As an author, and the inspiration for his own work, there’s a bit of a blurry line that’s implied between where Nico ends and Cherry begins.
The road to turning Nico Walker’s semi-autobiographical novel Cherry into a film had some interesting hurdles that the author would need to clear in order to make the deal happen.
Which is why, when Goldberg got into contact with Walker, she received one important instruction for adapting Cherry: it had to be seen as a work of pure fiction.
But in the end, a $1 million option was awarded to directors Joe and Anthony Russo, who would then turn to co-writer Jessica Goldberg to adapt the novel into the Tom Holland-starring drama that opens in theaters today.