"Sam Riley was at home in Berlin pondering his next move when a script came through his door. It was intended for the eyes of Robert Pattinson and Michael Fassbender, but as luck would have it the director, Jan-Ole Gerster, shared the same agent as Riley, who decided on the spot he would steal it from under their noses. (It helps that he comes cheaper than the other two actors, he notes dryly.)"
"A shrewd existential drama cosplaying as a noir, Islands tells the story of a burnt-out tennis coach, Tom, working at a hotel in Fuerteventura. Tom had been set to turn pro before his career was cut short by injury; now, he drifts through sessions with the hotel's guests in between drunken encounters at the local nightclub, which always seems to be playing the same song."
Sam Riley plays Tom, a burnt-out tennis coach working at a hotel in Fuerteventura who was set to turn pro before injury ended his career. He drifts through lessons and drunken nights at a nightclub that always plays the same song. A mysterious young mother, Anne (Stacy Martin), arrives seeking sessions for her son and awakens something that disrupts Tom's routine. Riley can relate to playing a washed-up 40-something who never reached his potential and understands cycles of denial and self-destruction. Riley previously broke out in Control and relocated to Berlin after filming.
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