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 red flannel shirt and black leather jacket to play The Boss, growing out his hair to imitate Springsteen’s luscious locks.

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

But while the movie won’t hit theaters until sometime in 2025, the Emmy winner recently came face-to-face with the “Born in the U.S.A.” singer at the New York City premiere of the documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band earlier this month. And the Shameless alum previously revealed he got the seal of approval from Springsteen himself.

“I’m so excited to start this thing ,” White told Deadline in September at the Emmy Awards. “I can say I’ve got a really beautiful team of people helping me and Bruce has been really lovely and supportive and available, which has made this whole process an extra joy. His support and Jon Landau, his management support, who has a large role in the film as well. So I feel really lucky.”

White is just the latest rising star to take on a musical biopic. Austin Butler’s turn 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 in 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 be released Christmas Day.

For more stars who played real people, read on.

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Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan

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Lily James as Pamela Anderson

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Andra Day as Billie Holiday

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Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly

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Taron Egerton as Elton John

In Rocketman, the British actor played one of the most iconic musicians in the history of rock 'n' roll.

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Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin

The singer and actress will take on the role of playing the Queen of Soul in an upcoming biopic about her life. It's set to release in August 2021.

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Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

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Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding

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

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Anthony Mackie as Martin Luther King Jr.

The actor played the civil rights leader opposite Bryan Cranston as President Lyndon B. Johnson in HBO's All the Way.

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Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford

The Oscar winner stepped into the shoes of the late movie legend in Feud, Ryan Murphy's FX series about the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis

The Dead Man Walking star played the acting legend in Feud.

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Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison

The Oscar-nominated actor portrayed the famed inventor of the light bulb in Current War.

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Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams

The British actor starred as the late country singer in the 2015 film, I Saw the Light.

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Johnny Flynn as David Bowie

The Lovesick star played the late rock legend in the 2020 biopic, Stardust.

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Parker Sawyers as Barack Obama

Parker Sawyers played the former president in Southside With You, a romantic dramedy loosely based on Barack's first date with Michelle Obama back in 1989.

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Tika Sumpter as Michelle Obama

Tika Sumpter starred as the former First Lady in Southside With You.

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Odette Annable as Trudy Cooper

"She was a groundbreaking woman, so ahead of her time. It's such an honor to play her," Odette previously told E! News of her Astronaut Wives Club character, who was an extremely skilled pilot in her own right.

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Kerry Washington as Anita Hill

The Scandal star took on the role of the aide who accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual assault in 1991 in HBO's biopic Confirmation.

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Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc

The Oscar nominee starred in The Founder, a biopic about the founder of the McDonald's empire.

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Selma Blair as Kris Jenner

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

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Jack O'Connell as Alexander McQueen

The Unbroken star was set to take on the role of the late designer in a film about his life. However, in 2020, it was announced he is being replaced.

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YaYa DaCosta as Whitney Houston

The actress and model played the late legendary singer in a Lifetime biopic.

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Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking

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

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Katie Holmes as Jacqueline Kennedy

In The Kennedys miniseries, Katie Holmes channeled the former First Lady and one of America's most fashionable public figures.

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Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly

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