Bruce Springsteen and Director Scott Cooper Explain Why Jeremy Allen White Was the Only Option for Biopic

Cutting ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ Meant Conducting Jeremy Allen White’s Acting and Bruce Springsteen’s History Like a Live Duet

Editor Pamela Martin joins IndieWire's crafts round table to discuss Scott Cooper's rock film about Bruce Springsteen, starring Jeremy Allen White.

Bruce Springsteen and Director Scott Cooper Explain Why Jeremy Allen White Was the Only Option for Biopic

When it came time to cast someone to play Bruce Springsteen in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” there was no option other than Jeremy Allen White — and that’s coming from The Boss, himself. “I’d been watching ‘The Bear’ and there was some sort of physical resemblance, some sort of the way he carried himself,” the legendary musician shared in a 20th Century Studios featurette. “And then there was the way the camera read his internal life. …