Scott Cooper, Bruce Springsteen and Deliver Me
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' director Scott Cooper tells PEOPLE how Bruce Springsteen himself moved Cooper's family into his Los Angeles home after the Coopers "lost everything" in January's wildfires — and sent his daughter one of his own guitars to replace the one she lost in the blaze.
Author and music historian Warren Zanes, who served as an executive producer on the newly released Bruce Springsteen biopic, revealed that the “Born to Run” singer led director Scott Cooper and a small crew on an expedition up and down the Jersey Shore before filming was officially underway.
Writer-director Scott Cooper also spoke about White’s impressive vocal performance, admitting that while he knew The Bear star could “play the intensity, the vulnerability; I knew that he had the blue collar physicality and the swagger that Bruce has” but wasn’t entirely sure about the singing.
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