Faye in 'Deliver Me from Nowhere' isn't a real person, but a composite of Bruce Springsteen's girlfriends

• In the new Bruce Springsteen biopic "Deliver Me from Nowhere," Odessa Young plays Faye Romano. • Faye is a fictional character based on various women Springsteen dated in his 20s and 30s. • "I'd routinely and roughly failed perfectly fine women over and over again," Springsteen wrote in his memoir.

Bruce Springsteen's early-career stresses and anxieties are laid bare in the new biopic, "Deliver Me from Nowhere," often manifesting onscreen in his fickle treatment of his girlfriend Faye Romano.

Australian actor Odessa Young stars opposite Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen's love interest Faye, a young single mom from Springsteen's hometown and fan of the budding rock star. In the film, Faye's brother, an old classmate of Springsteen's, introduces them after a show at The Stone Pony,