Scott Cooper, the director of the Bruce Springsteen biopic, has just shared the subject of the film.
Sunday September 28, the 55-year-old American filmmaker and former actor attended the premiere of the New York Film Festival. Springsteen: Deliver me from nowhere, where he spoke with PEOPLE review.
Cooper told the outlet that the upcoming biopic, which stars Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen, will “shed light” on the famous singer-songwriter and guitarist’s mental illness and the struggles he faces.
He said: “This is probably the most painful and vulnerable chapter of his life. »
The director of Hostiles added: “He had just finished The River tour with great success and success. Instead of chasing the roar of arenas and hitting singles, he had the courage to look inward and face a lot of unresolved trauma that he had been dealing with.”
Cooper went on to note that what came from this introspection “is – well, I think – his best album and one of the best albums of the last 50 years.”
He said: “So to be able to tell this story and shed light on Bruce’s mental illness, I hope that people who are struggling and don’t know how to get help or the will to help will see that this is a very relatable story and seek the help they need.
The creator believes that seeing Springsteen “go to therapy will hopefully destigmatize” the negative notion attached to therapy, particularly for men.
“We haven’t really talked about it because it’s not a message film about mental illness, but I think that’s part of his creative process and when you see, his creative process is about extracting this unresolved trauma from his childhood that we all have in one form or another.”
“I think it’s a very relevant and powerful story, but it’s not a message movie. There’s a lot of music in the movie, but it happens to be his record Nebraska and not Born in the USA,” Cooper remarked.
It is relevant to mention that Springsteen: Deliver me from nowhere is scheduled to be released on October 24, 2025.
