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Jeremy Allen White<\/strong><\/a> is all in on playing Bruce Springsteen<\/strong> in an upcoming movie, Deliver Me From Nowhere<\/em>, but he\u2019s yet to meet The Boss in person \u2013 as a source exclusively lays out for Life & Style<\/em> how The Bear<\/em> heartthrob is finding the project as challenging as anything he\u2019s ever taken on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJeremy could have partied his ass off all summer and taken a victory lap for his latest season of The Bear<\/em>, but instead he has put himself through this punishing transformation into Bruce Springsteen during what was one of the darkest chapters of his career,\u201d reveals an insider close to the project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJeremy has faced his own fair share of adversity<\/a> and saw this job as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,\u201d the source says.<\/span><\/p>\n The Bear<\/em> star, 33, opened up about his preparation for the role to GQ<\/a> on August 27.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s just so much footage,\u201d the actor said. \u201cIt\u2019s 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.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s kind of been the deal, just listening to him a lot and watching him a lot. It\u2019s been really fun preparing,\u201d he stated.<\/span><\/p>\n While the Shameless<\/em> actor has yet to meet The Boss, 74, he\u2019s psyching himself up for the eventual sit down.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m trying to have a bit of my own process,\u201d Jeremy explained.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI want to have an understanding, so when I meet him, I\u2019ll have a bit of confidence<\/a> somewhere in me to stand there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The source notes that the movie, directed and written by Scott Cooper<\/strong>, who previously worked on Crazy Heart<\/em> and Hostiles<\/em>, is based on Warren Zane<\/strong>\u2019s 2023 book, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen\u2019s<\/em> Nebraska<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, the film intends to be different than most that cover the lives and careers of famous musicians, many of which have topped the box office in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is not Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em> or Rocketman<\/em>,\u201d the source says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Both movies explored the lives of their subjects, Freddy Mercury<\/strong> and Elton John<\/strong> respectively, over many decades, similar to 2005\u2019s Walk the Line<\/em> with Joaquin Phoenix<\/strong> as Johnny Cash<\/strong> and Elvis<\/em> in 2022, starring Austin Butler<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n The reason is that \u201cBruce is reserving the right for a full biopic to be made later in his life,\u201d spills the insider. Which means that the upcoming flick will only focus on a short episode of the musician\u2019s long and storied career.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c[Jeremy] genuinely gets bent out of shape when people call this movie a quote-unquote \u2018biopic.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAnd he\u2019s right to,\u201d the insider argues.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDeliver Me From Nowhere<\/em> is a short, simple story about one instance in Bruce\u2019s life where he was battling severe depression and struggling to record his seminal album Nebraska<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cJeremy and the filmmakers are trying to make an honest and unflinching portrayal<\/a> of depression, not rock superstardom, and they\u2019re sticking to that plan like they\u2019re on orders from Bruce himself!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n