‘When did I get that good-looking?’: Bruce Springsteen on seeing Jeremy Allen White play him on screen

<p>At a Q&amp;A in London, the Boss reflected on watching his story being brought to life in Deliver Me From Nowhere, while the star of The Bear discussed his anxiety at playing a legend</p><p>Billed as a conversation with Jeremy Allen White, and promising “a special guest”, there was very little surprise when Bruce Springsteen arrived on the small stage at Spotify’s London offices on Tuesday evening. The actor and the rock star walked on separately, but to the same clip of entrance music: the opening lines of Atlantic City, from Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska.</p><p>It is, after all, the making of this record that provides the focus for Scott Cooper’s new film <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/29/springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere-review-biopic-jeremy-allen-white">Deliver Me From Nowhere</a>, that sees White cast as Springsteen at a critical moment in the singer’s life and career. Much of the evening’s conversation, steered by Edith Bowman, focused on the intricate process of becoming Bruce, and the unavoidable peculiarity of art meeting life.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/15/when-did-i-get-that-good-looking-bruce-springsteen-on-seeing-jeremy-allen-white-play-him-on-screen">Continue reading...</a>