Why Pills & Coke From Cherry Looks So Familiar Why Pills & Coke From Cherry Looks So Familiar Amy Sussman/Getty Images By Benny Regalbuto/Feb. 22, 2021 4:33 pm EDT War can do terrible things to people — things worse than death. That's what Anthony and Joe Russo's new film, Cherry, is all about: the before, during, and after a soldier's experiences. Leading man Tom Holland considers it his hardest role yet (as of February 2021), and it's hard to blame him; saying his character goes through the wringer doesn't quite cut it. Incredibly enough, the film is based off a book of the same name by Iraq veteran Nico Walker, who himself experienced and did much of what his protagonist experiences and does: the PTSD, the drug addiction, the bank robbing. He wrote the novel on a typewriter while behind bars over a period of several years.