Inside Bruce Springsteen’s Relationship With His Father

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In recent years, Bruce Springsteen has made peace with his often tumultuous relationship with his father, Douglas “Dutch” Springsteen. Whether at his concerts, throughout his Broadway residency, or in his memoir, Born to Run , he sums up the fraught familial dynamic with a succinct and distinctly Springsteen line:

“My father was my hero and my greatest foe.”

In the new biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere , the tension between father and son is central to the story. The Bear’ s Jeremy Allen White takes on the role of adult Bruce Springsteen, while recent Emmy winner Stephen Graham steps into the role of his father, Dutch.

20th Century Studios Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.

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