Bruce Springsteen Retiring? That’s A Hard ‘No’
Bruce Springsteen colorfully addressed the possibility of him and the E Street Band retiring in the near future. To the shock of no one, The Boss was having none of that talk.
Springsteen said during his show with the E Street Band on Friday at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, “We’ve been around 50 f-ckin’ years, and we ain’t quitting! We ain’t doing no farewell tour bullsh-t! Jesus Christ! No farewell tour for the E Street Band. Hell no. Farewell to what? Thousands of people screaming your name? Yeah, I’m gonna quit that! That’s all it takes. I ain’t going anywhere.” (You can check out the NSFW banter here.)
The Upcoming Bruce Springsteen Movie
In other Boss News: Jeremy Allen White will play Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. Apparently, the Emmy Award-winning actor will also sing in the film.
As previously reported, the Emmy Award-winning star of The Bear was asked by Variety in June whether he wanted to sing in the biopic. He responded, “We’re gonna try. We’re gonna try our best.”
The actor was also asked if he met or spoken with Springsteen in the lead-up to filming. So far, the actor and music icon haven’t met face-to-face, but they have “communicated a little bit through some other people.” However, White gave the impression that once scheduling logistics are worked out, he will have the opportunity to meet The Boss.
White was first confirmed to be portraying Springsteen in Deliver Me From Nowhere in April. As previously reported, the film is about the making of Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska. This film will be an adaptation of the 2023 book Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska by Warren Zanes.
More cast members for Deliver Me From Nowhere have been confirmed. On June 10, Deadline reported that Emmy Award-winning actor Paul Walter Hauser had been cast as Mike Batlan, who is Springsteen’s longtime guitar tech. On June 20, Deadline also reported that Odessa Young has also been cast in the film, with the outlet’s sources saying Young will play Springsteen’s love interest in the film.
The current production schedule for Deliver Me From Nowhere hasn’t been reported on, so it sounds like the film is still in its early stages. Regardless, having a Springsteen biopic about a specific time during his career, as opposed to a general rundown of his entire life and career, will set the film apart from other music biopics released in the past decade.
