Jeremy Allen White is opening up about the first time he met Bruce Springsteen.
The 34-year-old portrays the legendary musician in the upcoming biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.
In a new interview, Jeremy dished on meeting Bruce for the first time ahead of a concert in Paris, months before he started filming the movie.
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“I had to be in Paris for something the summer before we started shooting, and he was playing at Wembley, so I got invited to soundcheck,” Jeremy shared with Austin Butler for Interview magazine. “There’s maybe a dozen people hanging around, but I’m able to have this very isolated moment where I’m watching them do soundcheck, and Bruce sees me. He’s up onstage and I’m down below and we shake hands. And so our first meeting was onstage at Wembley, talking for about 20 minutes.”
“I’m talking about the girls, and he’s talking about his grandkids, and then we go backstage and talk a bit more about the movie, and I spend time with him until about 10 minutes before he goes on,” he continued. “today the stadium’s filled and I’m just offstage with a lot of his family and friends. I can see 90,000 people and I’m with some friends—Ayo [Edebiri] and Molly [Gordon] were there—and I’m sitting with them, and Bruce is looking over and his wife Patti’s nearby, too. I’m like, ‘Who’s he looking for? Maybe he’s looking for Patti?’ And then he locks eyes with me and he plays to me for 30 seconds.”
Jeremy added that “there was a transference of energy going on where he was like, ‘This is just a taste of what it feels like to perform onstage for 90,000 people, and for all of them to know every word.’”
“He found me that time and two other times throughout the night to try and give me a taste of what it’s like to be up there and why these guys can’t quit it,” he said. “And of course they can’t. I’m sure there’s nothing better than being able to perform for people like that.”
Jeremy and Bruce were last seen together last week at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of the upcoming movie.
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere hits theaters THIS Friday (October 24). series the trailer here!
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