of the movie, and maybe sprinkled a little throughout (like, in “TDATT”, the OG “Spider-Man” movies, or “The Notebook”, for example), but when it’s all through the film in almost every single scene, it kind of makes it hard for me to focus, and it gets annoying after a while. 🥴  I hope CW isn’t going to be the same way... I understand why they did the voiceovers (to make you understand what’s going on, since a LOT takes place in such a short period of time) 

I also didn’t really like the breaking of the 4th wall.  It wasn’t as bad as the constant voice-overs to me, but I’m not a huge fan of breaking the 4th wall.  I don’t mind it as much in comedy films, but it feels weird in a dramatic film like this one I guess.  

Soooo many F-bombs!!!  🙈   Y’all know me... I’m not a huge fan of F-bombs in films every two seconds.  🥴 

I think this was the first movie where I could sort of feel Tom acting in certain scenes (usually I NEVER feel him acting), but I guess that’s because this film was really emotionally taxing.  

I think Tom’s voice still sounds kind of young compared to the rest of his co-stars, and I think it’s something that he will probably just have to work on in his future films so that people don’t just see a “kid” onscreen when they watch his movies. It’s the same feeling I had with Zendaya in M&M...Z still has a very youthful energy about her, so putting her opposite someone who seems “grown” like JDW was a little weird...not because of the age difference, but just the “energy”.  

I was kind of mad that they took out the scene where Emily’s dad slams Cherry on the ground, and beats him up in the hospital. I remember how emotional that whole day was for Tom, so I was looking forward to seeing how it would turn out. But I guess that scene didn’t come out right onscreen?  🤷   

OVERALL TAKE:

Overall, I enjoyed this movie quite a bit!  I didn’t really have high hopes for it, especially given the horrible reviews, but overall it wasn’t bad at all.  I definitely don’t think it deserved the overly negative reviews from critics.  

I feel like this movie was probably (unfortunately) shot too weirdly for it to get any serious awards, but the acting was really GOOD imo. I think if the Russo’s had simply shot the movie like a normal/regular movie, and lessened the voice overs and not broken the 4th wall, I think it actually would have been a better film overall. I think they were trying to shoot the film in a stylized way, and while I didn't mind it (it was shot beautifully imo actually), it may have been "too much" for an award race type of film. This movie  really shows the seriousness of drug addiction. I don't think I've ever seen it quite depicted this way at all before onscreen. It was real and RAW.  Some of the things I see Cherry and Emily go through was like...WOW....  😳😱   This should be a movie they show people to convince them to NOT do drugs lol. 😂    

My gut ached seeing what Cherry went through in war. My gosh...some of those war scenes.... Omg... 😭 😭   That was gut-wrenching... It’s no wonder he had PTSD coming from the  military. It’s so crazy how his character totally changes after coming back from war.  

Again, LOVED the chemistry btwn Tom & Ciara. They nailed their roles.  I felt like their scenes together were just effortless. If any fans of Tom want to see what “boyfriend Tom” looks like, you can just watch Cherry and get a glimpse lol.  😂 A lot of Cherry and Emily’s pre-druggie scenes together are really cute, sweet, and touching. 😊   

I’m just glad that I got to see Tom in this movie, and I remember when he was filming this in Cleveland, and I’m so proud of him for taking such a huge leap and doing something different in his filmography!  😃👏 

I think if the film had been shot differently then it might have received more award/Oscar “buzz”, but overall I don’t think the movie is half as bad as some critics were making it out to be. I will definitely watch it again just to see if my view changes on the film w/a second watching.    

Lastly...WHEW!  This movie is a willllld RIDE.  They went through a LOT!  This movie is crazy y’all lol. 😅

MY SCORE: 7.5/10

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Why Tom Holland Was Terrified of Playing a Bank Robber in Cherry

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All of a sudden Tom Holland is everywhere. He’s got two movies out right now–the sci-fi thriller Chaos Walking and the drug/crime drama Cherry–and the latter is making its premiere on Apple TV+ this weekend after a limited run in theaters. He also recently wrapped production on the long-developing adaptation of the Uncharted video game franchise, and he’s currently working with director Jon Watts again on their third standalone Spider-Man adventure together, Spider-Man: No Way Home.

In Cherry, based on the best-selling semi-autobiographical novel by Nico Walker, Holland stars as the title character, a young Cleveland man who joins the Army after his girlfriend (Ciara Bravo) announces she is going away to college. He returns home from Iraq with PTSD, develops an opioid addiction, and eventually turns to bank robbery to support his habit.

The often harrowing film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, making it the first motion picture directed by the Cleveland-born brothers since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. Cherry marks Holland’s fourth collaboration with the Russos, following Endgame, Captain America: Civil War (2016), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018), but his first time working with them without a superhero costume.

Cherry is also one of two recent movies, the other being last year’s grim The Devil All The Time, in which the British actor steps away from his generally sunny, innocent demeanor to take on a darker, more tormented character. We touched on that, working with the Russos, researching the world of addiction, and more–including little nuggets on No Way Home and Uncharted–when we hopped on Zoom recently with the young Mr. Holland.

Den of Geek: What did you respond to in the character of Cherry, as well as the script? What was your emotional and visceral response to his story?

Tom Holland: I think my initial response was that I was terrified of the idea of playing this character. It’s the type of role I’ve definitely never done before, and I was a little sort of apprehensive and questioned whether I could do it. Knowing that the Russo brothers were going to be there to support me through the job is what kind of tipped me over the edge into saying yes. But my initial response was, “I don’t think I’m the right person for this job because I don’t know if I can do that.”

You probably had a level of trust established with the Russos from working on the three Marvel pictures you did together. Did that make you feel comfortable right away?

Yeah. Absolutely. Still, I had that element of awe when it came to the Russos because they were the directors of the Avengers films, and I was still very much the new kid on the block when I was making those films. It was really nice for me to get to know them both on a more personal level and, obviously, that level of trust grew as the film progressed. It grew and it grew and it grew, and it’s now to the point where Joe and Anthony could ring me up, and I would be on set for them in a heartbeat. The trust between the three of us definitely grew.

How is their style of directing different on this? Was there more of a personal rapport because of the fact that they’re not dealing with the same kind of visual effects as in the Marvel movies or servicing 50 different characters?

I felt a little spoiled to be honest, because I was getting their utmost attention. But I mean, their direction style didn’t change in the way that they spoke to people, in the way that they addressed people, in the way that they treated people on set. But the style in which they would use the camera or the way they would get you to portray or work in a certain scene is very different because, obviously, it’s a very different type of film.

But from a logistical standpoint of how they made the film, they were basically the same two guys, just having fun. It’s nice to see two people who are so in love with cinema just having a good old play and figuring it out as they go along.

Was it interesting and maybe refreshing for you to do a film where you’re not in the Spider-Man suit for so much of the movie, and you’re not acting against a green screen?

Absolutely. Working on green screen and blue screens and wearing a spandex Spider-Man suit is amazing, and it’s awesome and I love it, but there’s something freeing about everything on set is what is in the shot, what is in the story. I don’t have to imagine anything, because everything is a tangible asset and is right there in front of me. It’s a different process, and I love both equally. But it was nice to kind of have a change of pace and dive into something a little bit smaller.

How was it working with Ciara on her first feature film? Was it easy to establish the rapport with her?

We were so lucky with Ciara. I remember when I watched her audition tape, when the boys had cast her, and they sent it to me just to say, “By the way, this is the girl who’s going to play Emily,” for the first time in my career, I was so intimidated. She just has this gravitas that she brought to the character in her take that was so amazing.

I was really excited to work with her and I was really happy when I found out that her and I were very similar and had a lot in common. We became very, very good friends, which was so valuable for us, because this film was such a difficult film to make, physically and emotionally. The fact that we got along so well meant that we could help each other through the process. She was like my emotional support person, and I was hers, and it was great. We were a little team.

Do you take a role like this, or something like The Devil All the Time, knowing that these are going to not just challenge you as an actor, but show a whole different side of you to an audience that maybe only knows you as Spider-Man?

I love playing Spider-Man, and I think it comes with its own set of challenges. I think sometimes people overlook that superhero films do require performance, a character arc, building up a backstory, an objective of where you want to go. It’s just these films are very different. They’re very different in style, but they’re not very different in the way that you make them. The process of making a film is pretty similar. They just spend less money, and it’s less blue screen. But, yeah. I enjoyed the sort of creative freedom of making a film a little bit darker.

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Did you get to meet and talk with Nico Walker? I know you did meet with some people with addiction problems, as well as some veterans.

I’ve never actually met with Nico. We were supposed to meet a few weeks ago, but for some reason, our schedules kind of got a bit jumbled up, and we couldn’t get together. But I hope to meet him. He’s obviously the one person that I’m really nervous about watching the film, because we took a portion of his life, and we turned it into this piece of art, and I hope it’s something that he likes.

But we did loads of research when it came to speaking to veterans and people suffering from PTSD and substance abuse, and it was so valuable in the making of this film, because I couldn’t have made this an authentic experience for the audience without having that information from those people. I’m very grateful that the men and women I spoke to were very open to talk about the things that they’d been through, which were sometimes very harrowing.

What did you learn that maybe you hadn’t known before and were able to apply to the part?

Wow. I could go on and on. I think one of the biggest things for me that helped drive a lot of the motivation in the scene was that once you’re hooked on heroin, all you can think about is getting more heroin. It was a really good kind of catalyst to tell these stories authentically. I think that was one of the most valuable things I took away from my research.

What was the most physically challenging aspect of the shoot?

The most physically demanding portion of the film was dope life, when I was losing all the weight, and I was skinny, and I was having to starve myself. And robbing the banks was tiring, because I was so weak from being so skinny and frail, I guess. So that would easily be the more physically demanding aspect of the film.

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You also play this character as he ages over 15 years. Is it fair to say this is the first time you’ve actually played a character who’s aged over that kind of span of time?

Absolutely. On The Lost City of Z, a James Gray film I did, there was quite a large progression in age, but I was no way the lead of that film. A lot of my stuff sort of happened off camera. Obviously in Cherry, you are with this character from the beginning to the end. That meant that I had to do a lot of the growing on screen, and it was difficult. It was tricky, because trying to play older, to me, felt very fake. That’s where I was so lucky to have my amazing makeup artist, Rachael Speke. She did a wonderful job of aging me up throughout the course of the film.

It was difficult, and I just had to trust the Russos and that they knew what they wanted and they were happy with what they were getting. But it wasn’t the easiest thing in the world to do.

Is that something that you would like to apply to other characters? As you continue to play Spider-Man, would you like to see him age a little more noticeably, if it’s appropriate?

Yeah. Peter Parker is a character that everyone knows and loves. It would be really interesting to sort of find a side to him that people haven’t seen before. Whether or not we do that, I don’t know.

What can you say about Spider-Man: No Way Home in terms of how it expands the MCU and how it evolves Peter’s character?

Well, there’s not really much I can say, obviously. What I can say is that I’m having the time of my life making it. It’s so fun being back with Jacob [Batalon] and Zendaya, and [director] Jon Watts. The film is incredibly ambitious, and I’m delighted to say that we’re succeeding in making it. It’s going really well. We watched a fight scene that we had shot a few weeks ago, and I’ve never seen a fight scene quite like it in the MCU. I’m really excited for audiences to see that.

You also just recently wrapped Uncharted. What do you think people will see in that if they’re not fans of the video game?

Well, an interesting idea and one that I really think lends itself to our film, is that when you watch a video game film–if you’re a fan of the games–I often wonder, “Why would you watch the film?” Because it’s less immersive. You can go and be that character. Why would I just want to watch that character?

But what we’ve got is we’re telling the prequel story of how the character, Nathan Drake, became this worldwide known character. For the fans that love the games, they’re getting an aspect of the story that they’ve never seen before. And the people that haven’t played the games are getting a really nice introduction to a character. It kind of works for everyone.

It’s a really fun film, and the action is amazing, easily some of the coolest action I’ve done so far. I had a lovely chat with Tom Rothman, the chairman of Sony, he saw the film, and he’s over the moon with it. If the boss man is happy, then everyone is happy. We’re really good.

Cherry premieres on Apple TV+ on Friday, March 12.

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All of a sudden Tom Holland is everywhere. He’s got two movies out right now–the sci-fi thriller Chaos Walking and the drug/crime drama Cherry–and the latter is making its premiere on Apple TV+ this weekend after a limited run in theaters. He also recently wrapped production on the long-developing adaptation of the Uncharted video game franchise, and he’s currently working with director Jon Watts again on their third standalone Spider-Man adventure together, Spider-Man: No Way Home.

In Cherry, based on the best-selling semi-autobiographical novel by Nico Walker, Holland stars as the title character, a young Cleveland man who joins the Army after his girlfriend (Ciara Bravo) announces she is going away to college. He returns home from Iraq with PTSD, develops an opioid addiction, and eventually turns to bank robbery to support his habit...

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