Stephen Graham left in tears after receiving praise from Bruce Springsteen for upcoming biopic: “The most gorgeous texts I’ve ever had in my life”

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Adolescence star Stephen Graham has revealed he was left in tears after Bruce Springsteen got in touch to praise his performance in the upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere.The film, which stars The Bear‘s Jeremy Allen White as a young Springsteen, follows the heartland rocker during the making of his 1982 album ‘Nebraska’, with Graham playing his late father, Douglas “Dutch” Springsteen.After wrapping, the ‘Radio Nowhere’ singer got in touch with Graham, texting him to let him know that his turn as his father, with whom he had a complicated relationship, had really moved him.Speaking on Soundtracking with Edith Bowman, the Venom actor said Springsteen had sent him “the most gorgeous texts I’ve ever had in my life”.

He went on to explain that he played his dad in the eighties, which required prosthetics that he had to rip off on one occasion before getting a flight.“I’m racing to get to the airport, and I got this text, and it was so beautiful.

It just said: ‘Better than any award that I could ever receive in my life’. He’s an icon. He’s a hero.”Graham continued: “He’s a working-class hero.

He’s an icon to thousands, to millions. 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.’“I was crying reading the text, do you know what I mean?