Held at the Spotify Headquarters in London, Springsteen\u2019s top Spotify fans were invited to hear\u00a0The Bear\u00a0<\/em>actor in conversation with a \u201cvery special guest\u201d, though there was little doubt over who that would be. Over Bruce-themed snacks and cocktails, fans were slowly ushered into the staged area where, eventually, the public figures would sit before us, cool, collected, happy.<\/p>\n Over the course of the 45-minute conversation, \u2018The Boss\u2019 touched on many things; after all, having one\u2019s childhood remodelled and resurrected before one\u2019s very eyes is bound to evoke much nostalgia and introspection, two things at the heart of Springsteen\u2019s penmanship.<\/p>\n The upcoming movie doesn\u2019t attempt to explore the full story of Springsteen\u2019s career over the course of two hours. Instead, it focuses on one enthralling chapter as Bruce was grappling with being heralded as the voice of his generation despite struggling with a range of personal issues.<\/p>\n At this juncture, Springsteen opted against making an expensive record in a world-class studio, and instead created the seminal\u00a0Nebraska<\/em>\u00a0by himself in his bedroom in New Jersey, which is chronicled in\u00a0Deliver Me From Nowhere<\/em>.<\/p>\n Far Out\u00a0<\/em>were in that exclusive audience in London, and below are the top five things we learnt from the source itself.<\/p>\n Springsteen is ready to throw caution to the wind. The 76-year-old rocker has a whole host of accolades under his arm: 20 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. When you\u2019re used to such prestige, what\u2019s next?<\/p>\n For Springsteen, the experience of an industry pivoting slowly away from him isn\u2019t a cause for alarm. It\u2019s an excuse for freedom. To much laughter from the doting crowd, Springsteen mused on stage, \u201cI figured, I\u2019m 76 years old, I don\u2019t really care what the fuck I do anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n Inevitably, this outlook allowed the performer to choose a different type of path, one where the road was less defined. \u201cAs you get older\u2026 You take more risks in your work and in life in general,\u201d he shared, adding, \u201cScott Cooper had a really good grasp of the kind of film I\u2019d be interested in\u2026 not a\u00a0standard musical biopic, but a character-driven drama with music.\u201d<\/p>\n White had his big break while playing a juvenile delinquent in the comedy-drama series\u00a0Shameless<\/em>. This is worlds away from capturing the likeness of The Boss, and White often mentioned feeling a little out of his depth on set. He recalled being asked to take the leading role: \u201cVery early on, Scott Cooper said, \u2018I want you to sing and play guitar.\u2019 I said, \u2018I don\u2019t do those things, are you sure?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n To ensure he had the best weapons in his artillery, White revealed that he had been \u201ccalling folks to help me \u2013 talented folks to help me with all that work,\u201d though he was careful not to name names. Still, no amount of famous friends could ease the anxiety. White had to tackle that himself. He shared, \u201cAt first, singing Bruce\u2019s songs was intimidating. But I found confidence in the booth\u2026 that was the first time I really felt close to Bruce.\u201d<\/p>\n Springsteen hasn\u2019t just recently been in the headlines for the upcoming biopic. This year, \u2018The Boss\u2019 and the President of the United States were in a ferocious feud. Their\u00a0public feuding match\u00a0kicked up a notch at the beginning of this summer during Springsteen\u2019s UK and European dates in May and June, where he branded the US administration as \u201ccorrupt, incompetent, and treasonous.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump hit back, calling the classic singer \u201cdumb as a rock\u201d and even threatening Springsteen on Truth Social: \u201cThis dried out \u2018prune\u2019 of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that\u2019s just \u2018standard fare.’\u201d<\/p>\n Though Springsteen didn\u2019t reference this explicitly, he did discuss the importance of community, connection, and world-building at his shows, which veer into the political. \u201cYou create an ideal world for three hours,\u201d he mused. \u201cNot a fantasy world\u2014but a credible one. It has all the wonderful and terrible parts of life. The show\u2019s a combination of a circus, a dance party, a political rally, a Sunday morning spiritual revival.\u201d<\/p>\n In the movie,\u00a0Succession\u00a0<\/em>actor Jeremy Strong plays\u00a0Jon Landau, a music critic who became Springsteen\u2019s manager and co-producer after a review that deemed \u2018The Boss\u2019 to be the \u201crock and roll future.\u201d A little older and wiser in a cut-throat industry, White revealed how his relationship with Strong flourished in the harder times.<\/p>\n He shared, \u201cJeremy Strong became a protector to me during filming. He saw the pressure I was putting on myself. There was something really natural and beautiful about our connection\u2014just like Bruce and Jon\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n Springsteen witnessed first-hand this symbiotic relationship and mused on the parallel to his own experience, a happy coincidence resulting from the whimsy and mysticism of the cinematic. He smiled, \u201cPeople understood we had a close relationship, but they never saw the dynamics. The film brings Jon\u2019s personality and humanity forward. When I lost my first manager, I asked John to be my manager. He said, \u2018I don\u2019t know anything about managing.\u2019 I told him, \u2018You can learn to manage. But you can\u2019t learn character.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Springsteen had a famously fraught relationship with his father. In his autobiography,\u00a0Born to Run,\u00a0<\/em>the singer revealed that his father used to call him an \u201coutcast, misfit, weirdo sissy boy. He loved me, but couldn\u2019t stand me.\u201d<\/p>\n In Springsteen\u2019s eyes, British actor Stephen Graham was exceptional at embodying the complex dynamism between love and hate, fatherly affection and angry disdain. \u201cStephen Graham really embodied the emotional complexity of my father. He was an alcoholic, bipolar, and quite mentally ill,\u201d Springsteen shared.<\/p>\n Having previously discussed how bizarre it was to see parts of his life played back, Springsteen noted the particularly spooky aspect of Graham\u2019s affect. \u201cStephen just inhabited his skin, particularly as an older man\u2014he looked exactly like my dad. You see my father\u2019s vulnerability and sweetness. Stephen did a wonderful job.\u201d<\/p>\n With grace, poise, and a generous emotional openness that fans have come to know Bruce for, he shared his genuine reaction to first seeing the movie: \u201cMy sister held my hand throughout the film and said, \u2018Isn\u2019t it wonderful that we have this?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Bruce Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere\u00a0<\/em>is set for release on October 24th.<\/p>\n Bruce Springsteen\u00a0and Jeremy Allen White are an unlikely pair. At their first appearance together on British soil, the legendary singer and Hollywood star discussed the … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Bruce](\"https:\/\/cdn1.faroutmagazine.co.uk\/uploads\/1\/2025\/10\/Bruce-Springsteen-and-Jeremy-Allen-White-discuss-Deliver-Me-From-Nowhere-in-London-The-five-biggest-revelations-Far-Out-Magazine-01-1-1024x768.jpg\")
<\/div>Why Bruce Springsteen agreed to the biopic<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>White admitted that becoming Bruce was \u201cintimidating\u201d<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>Why the world is a Springsteen concert<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>The importance of Jeremy Strong on set<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>Springsteen on Stephen Graham\u2019s \u201cwonderful\u201d performance<\/h2>\n
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