How Jeremy Allen White Transformed Into Bruce Springsteen Onscreen

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In Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere , Jeremy Allen White swapped the chaos of Carmy Berzatto’s kitchen for The Boss’s quiet focus while writing his album Nebraska . Shot in the tight window between The Bear ’s third and fourth seasons , the biopic also challenged the hair, makeup, and costume teams to transform the Emmy-winning actor—and Oscar-contender—into Bruce Springsteen, circa 1981.

“We couldn't change him drastically because of the TV show,” says hair department head Jameson Eaton, who collaborated closely with makeup department head Jackie Risotto.

But from the moment he opens the movie with an electrifying rendition of the 1975 power anthem “Born to Run,” White completely embodies Springsteen with his signature gravelly voice;