Jeremy Allen White has already picked up two Emmys for playing a chef. Now, the buzzy actor is eyeing his first Oscar nod as he morphs into Bruce Springsteen.
On Monday (Oct. 28), Disney’s 20th Century Studios shared the first look at The Bear actor as The Boss in Deliver Me From Nowhere, a new biopic of the music icon due in 2025.
Wearing a very Springsteen-esque combo of a black leather jacket and a slightly unbuttoned red flannel shirt, White gazes pensively into the distance with his darkened curls perfectly capturing a younger version of the “Born in the U.S.A.” singer.
Directed and written by Scott Cooper, Deliver Me From Nowhere is an adaptation of Warren Zanes’ book of the same name, which chronicles the creation of Nebraska, Springsteen’s 1982 Nebraska LP. Before the rocker became a bonafide American iconoclast with 1984’s towering, Billboard 200-topping Born in the U.S.A., he released Nebraska — a haunting, yearning collection of largely acoustic demos recorded without The E Street Band that peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. The LP featured the singles “Atlantic City” (No. 10) and “Open All Night” (No. 22), both of which reached Mainstream Rock Airplay.
In addition to White, the Deliver Me From Nowhere cast is also set to include Emmy winner Paul Walter Hausser and Australian actress Odessa Young. Variety previously reported that Emmy winner Jeremy Strong is eyeing a role in the biopic. Deliver Me From Nowhere — which he will produce alongside Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson — will serve as former Netflix Films chariman Scott Stuber’s first major post-Netflix film. Deadline has confirmed that Springsteen and his manager Jon Landau are actively involved with the project.
Bruce Spirngsteen has earned 12 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including 1980’s “Hungry Heart” (No. 5), 1985’s “Glory Days” (No. 5) and 1994’s “Streets of Philadelphia” (No. 9), which won the Oscar for best original song that year. On the Billboard 200, the boss has racked up 11 No. 1 albums, including 1987’s Tunnel of Love (one week), 2002’s The Rising (two weeks) and 2014’s High Hopes (one week).
See Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen below:
