Bruce Springsteen breaks silence on Jeremy Allen White playing him in upcoming biopic

Bruce Springsteen has broken his silence on Jeremy Allen White playing him in upcoming biopic, Deliver Me From Nowhere.

The Bear star, 33, will take on the role as The Boss in the film adaptation of Warren Zanes’ 2023 book of the same name, which chronicles the making of Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska.

Springsteen, 75, weighed in on 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 an awful lot to say about it, but I’m excited about it happening.

‘It’ll be an interesting story… and the script is really good. I feel good about the whole project.’

Succession star Jeremy Strong has signed on to play Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau in the film.

Bruce Springsteen has broken his silence on Jeremy Allen White playing him in 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 stardom.

Nebraska came about by chance in the bedroom of a rented New Jersey house while Springsteen and the E Street Band were making Born in the USA.

The April 1982 sessions would come to be known as the ‘Electric Nebraska Sessions,’ though they would not be used to make up the songs on Nebraska.

Both Springsteen and Landau decided that 10 of the songs could not be replicated with the band, and were more powerful in the raw, demo version, which ultimately became the 1982 album Nebraska.

While not as commercially successful as his preceding 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 #150 on Rolling Stone’s 2020 edition of its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.

The Electric Nebraska Sessions would prove to be quite important, since eight of those songs would be included on Springsteen’s blockbuster 1984 album Born in the U.S.A., including the title track, Glory Days and Working On the Highway. 

As for Landau, he started his career as a music critic, who claimed in a 1974 article that Springsteen was ‘rock and roll’s future.’

Springsteen, 75, weighed in on 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 an awful lot to say about it, but I’m excited about it happening’

Succession star Jeremy Strong has signed on to play Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau in the film 

Springsteen and Landau had originally intended to use those recordings as demos, taking them into the studio to work with the E Street Band

As for Landau, he started his career as a music critic, who claimed in a 1974 article that Springsteen was ‘rock and roll’s future’

He started working with Springsteen shortly thereafter and was credited as a 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. 

From writer/director Scott Cooper, the movie marks the first major project for producer Scott Stuber since exiting as Netflix Films chairman.