Jeremy Allen White could barely stand it.
White, star of the hit FX series “The Bear,” braced himself for the day the “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” trailer came out.
“Getting that out, it was so much pressure,” said White to Jimmy Fallon on the June 26 “Tonight Show.” “You’re playing a real person — never mind Bruce Springsteen — and I was really touched (when) the trailer came out. I had more texts than when I blacked out and won that Golden Globe (for ‘The Bear’).”
White won Best Actor in a comedy series in 2023, and part of his acceptance speech was bleeped out due to profanity. White won a Golden Globe for the third time for “The Bear” in January but did not attend the awards ceremony as he was filming “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” in New Jersey.
Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto in Season 4 of “The Bear” on FX.
The trailer for “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” which features White as Springsteen singing “Born to Run” on a concert stage, was released on June 18.
“I didn’t realize trailers were that big of a thing but, yeah, I’m breathing easy,” White said. “People are really nice about the trailer and I’m excited.”
“Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” from Disney’s 20th Century Studios, is written and directed by Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart,” “Hostiles”). The film also features Jeremy Strong (“Succession”) as Springsteen manager Jon Landau; Paul Walter Hauser as guitar tech Mike Batlan; Stephen Graham as Springsteen’s father, Douglas; and Odessa Young as love interest, Faye.
The film, based on the book “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska” by musician Warren Zanes, is scheduled to be released in theaters Friday, Oct. 24.
Location filming began in New Jersey Oct. 28, 2024, at the Montclair Library’s Bellevue Avenue branch. Shoots took place in Asbury Park (including the Stone Pony and Frank’s Deli), Freehold, Rahway, Bayonne, Denville, Rockaway and the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford for the “Born to Run” concert scene.
White does his own singing in the film. The Boss was often on the set of filming in New Jersey.
The fourth seasons of “The Bear,” which airs of Hulu, was released June 25.
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at cjordan@app.com
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Why Jeremy Allen White felt pressure, Springsteen movie trailer
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