Overview

• At the New York Film Festival, Cooper described the biopic as exploring the musician’s “most painful” and most vulnerable chapter and said it will shed light on his mental illness.
• The narrative focuses on the making of the stark 1982 Nebraska album, which Springsteen recorded on a four-track in his New Jersey bedroom.
• Cooper says showing Springsteen entering therapy could help destigmatize seeking care, while he maintains the film is not a message movie.
• Jeremy Allen White stars as Springsteen, with Jeremy Strong portraying manager Jon Landau and Paul Walter Hauser in a supporting role.
• Gaby Hoffmann, who plays Springsteen’s mother, says the artist visited the set, offered his blessing, and stayed “hands off” as the film heads to theaters on Oct. 24.