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Jeremy Allen White Plays Coy About Bruce Springsteen, Ayo Edebiri

By Emma Chance | Celebrity | June 26, 2024 |

By Emma Chance | Celebrity | June 26, 2024 |


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Star of The Bear (and my rodent-loving heart) Jeremy Allen White is set to play Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming Deliver Me From Nowhere about the making of America’s sweetheart’s 1982 album, Nebraska. But while talking to Variety at The Bear’s season 3 premiere last night, White admitted he hasn’t met Springsteen yet.

“We’ve communicated a little bit through some other people, but I hope this still all comes together. We’ve still got a few things, we’ve got some timing stuff to work out, and I’m trying to have a bit of my own process with it before meeting the man, too,” he explained, adding, “I wanna try to have an understanding, so when I meet him, I’ll have a bit of confidence somewhere in me to stand there.”

As for if he’s going to be doing his own singing for the movie, he admitted, “We’re gonna try. We’re gonna try our best.” So, maybe he means he’s going to take voice lessons before meeting Springsteen? I mean, if I’m Bruce Springsteen and some little whipper snapper shows up at my house and tells me he’s gonna play me in the movie about my life, I’m gonna ask him to give me a few bars.

Meanwhile, he teased the new season of The Bear thusly:

“We get a lot of these beautiful characters and beautiful actors shine that maybe haven’t had their moments in previous seasons. The world gets bigger, but we also maintain the same heart, structure, energy that we had in the very beginning.”

His co-star Ayo Edebiri, who he may or not be dating in real life but definitely not in the show, has reportedly made her directorial debut this season, of which he offered the glowing praise, “She did a beautiful job. She was very confident. Everybody knows how smart she is, and she’s a beautiful actress and very intuitive actress. And I think she’s a very beautiful and intuitive director as well.” Replace a few words in there and you’ve got a fanfic.

The Bear season 3 drops on Hulu at 9 p.m. tonight.

@varietymagazine Jeremy Allen White talks about Ayo Edebiri directing in Season 3 of #TheBear ♬ original sound - Variety