Jeremy Allen White shocked by Bruce Springsteen's presence on the set of Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Jeremy Allen White was horrified to realise Bruce Springsteen would be a regular fixture on the set of Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.

The 34-year-old actor plays the music icon in the biographical musical drama film, and not only did he feel the pressure of living up to fans' expectations of The Boss, he was even more intimidated when he realised the Born to Run hitmaker - who served as a producer on the movie - would be seeing his portrayal up close.

Speaking during The Hollywood Reporter's Actors Roundtable, The Smashing Machine star Dwayne Johnson asked: "Jeremy, did you feel — because I felt this on The Smashing Machine — added pressure inhabiting the skin of one of the greatest ever?"

And Jeremy replied: "For sure. One of the greatest ever, and also, people have their own understanding of Bruce Springsteen, and I felt like, 'I don’t want to interrupt that understanding.'

"It’s so pure and powerful, and he’s adored, and I just didn’t want to mess with it....

"In the beginning, I spent a lot of time with Bruce — he was very gracious and generous with his time. But then he was on set almost every day, which was something that we did not speak about prior. And I was just like, 'Oh, nooo.' "