Bruce Springsteen reveals why he stayed away from Deliver Me From Nowhere set during deeply personal scenes

Bruce Springsteen is reliving his glory days on set.But the singer, 75, got candid on which scenes he stayed away from in Jeremy Allen White’s portrayal in the upcoming biopic, “Deliver Me From Nowhere.”“If there was a scene coming up that was sometimes really deeply personal, I wanted the actors to feel completely free, and I didn’t want to get in the way, and so I would just stay at home,” Springsteen revealed in an interview with Rolling Stone published Thursday.The icon added, “If Scott Cooper, the director, wanted or needed me there for something, I would try to make it.But I was on tour in Canada for the whole first month or so of the filming, and so I was really out on the road quite a bit and working at that time.”Springsteen went on to praise White, 34, for being “very, very tolerant of me the days that I would appear on the set,” while also noting the project includes “some of the most painful days of my life.”While on set, the musician told “The Bear” star, “Look, anytime I’m in the way, just give me the look and I’m on my way home.

The days that I got out there, he was wonderfully tolerant with me being there.And it was just fun.

It was enjoyable.”The biopic follows Springsteen’s upbringing in Freehold, N.J., and the making of his 1982 album “Nebraska.”The movie hits theaters Oct.24 and includes Jeremy Strong as Springsteen’s producer and manager, Jon Landau, Stephen Graham as the rocker’s father, Douglas, Paul Walter Hauser as Mike Batlan, who created a set-up for Springsteen to record his music in his bedroom, and Marc Maron as Chuck Plotkin, the producer who mastered the songs on the album.When the outlet asked the Grammy winner if he would consider performing “Nebraska” in order to promote the film, Springsteen wasn’t fully on board.

“I doubt I’ll do it,” he confessed, “but I could possibly go out and play that record straight through one day.I think that would be fun to do, an...