N.J. actors cast in Springsteen movie alongside Emmy nominee playing The Boss’ mom

The Bruce Springsteen movie is moving along each day in New Jersey, with recent filming taking place in Rockaway last week and Bayonne and Newark this week.

The Boss himself has been on set to see star Jeremy Allen White at work as a young Springsteen in the film, directed by Scott Cooper ("Crazy Heart," "The Pale Blue Eye," "Antlers," "Black Mass").

Springsteen greeted White, the Emmy -winning star of " The Bear ," with a warm hug in Bayonne Monday.

Here's the latest casting news for " Deliver Me from Nowhere ."

Gaby Hoffmann , an Emmy nominee for her roles in "Transparent" and "Girls" who started her career as a child actor in films like "Field of Dreams" (1989), "Uncle Buck" (1989) and "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993), was one of the names production call sheets reviewed by NJ Advance Media Monday.

Hoffmann, 42, a New York native, plays Adele Springsteen , Springsteen's mother.

The real Adele Springsteen (née Zerilli), a legal secretary from Brooklyn, died in January, at 98.

Hoffmann could be seen wearing period clothing on set in Bayonne Monday for scenes set during Springsteen's 1950s childhood.

Other actors in the movie have New Jersey ties.

Variety reports that David Krumholtz (" Oppenheimer "), a New York native who lives in Wyckoff and also started his career as a child actor in films like "Addams Family Values" (1993), is playing Al Teller, a record executive who worked on Springsteen's 1982 album " Nebraska ."

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"Deliver Me from Nowhere," based in the 2023 Warren Zanes book of the same name, is about the making of the acclaimed album, which Springsteen recorded in Colts Neck.

"Super psyched," Krumholtz, 46, shared on Instagram Thursday. "Let's Go New Jersey."

Another Jersey guy, Marc Maron ("GLOW," "To Leslie"), who was born in Jersey City and spent some of his childhood living in Wayne, has also been cast in the 20th Century Studios film. Variety reports that Maron, 61, an actor and comedian who hosts the " WTF with Marc Maron " podcast, is playing Chuck Plotkin, the producer who mastered "Nebraska."

As for the rest of the cast, English actor Stephen Graham ("Gangs of New York," "Snatch," "This is England," "Venom: The Last Dance") plays Douglas "Dutch" Springsteen , Springsteen's father, who died in 1998.

Graham was on set with Springsteen in Rockaway last week filming scenes from Springsteen's childhood, including one where kid Springsteen rides a bike with training wheels. Springsteen hugged Graham and the Jersey music icon signed his movie script. (Montclair's Zanes was also there.)

Other members of the "Deliver Me from Nowhere" cast include Emmy winner Jeremy Strong ("Succession," "The Apprentice"), who plays Springsteen's manager, Jon Landau .

Johnny Cannizzaro , who played Nick DeVito in the film adaptation of "Jersey Boys," is E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt .

Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser ("Richard Jewell") plays Mike Batlan , a guitar tech who set up the recording equipment in the bedroom of the Colts Neck home Springsteen rented during the recording of " Nebraska ."

Odessa Young ("The Staircase") appears in the film as Springsteen's love interest and Harrison Sloan Gilbertson ("Oppenheimer") is Springsteen's friend Matt Delia.

The "Deliver Me from Nowhere" title, taken from Zanes' book, comes from " State Trooper ," a Springsteen song from "Nebraska":

"Hey, somebody out there, listen to my last prayer," he sings at the end of the song. "Hiho silver-o, deliver me from nowhere ."

Stories by Amy Kuperinsky

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