October 24, 2025

I just saw the movie Deliver Me From Nowhere starring Jeremy Allen White. I actually saw Jeremy earlier this year on March 18th, when I was living in the River North neighborhood in Chicago. It looked like he was in character and filming an episode of his hit TV show, The Bear, because he was wearing Carhartts and hurried past me with his head slumped over. I’m a slight 5’8”, so seeing one of Hollywood’s biggest rising stars an inch shorter than me was strangely reassuring. I was the only one who noticed him because both of us are these sneaky little characters.

Seven months later he’s playing Bruce Springsteen on an iMax screen with his wavy brunette hair colored dark brown. And yet, even with his brown contact lenses, tailored flannel shirts, and Jersey grumble, it still felt like Jeremy Allen White’s movie more than Springsteen’s.