British actor Stephen Graham, currently receiving rave reviews for his role in much-talked-about Netflix drama Adolescence, has revealed that a recent text he received from Bruce Springsteen moved him to tears.
Graham plays Springsteen's father, Douglas “Dutch” Springsteen, in the forthcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere, which dramatises the New Jersey singer/songwriter's life during the making of his 1982 masterpiece Nebraska, and his performance clearly won over 'The Boss', as evidenced by the text he sent Graham.
The actor shared the story on Edith Bowman's podcast Soundtracking, describing the message he got from Springsteen as “the most gorgeous texts I’ve had in my life”.
"I’m racing to get to the airport," Graham said, "and I got this text, and the text was so beautiful, better than any award that I could ever receive in my life."
Graham went on to describe Springsteen as "an icon... a hero... a working-class hero."
"His text just said, 'Thank you so much. My father passed away a while ago and I felt like I saw him today and thank you for giving me that memory.’
