See Jeremy Allen White’s Transformation as Bruce Springsteen in Biopic

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Yes, Boss.

In the snap, the 33-year-old sports a reddish flannel garment and achromatic leather overgarment to play The Boss, increasing retired his hairsbreadth to imitate Springsteen’s luscious locks.

The highly anticipated film, which conscionable started shooting, will travel Springsteen during the making of his 1982 album Nebraska.

But portion the movie won’t deed theaters until sometime successful 2025, the Emmy victor precocious came face-to-face with the “Born successful the U.S.A.” vocalist astatine the New York City premiere of the documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band earlier this month. And the Shameless alum antecedently revealed helium got the seal of support from Springsteen himself.

“I’m truthful excited to commencement this happening ,” White told Deadline successful September astatine the Emmy Awards. “I tin accidental I’ve got a truly beauteous squad of radical helping maine and Bruce has been truly beauteous and supportive and available, which has made this full process an other joy. His enactment and Jon Landau, his absorption support, who has a ample relation successful the movie arsenic well. So I consciousness truly lucky.”

White is conscionable the latest rising prima to instrumentality connected a musical biopic. Austin Butler’s crook as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 film Elvis earned him an Oscar nomination. Taron Egerton picked up a Golden Globe for playing Elton John in 2019’s Rocketman.

Meanwhile, Rami Malek won an Oscar successful 2019 for playing Queen's Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody and Timothee Chalamet is already receiving buzz for his Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which is slated to beryllium released Christmas Day.

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Timothée Chalamet arsenic Bob Dylan

The Wonka prima played the legendary people singer-songwriter successful the movie A Complete Unknown.

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Lily James arsenic Pamela Anderson

The English histrion transformed into 1 of Hollywood's astir celebrated enactment symbols, Pamela Anderson, for the upcoming Hulu miniseries, Pam & Tommy.

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Sebastian Stan arsenic Tommy Lee

The histrion dropped jaws aft showing disconnected his epic makeover arsenic the Mötley Crüe stone star, Tommy Lee. Sebastian volition play the instrumentalist for the caller Hulu miniseries, Pam & Tommy.

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Christian Serratos arsenic Selena Quintanilla

The actress portrayed the precocious Tejano prima and Mexican American legend, Selena Quintanilla, for the Netflix show, Selena: The Series.

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Andra Day arsenic Billie Holiday

Andra Day earned her archetypal Golden Globe triumph for her relation arsenic the iconic vocalist successful the biopic, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday.

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Charlize Theron arsenic Megyn Kelly

The Oscar victor and chameleon extraordinaire had fans doing a double-take when the trailer for Bombshell archetypal premiered. In it, Charlize stars alongside Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie arsenic the Fox News employees who helped take Roger Ailes' vocation down after helium was accused of intersexual misconduct.

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Taron Egerton arsenic Elton John

In Rocketman, the British histrion played 1 of the astir iconic musicians successful the past of stone 'n' roll.

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Jennifer Hudson arsenic Aretha Franklin

The vocalist and histrion volition instrumentality connected the relation of playing the Queen of Soul successful an upcoming biopic astir her life. It's acceptable to merchandise successful August 2021.

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Felicity Jones arsenic Ruth Bader Ginsburg

After Natalie Portman dropped out, Felicity stepped successful to play the precocious Supreme Court Justice successful On the Basis of Sex, a biopic directed by Mimi Leder.

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Margot Robbie arsenic Tonya Harding

The actress produced and starred in I, Tonya, based connected the disgraced fig skater's life.

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Anthony Mackie arsenic Martin Luther King Jr.

The histrion played the civil rights person other Bryan Cranston arsenic President Lyndon B. Johnson successful HBO's All the Way.

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Jessica Lange arsenic Joan Crawford

The Oscar victor stepped into the shoes of the precocious movie fable successful Feud, Ryan Murphy's FX bid astir the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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Susan Sarandon arsenic Bette Davis

The Dead Man Walking prima played the acting fable successful Feud.

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Benedict Cumberbatch arsenic Thomas Edison

The Oscar-nominated histrion portrayed the famed inventor of the airy bulb in Current War.

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Tom Hiddleston arsenic Hank Williams

The British histrion starred arsenic the precocious state vocalist successful the 2015 film, I Saw the Light.

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Johnny Flynn arsenic David Bowie

The Lovesick star played the precocious stone legend in the 2020 biopic, Stardust.

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Parker Sawyers arsenic Barack Obama

Parker Sawyers played the erstwhile president successful Southside With You, a romanticist dramedy loosely based connected Barack's archetypal day with Michelle Obama backmost successful 1989.

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Tika Sumpter arsenic Michelle Obama

Tika Sumpter starred arsenic the erstwhile First Lady successful Southside With You.

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Odette Annable arsenic Trudy Cooper

"She was a groundbreaking woman, truthful up of her time. It's specified an grant to play her," Odette antecedently told E! News of her Astronaut Wives Club character, who was an highly skilled aviator successful her ain right.

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Kerry Washington arsenic Anita Hill

The Scandal prima took connected the relation of the adjutant who accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of intersexual battle successful 1991 successful HBO's biopic Confirmation.

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Michael Keaton arsenic Ray Kroc

The Oscar nominee starred successful The Founder, a biopic astir the laminitis of the McDonald's empire.

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Selma Blair arsenic Kris Jenner

The Kardashians are headed to TV successful a precise different after being portrayed in Ryan Murphy's American Crime Story: The People V O.J. Simpson. Selma Blair played Kris Jenner, who was joined to Simpson's lawyer Robert Kardashian.

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Jack O'Connell arsenic Alexander McQueen

The Unbroken prima was acceptable to instrumentality connected the relation of the precocious decorator successful a movie astir his life. However, successful 2020, it was announced helium is being replaced.

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YaYa DaCosta arsenic Whitney Houston

The histrion and exemplary played the precocious legendary vocalist successful a Lifetime biopic.

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Eddie Redmayne arsenic Stephen Hawking

The Les Misérables heartthrob won the Oscar aft portraying Hawking in Theory of Everything.

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Katie Holmes arsenic Jacqueline Kennedy

In The Kennedys miniseries, Katie Holmes channeled the erstwhile First Lady and 1 of America's astir fashionable nationalist figures.

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Nicole Kidman arsenic Grace Kelly

The Oscar-winning actress stepped into the regal shoes of the Hollywood fable turned princess for Grace of Monaco.