Jeremy Allen White stars as Bruce Springsteen in Nebraska biopic

Actor Jeremy Allen White stars as Bruce Springsteen in Springsteen Deliver Me From Nowhere, a biopic about the making of Springsteen's 1982 album Nebraska that opens in U.S. theaters on October 24. The film follows the musician in the period after his 1980 album The River as he retreats to write and record the stark, intimate songs that would become Nebraska. White performs most of the songs on the movie soundtrack, which is due December 5, with five tracks to be released on the film's opening day.

White said Springsteen gave him practical advice for the role: "Just try to bring myself to it as much as possible. Do enough to tell his story, but try to bring all of those very honest parts of yourself that suit the story." The actor, best known for his Emmy and Golden Globe winning work on the drama The Bear, trained extensively to sing and play in Springsteen's style, saying he practiced six times a week for six months and learned guitar for the first time in his life. He described the preparation and filming as physically and emotionally demanding, saying in an interview that he felt like "pain for hire" and that isolation from his children during the shoot left him unwell.