Name it a “Brilliant Disguise.”
Bruce Springsteen personally praised British actor Stephen Graham for his portrayal of his late father, Douglas “Dutch” Springsteen, within the legendary rocker’s upcoming biopic “Deliver Me from Nowhere.”
After filming wrapped on the film — starring Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen — the Boss’ props got here in “the most gorgeous texts I’ve ever had in my life,” Graham stated on Edith Bowman’s “Soundtracking” podcast.
“I’m racing to get to the airport, and I got this text, and it was so beautiful,” he shared. “It simply stated: ‘Better than any award that I could ever receive in my life.’
“He’s an icon. He’s a hero. He’s a working-class hero. He’s an icon to thousands, to millions,” Graham continued. “And his text just said, ‘Thank you so much. You know, my father passed away a while ago and I felt like I saw him today and thank you for giving me that memory.’”
Suffice it to say, it touched the “Adolescence” star’s (hungry) coronary heart.
“I was crying reading the text, do you know what I mean?” stated Graham. “Oh mate, it was beautiful. You couldn’t ask for anything more, you know, to share that with someone was gorgeous. He’s a lovely man.”
Graham, 51, additionally revealed that he’d talked with Springsteen about his 2016 memoir “Born to Run,” through which the Rock & Roll Corridor of Famer displays on his difficult relationship together with his father, who handed away in 1998.
If that’s not sufficient, Graham additionally found that Springsteen is a fan of his “This Is England” collection – a continuation of the 2006 cult movie through which the actor stars as Andrew “Combo” Gascoigne.
Springsteen, 75, has been a supporter of “Deliver Me from Nowhere,” which covers his life in the course of the making of his 1982 traditional “Nebraska.”
“I’ve had some access to him and he’s just the greatest guy,” White, 34, advised GQ final August. “I’m also really lucky [that] Bruce is really supportive of the film.”
In reality, Springsteen even visited the set of “Deliver Me from Nowhere” in November, giving the Emmy-winning star of “The Bear” an enormous hug.
Whereas showing on “The Graham Norton Show” in October, Springsteen stated, “[White] is a great actor and sings pretty good.”
The rock god added that the task was a difficult one: “This is not easy to do because you can’t do an imitation. You have to do a personal interpretation.”
