Bruce Springsteen breaks silence on Jeremy Allen White playing him in upcoming biopic
Bruce Springsteen has broken his silence about Jeremy Allen White playing him in the upcoming biopic, Deliver Me From Nowhere.
The 33-year-old Bear star will take on the role of The Boss in the 2023 film adaptation of Warren Zanes’ book of the same name, which chronicles the genesis of Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska.
Springsteen, 75, spoke eloquently about the project Rolling stone in a joint interview with Zach Bryan: “I’ve seen the scripts and I’ve talked to the director. They’re putting everything together, so I don’t have much to say about it, but I’m excited about it happening.
‘It’s going to be an interesting story… and the script is really good. I have a good feeling about the whole project.’
Successor Jeremy Strong has signed on to play Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau in the film.
Bruce Springsteen has broken his silence about Jeremy Allen White playing him in the upcoming biopic, Deliver Me From Nowhere
Springsteen’s sixth studio album is considered by many to be his rawest and most personal, dealing with his depression and rise to global fame.
Nebraska was created by chance in the bedroom of a rented house in New Jersey, while Springsteen and the E Street Band were making Born in the USA.
The April 1982 sessions would become known as the ‘Electric Nebraska Sessions’, although they would not be used to come up with the songs on Nebraska.
Both Springsteen and Landau decided that ten of the songs could not be replicated with the band and were more powerful in the raw demo version, which eventually became the 1982 album Nebraska.
Although not as commercially successful as his previous hits Born to Run and his double album The River, Nebraska is still considered one of Springsteen’s most important albums in his iconic library.
The album was ranked number 150 in Rolling Stone’s 2020 edition of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
The Electric Nebraska Sessions would prove to be quite important, as eight of those songs would be included on Springsteen’s 1984 blockbuster album Born in the USA, including the title track Glory Days and Working On the Highway.
As for Landau, he began his career as a music critic, who claimed in a 1974 article that Springsteen was “the future of rock and roll.”
Springsteen, 75, spoke about the project, telling Rolling Stone in a joint interview with Zach Bryan, “I’ve seen the scripts and I’ve talked to the director. They’re just putting it all together, so I don’t have a lot to say about it, but I’m excited about it happening.”
Successor Jeremy Strong has signed on to play Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau in the film
Springsteen and Landau originally planned to use those recordings as demos and take them into the studio to work with the E Street Band.
As for Landau, he began his career as a music critic, who claimed in a 1974 article that Springsteen was “the future of rock and roll.”
He began working with Springsteen soon after and was credited as producer on many of his studio albums, starting with 1975’s Born to Run.
Deliver Me From Nowhere will start production this fall, with Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) directing from his own adapted screenplay.
Writer/director Scott Cooper’s film is the first major project for producer Scott Stuber since leaving as chairman of Netflix Films.