Jeremy Strong Considered Role in New Bruce Springsteen Biopic “One of the Greatest Working Experiences”

With a career dating back to the 1960s, Bruce Springsteen released over twenty studio albums throughout his time in the spotlight. Gaining the name “The Boss”, the singer sold over 140 million albums and landed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in late 1990s. He also holds numerous awards including a Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Kennedy Center Honors. While creating a mesmerizing career on and off the stage, actor Jeremy Strong recently considered working on the Springsteen biopic one of the “greatest working experiences.” 

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While appearing in films like Zero Dark Thirty, Molly’s Game, and The Big Short, Strong gained a great deal of fame for his portrayal of Kendall Roy in Succession. He also landed on the silver screen when he portrayed New York lawyer Roy Cohn in the film The Apprentice. The film followed the early years of Donald Trump and how he learned a great deal about business from the lawyer. While portraying Cohn, Sebastian Stan played Donald Trump. 

For the Springsteen biopic, the role of the singer went to Jeremy Allen White. The film surrounded Springsteen falling on difficult times when trying to record his 1982 album Nebraska. Thankfully, Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau helped shape the star’s future in the music industry. 

Having landed the role of Landau, Strong explained to Deadline, “It’s honestly been one of the greatest working experiences I’ve ever had. He has a lot to do with who Bruce is, his spirit and the kind of concentric, uplifting circles that emanate from the core of his being. I like to do a deep dive playing these characters, and I’ve had a lot of access in this case to them.”

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Cast Received Help From Bruce Springsteen And Jon Landau

With Springsteen and Landau working closely with the actors, Strong added, “The more I’ve learned about them and witnessed them together, it really is a love story in a sense between these two men. Jon has been so instrumental in helping to guide Bruce, coming into his life at a moment where Bruce was really at a crossroads.”

As for what the film, titled Deliver Me From Nowhere, is about, Strong teased, “It’s really a story about artistic authenticity in an increasingly synthetic world.” Still in production, Deliver Me From Nowhere is expected to release during 2025.

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