Hollywood is addicted to biopics right now, and honestly, we’re not mad about it. After Elvis, Bohemian Rhapsody, and the Bob Dylan flick, the latest icon to get the cinematic treatment is none other than Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen. The movie, Deliver Me From Nowhere, drops October 24 and follows the making of Springsteen’s haunting sixth album, Nebraska.
Front and center is Jeremy Allen White, the guy you probably recognize as the stressed-out chef from The Bear. But for those of us with better taste in TV, he’ll always be the lovable disaster Lip Gallagher from Shameless. Now he’s traded beer-soaked Chicago kitchens for flannel, Fender guitars, and the raspy gravitas of Bruce.
When Variety asked if Jeremy had tapped into the Hollywood biopic support group (you know — Rami “Freddie” Malek, Austin “Elvis” Butler, or Timothée “Dylan” Chalamet), he basically shrugged and said: Why would I call them when I’ve got Bruce on speed dial? That’s like skipping guitar lessons because Jimi Hendrix just invited you to jam. Respect.
Jeremy didn’t need method-acting war stories. He studied The Boss’s mannerisms firsthand. What stuck with him wasn’t the fame, the Grammys, or the fact that Springsteen has sold out stadiums longer than some of us have been alive — it was Bruce’s humility. Grounded, kind, honest. Imagine climbing music’s highest mountain and still managing to act like the neighbor who shovels your driveway.
Critics at early screenings are already buzzing, and White himself admitted that when he finally did talk shop with Butler (post-filming), it was like comparing notes with another survivor of music’s Mount Everest.
So yeah, add this one to the must-watch pile. Because if Jeremy Allen White nails Bruce — and the early word says he does — then Deliver Me From Nowhere could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best music biopics ever made.
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