00:00Jeremy Allen White is revealing exactly how he's preparing to play Bruce Springsteen in
00:04the upcoming biopic about the rock star. White will play Springsteen in 20th century and Disney's
00:10Deliver Me From Nowhere. News of the movie's production picked up earlier this spring
00:14and the Star of the Bear is now deep in preparation for the legendary role.
00:18White told GQ,
00:19I've got a really talented group of people helping me train vocally,
00:22musically to get ready for this thing."
00:24And according to White, the prep also includes a lot of YouTube videos.
00:28There's just so much footage. It's really great to go down a YouTube rabbit hole and find him
00:32at all these different periods in his life and be able to listen to his speaking voice
00:36as well as his singing voice. That's kind of been the deal,
00:39just listening to him a lot and watching him a lot. It's been really fun preparing."
00:42The actor also added of his training,
00:44I'm really lucky that there's sort of a team of folks now in place
00:47to help young actors portray rock stars.
00:50In recent years, Austin Butler portrayed Elvis in Elvis.
00:53Rami Malek played Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody.
00:55Naomi Ackie played Whitney Houston in Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebody.
01:00And Kingsley Benedeer played Bob Marley in Bob Marley, One Love.
01:03Still upcoming, Timothee Chalamet will play Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
01:07And Jafar Jackson will portray his uncle Michael Jackson in Michael.
01:11Deliver Me From Nowhere explores the making of Springsteen's 1982 album Nebraska.
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