If you ever had the desire to portray a rock star, there are people who can teach you how. Just ask The Bear actor Jeremy Allen White, who is being taught how to be Bruce Springsteen for the film Deliver Me From Nowhere, based on the Warren Zanes book of the same name.
White tells GQ, “I’m really lucky that there’s sort of a team of folks now in place to help young actors portray rock stars. I’ve got a really talented group of people helping me train vocally, musically, to get ready for this thing.”
He adds that Springsteen has also been helpful.
“I’ve had some access to him and he’s just the greatest guy.”
And of course there's YouTube. White says, “It’s really great to go down a YouTube rabbit hole and find him at all these different periods in his life and be able to listen to his speaking voice as well as his singing voice. That’s kind of been the deal, just listening to him a lot and watching him a lot. It’s been really fun preparing.”
No word on when production will get underway.
SPEAKING OF BRUCE......
"Nebraska: A Celebration in Words and Music" will air on PBS this Saturday night.