Oprah with Jeremy Allen White & Scott Cooper on Creating Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
12/23/202536 min
Oprah sits down with actor Jeremy Allen White and writer-director Scott Cooper for a fascinating conversation about their stirring new film, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere. The film is a revelatory look at Bruce Springsteen during a personal and professional crossroads; the film explores the mental health struggles and creative reckoning behind the making of his deeply personal album Nebraska. Oprah calls White’s Golden Globe–nominated performance “mesmerizing” and praises Cooper for “elevating quiet struggle into cinematic poetry,” describing the film as “a gift” and a meditation on “what it means to be human.” The film also stars Jeremy Strong, Odessa Young, Stephen Graham, Johnny Cannizzaro, Gaby Hoffman, Paul Walter Hauser and Grace Gummer. SEE THE FILM! Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, starring Golden Globe nominee Jeremy Allen White, written and directed by Scott Cooper, and distributed by 20th Century Studios is now available on Demand. https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere/umc.cmc.44ij3fzlajh43wxngtyxd6ioi 00:00:00 - Oprah introduces the movie Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere 00:03:22 - Oprah, Jeremy Allen White and Scott Cooper at Santa Barbara Film Festival 00:05:00 - Jeremy on getting cast as Bruce Springsteen 00:06:30 - Scott on telling Springsteen’s story 00:08:35 - Scott on asking Bruce to make this film 00:12:00 - How Jeremy prepared to become Bruce Springsteen 00:14:50 - Jeremy on learning guitar 00:18:20 - Scott on using black and white photography for flashbacks 00:25:27 - How playing Springsteen changed Jeremy 00:28:10 - Scott on how making the movie changed him 00:29:10 - Springsteen and mental illness Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsScott Cooper· Guest0:00
So many people would come to me and say, "Scott, um, my father never told me he loved me. My father never told me he was proud of me. Um, I too suffer mental illness, and, and thank you for showing me that if someone like Bruce Springsteen can struggle that I... and, and get the help he needs, so can I."
Oprah Winfrey· Host0:22
Hi there, and thank you for joining me here on the Oprah Podcast. On this episode, I'm talking with Jeremy Allen White. Now he is one of the most talented actors of his generation, known for his role in Shameless, and we all... Don't you just love him in The Bear? He's won three Golden Globes and two Emmys for that role already, and was just nominated for yet another Golden Globe for his portrayal of Bruce Springsteen. Earlier this year, I saw Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and I have to say that it's exquisite movie-making, and really a work of art. It's the kind of movie that stays with you and keeps you thinking about it long after, as I still am. And it's an extraordinary look inside the life of Bruce Springsteen. I mean, so many people did not know that he has been through what millions of others have suffered with depression, and so this film is an exploration of his time when he was creating the album Nebraska. And recently,