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Jeremy Strong’s Intense Method Acting Blurs Reality on ‘Deliver me From Nowhere’ Set
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Jeremy Strong can be a little intense. The Succession star, known for his deeply immersive approach to roles, proved it once again on Thursday night (Sept. 25) when he told The Late show host stephen Colbert that he not only plays Bruce Springsteen‘s legendary manager, Jon Landau, in the upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere, but he embodied him so completely that when the real Landau was on set, he wasn’t sure who was whom.
The Story Behind the Confusion
“You are famous for going deeply into character,” Colbert said to Strong, who revealed that Springsteen and Landau were on the set of the film “almost every day” during the shoot. “Jon has been a friend, mentor, manager, producer, co-pilot for nearly 50 years,” Strong said as colbert held up a shot of the actor on set with Landau, Springsteen, director Scott Cooper and the film’s star, Jeremy Allen White.
The Depth of the Immersion
Wondering if Strong even realized that Landau was on set moast days, Colbert asked, ”did you notice him? Or did you notice him more as you were so him?” Strong said he was able to relate to Landau “as Jon,” explaining that as an actor, “you walk out on this limb. You find ways to believe in what you’re doing.”
And then he dropped the strong sauce, adding, “And in a way, if Jon Landau… if I’m Jon Landau, who’s that guy over there?” Colbert had to laugh at that Jedi acting mind trick, comparing it to the famous Star Trek season one episode “The Enemy Within,” in which a transporter malfunction creates two contemporaneous Capt. Kirks.