Jeremy Allen White, star of “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” has been to the Promised Land, known as Asbury Park to locals, and he is moved.
“It felt very sacred,” said White, a Brooklyn native, during a press junket Sept. 30 at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. “These spaces, the space we’re in now, I know the history of these rooms. I know the history of this town, and to have Bruce here and witness it, there’s already a great deal of responsibility of telling any story but telling his story — I’m not just portraying a living person but I’m portraying moments that happened, rooms that existed and air that was breathed by Bruce.”
There were 31 days of filming in New Jersey late last year and into January. Locations included the Pony, the Carousel building, Frank’s Deli and Restaurant, and the boardwalk in Asbury Park, as well as downtown Freehold. The Boss was on set for most of the filming.
Jeremy Allen White (left) and Bruce Springsteen attend the Sept. 28 Spotlight Gala screening of “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” during the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center.
Springsteen, 76, is a Freehold native who became closely associated with Asbury Park early in his career. He didn’t get his start at the Stone Pony, but he’s played there so many times that he’s become synonymous with the club, which opened in February 1974.
“Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” is about the making of “Nebraska,” the Boss’ 1982 lo-fi classic album. Scott Cooper is the director and writer, and Jeremy Strong plays Springsteen manager Jon Landau. Disney’s 20th Century Studios is releasing it into movie theaters on Friday, Oct. 24.
The movie also explores Springsteen’s relationship with his father, the late Douglas Springsteen of Freehold, and how it factored into the composition of “Nebraska.” Douglas is played by British actor Stephen Graham.
“These moments are real, and there was something kind of fragile and very delicate for me performing these moments,” said White, 34-year old star of TV’s “The Bear.” “I think I can speak for Bruce a little bit — there was a lot of fragility with him as well as me. There was a lot of softness in trying to recapture these moments.”
White, Strong and Cooper returned to the Pony on Tuesday, and White and Cooper were there on Wednesday, Oct. 1, part of the movie’s press event in Asbury Park.
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at [email protected]
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