Jeremy Allen White Fell Down a "Rabbit Hole" Preparing for Bruce Springsteen Biopic | THR News Video
Jeremy Allen White is revealing exactly just how he's preparing to play Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming biopic about the rockstar. White will play Springsteen in 20th Century and Disney's 'Deliver Me From Nowhere.' News of the movie's production picked up earlier this spring, and the star of 'The Bear' is now deep in preparation for the legendary role.
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00:00Jeremy Allen White is revealing exactly how he's preparing to play Bruce Springsteen in
00:04the upcoming biopic about the rock star. White will play Springsteen in 20th century and Disney's
00:10Deliver Me From Nowhere. News of the movie's production picked up earlier this spring
00:14and the Star of the Bear is now deep in preparation for the legendary role.
00:18White told GQ,
00:19I've got a really talented group of people helping me train vocally,
00:22musically to get ready for this thing."
00:24And according to White, the prep also includes a lot of YouTube videos.
00:28There's just so much footage. It's really great to go down a YouTube rabbit hole and find him
00:32at all these different periods in his life and be able to listen to his speaking voice
00:36as well as his singing voice. That's kind of been the deal,
00:39just listening to him a lot and watching him a lot. It's been really fun preparing."
00:42The actor also added of his training,
00:44I'm really lucky that there's sort of a team of folks now in place
00:47to help young actors portray rock stars.
00:50In recent years, Austin Butler portrayed Elvis in Elvis.
00:53Rami Malek played Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody.
00:55Naomi Ackie played Whitney Houston in Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebody.
01:00And Kingsley Benedeer played Bob Marley in Bob Marley, One Love.
01:03Still upcoming, Timothee Chalamet will play Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
01:07And Jafar Jackson will portray his uncle Michael Jackson in Michael.
01:11Deliver Me From Nowhere explores the making of Springsteen's 1982 album Nebraska.
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