Jeremy Strong calls Springsteen biopic “one of the greatest working experiences I’ve ever had”

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Succession actor Jeremy Strong has spoken about his latest role, playing Bruce Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau in the biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere.Jeremy Allen White plays Springsteen, who finds himself at a difficult point in life while recording his sixth album, 1982’s ‘Nebraska‘.

Landau is credited by many with influencing the music legend artistically and personally.“It’s honestly been one of the greatest working experiences I’ve ever had” Strong told Deadline. “(Landau) has a lot to do with who Bruce is”.

The Emmy winner then talked about the access he and his co-star were given to the real life men they were playing.“Bruce and Jon really opened the kimono to Jeremy and me” he explains. “The more I’ve learned about them and witnessed them together, it really is a love story in a sense between these two men.

Jon has been so instrumental in helping to guide Bruce, coming into his life at a moment where Bruce was really at a crossroads”.He said of the film “it’s really a story about artistic authenticity in an increasingly synthetic world”.Strong has played another famous mentor on film recently, starring alongside Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice, a portrayal of the early days of Donald Trump (Stan) as he learns at the feet of ruthless New York lawyer Roy Cohn (Strong).While the characters are both mentors, Strong said that Cohn bears no comparison. “He stands alone” he said. “He’s been called one of the worst human beings of the 20th century.