Overview

• White says portraying Springsteen during the Nebraska era left him isolated and unwell, describing the shoot as incredibly difficult while he was away from his children.
• Springsteen endorsed White after watching The Bear, appeared at London promo events, and was regularly on set during filming.
• The film, directed and co-written by Scott Cooper and adapted from Warren Zanes’s book, focuses tightly on the period between The River and the making of Nebraska.
• To perform the music on screen, White trained for months, worked with coaches multiple times a week, and practiced on a 1955 Gibson J-200 sent by Springsteen.
• Early reviews after the London rollout are divided, with critiques of pacing alongside praise for White’s performance and the film’s focused approach.