While writer-director Scott Cooper was working on early screenplay drafts for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the real-life subject of the film made it clear how he wanted him to approach the project. “Bruce gave me a piece of advice that I felt was really critical,” Cooper says on the …
Read More »Stephen Graham on Playing Bruce Springsteen's Dad — and a Possible 'Adolescence' Sequel
For Stephen Graham, it’s been a big year for dad roles, starting with his part as the distraught parent of a tragically warped son in Netflix’s Adolescence —the culture-shaking show he also co-created. He gives an equally strong performance as a very different father, the troubled Douglas Springsteen, in the …
Read More »'Deliver Me From Nowhere': Fact-Checking the Bruce Springsteen Biopic
Most music biopics take place in a world of alternative facts where Queen broke up before Live Aid, Elton John named himself after John Lennon, Mötley Crüe‘s Vince Neil sang Billy Squier’s “My Kinda Lover” before it was released, Amy Winehouse didn’t thank “Blake Incarcerated” at the Grammys, and Bob …
Read More »Jeremy Allen White Covers Springsteen Classics on 'Deliver Me From Nowhere' Soundtrack
Jeremy Allen White’s renditions of nine Bruce Springsteen classics will appear on the official soundtrack for the upcoming biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, which will be released in full on Dec. 5 via Columbia Records. The track list mostly comprises songs from Springsteen’s classic 1982 album, Nebraska, as the …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen to Release 'Electric Nebraska' — and More — in Surprise Box Set
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Bruce Springsteen originally intended the home-recorded, solo-acoustic performances that became Nebraska to be demos for the E Street Band, and at New York City’s Power Station studio in …
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