Bruce Springsteen sent Stephen Graham a ‘beautiful’ text about playing his dad in upcoming biopic: ‘I felt like I saw him’

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“Deliver Me from Nowhere.”After filming wrapped on the movie — starring Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen — the Boss’ props came in “the most gorgeous texts I’ve ever had in my life,” Graham said 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 just said: ‘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) heart.“I was crying reading the text, do you know what I mean?” said Graham. “Oh mate, it was beautiful.