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Springsteen Biopic Borrows the Boss’s Wardrobe for Period Authenticity

Springsteen consulted on the look, lending favorite pieces to heighten period realism.

Overview

  • CNN reports that costume director Kasia Walicka Maimone sourced items from Springsteen’s closet, including a Triumph T‑shirt and an early‑1980s blue‑and‑white plaid shirt.
  • The film focuses on Springsteen’s 1981–82 retreat in Colts Neck, New Jersey, when he self‑recorded the ten songs that became Nebraska.
  • Springsteen participated in discussions about his everyday clothing and offered guidance that informed intimate, offstage moments depicted in the film.
  • Bruce Springsteen publicly praised Jeremy Allen White’s portrayal as inhabiting his inner life, with Scott Cooper directing and Jeremy Strong portraying manager Jon Landau.
  • A Louder review highlights the film’s emphasis on creative isolation, mental‑health struggles, and a fraught father‑son dynamic, and notes the movie is in cinemas now.