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Would you like to appear in the Bruce Springsteen film? They cast adults, children, people with classic cars.

Would you like to appear in the Bruce Springsteen film? They cast adults, children, people with classic cars.

Are there any Bruce Springsteen fans who would like to be in the upcoming film about “The Boss”?

Here is your chance.

December 9, Asbury Park – and some other dates and locations (see below).

The film, titled Deliver Me from Nowhere, follows the making of Springsteen’s acclaimed 1982 album Nebraska and is based on Warren Zanes’ 2023 book of the same name.

Emmy winner Jeremy Allen White of “The Bear” stars as a younger Springsteen in the film written and directed by Scott Cooper from 20th Century Studios (“Crazy Heart,” “The Pale Blue Eye,” “Antlers,” “Black Mass”) . Springsteen and his manager Jon Landau are attached to the film until early 2025, which will shoot in New Jersey this fall and winter.

Another Jeremy, Emmy-winning “Succession” star Jeremy Strong, will play Landau in the film, while Johnny Cannizzaro, who played Nick DeVito in the film adaptation of “Jersey Boys,” will play E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt.

Bruce Springsteen performs in Atlanta in 1982.Rick Diamond | Getty Images

Stephen Graham (“Peaky Blinders,” “Gangs of New York”) plays Springsteen’s father, Douglas “Dutch” Springsteen.

Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser (“Richard Jewell”) plays Mike Batlan, the guitar technician who set up the recording equipment in the bedroom of the Colts Neck house Springsteen rented while recording “Nebraska,” his sixth album.

Odessa Young (“The Staircase”) plays Springsteen’s love interest in the film and Deadline reports that Harrison Sloan Gilbertson (“Oppenheimer”) will play a friend of Springsteen’s.

Melissa Braun, casting director at New York-based Grant Wilfley Casting, tells NJ Advance Media that the production – codenamed “Husker” (you know, like the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers football team) – needs background actors/extras.

First, the production is seeking children ages 3 to 17 and adults of all ages and ethnicities — particularly Native American and indigenous families — for scenes that will take place in the early 1980s. These scenes are scheduled to be filmed in Morris County on November 22nd.

Next up, background actors will be cast for filming in December in Asbury Park – Springsteen’s famous hangout.

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Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt performing in 1981.Rob Verhost | Redferns

The production is aimed at adults of all ages and ethnicities, as well as children aged 6 to 12 for scenes set in the 1950s and early 1980s. Asbury Park filming is scheduled for December 9-13 and December 16.

“Deliver Me from Nowhere” also needs people of all ethnicities, ages 18 to 30, for scenes from the early 1980s that will be filmed in the Meadowlands on January 9 and 10, 2025.

In August 1984, as part of his Born in the USA tour, Springsteen played ten nights at what was then the Brendan Byrne Arena in the Meadowlands – which became the Izod Center and is now the Meadowlands Arena (see video below). The arena is now used for film and television productions as well as band tour rehearsals.

Finally, the film requires drivers with vintage cars from the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s… up to 1981. This applies to the December scenes in Asbury Park (December 9-13 and December 16).

How to Apply to Be a Background Actor/Driver in Springsteen Movie?

Anyone interested in the casting calls can provide their name, contact information, whether they are SAG-AFTRA or not, height, weight, clothing sizes, shoe sizes and recent photos (for classic car owners/driver applicants, including year, make, model and color of the car with photos of the vehicle) to [email protected].

In the subject line of the email, include the location of the scenes you are applying for. Parents submitting on behalf of their children must provide the child’s age.

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Amy Kuperinsky can be reached at [email protected] and followed at @AmyKup.