Netflix’s trailer for the romantic drama Purple Hearts seems to give away a lot of the story. The two-minute trailer introduces Sofia Carson (Descendants) as a singer/songwriter whose medical issues keep her from doing what she loves. Enter Nicholas Galitzine as a soldier who offers to marry her just so she can get insurance for the medication she needs. And you know where the story goes from there, right?
Sofia Carson described her character to People, saying, “Cassie and I are very different in a lot of ways, but in others, beautifully similar: Her tenacity. Her love of music. Her fearlessness,” Carson says. “Cassie is a force. And it was my honor to be her, and step into her skin, for a moment in time. I admire her deeply.”
The cast also includes Chosen Jacobs, Kat Cunning, Linden Ashby, Anthony Ippolito, John Harlan Kim, Sarah Rich, and Scott Deckert. Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum directed from a screenplay by Kyle Jarrow and Liz W. Garcia.
Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton produced, with Paul O. Davis, Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, Amy Baer, Sofia Carson, Laura Char Carson, Hugo Grumbar, and Tim Haslam executive producing.
Netflix will release Purple Hearts on July 29, 2022. The soundtrack will also drop on July 29th and will include Sofia Carson’s original song “Come Back Home” featured in the trailer.
The Plot: In spite of their many differences, Cassie (@sofiacarson), a struggling singer-songwriter, and Luke (@nicholasgalitzine), a troubled marine, agree to marry solely for military benefits. But when tragedy strikes, the line between real and pretend begins to blur.
