Jeremy Allen White Says Bruce Springsteen 'Has Been Really Lovely and Supportive' as He Preps to Play Him in Biopic

Mar. 15, 2025

(L) Jeremy Allen White and Bruce Springsteen.Photo:Kay Blake/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty

Kay Blake/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock; ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty

Jeremy Allen Whitehas more than justBruce Springsteen’s blessing!

On Sunday, Sept. 15,The Bearstar, 33, gave new details about the upcoming biopic based on Springsteen’s life in the 2024 Emmys press room.

“I’m pretty excited to start this thing,” White gushed followinghis big outstanding lead actor in a comedy series winfor his role on FX’sThe Bear. “We’re going to start it pretty soon. You know, I don’t want to talk about it too much. It feels like wrong before kind of getting there and starting the thing.”

(L) Jeremy Allen White and Bruce Springsteen.Getty Images

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Though the actor stayed mum on any additional information, he shared that he had a “really beautiful team of people helping me” in addition to Springsteen’s guidance.

“Bruce has been really lovely and supportive and available, which has made this whole process I think such an extra joy that we have his support and Jon Landau – his manager’s — support, who has a large role in the film, as well,” he added. “So I feel really lucky, and yeah, we’re getting there.”

In March,Varietyconfirmed that White was in talks to portray the rock legend in a biopic titled,Deliver Me from Nowhere.The film, based on author Warren Zanes' 2023non-fiction book of the same name, will follow the rock icon during the creation of his 1982 albumNebraska.

Bruce Springsteen.Paul Bergen/Redferns

Paul Bergen/Redferns

Nebraskamarked Springsteen’s sixth studio album after he broke out in the music industry in the 1970s. The musician famously recorded the 10-song album on his own while he and the E Street Band were in the process of making other music, including their well-known 1984 albumBorn in the U.S.A.

“Nebraskaexpressed a turmoil that was reflective of the mood of the country, but it was also a symptom of trouble in the artist’s life, the beginnings of a mental breakdown that Springsteen would only talk about openly decades after the album’s release,” reads an official description of Zanes' book about the album’s making on Penguin Random House’s website.

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