Bruce Springsteen wants Martin Scorsese to direct his biopic

Bruce Springsteen would like Martin Scorsese to direct a movie adaptation of his life story.
The 67-year-old rocker recently released his autobiography, titled Born to Run, after his beloved song and 1975 album of the same name.
And when asked by BBC 6 Music radio reporter Matt Everitt in a new interview whether he’d like the Taxi Driver filmmaker, 73, to direct a potential film adaptation of the book, Bruce didn’t hesitate in responding, “He’d be my first choice.”
Bruce also addressed rumours that Martin’s regular collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio could play him on screen, adding, “Someone mentioned it to me the other day but I think it’s just somebody talking.”
One of Martin’s filmmaking signatures is his use of contemporary music, with his breakthrough 1973 film Mean Streets one of the first to eschew a traditional score in favour of tracks from the likes of the Rolling Stones and Cream.
In recent years he has directed documentaries, co-created the 1970s record label based TV drama Vinyl and has long been planning another musical biopic, of iconic crooner Frank Sinatra.
However Bruce revealed that he had yet to be approached by filmmakers looking to tell his story, saying, “Nobody’s been talking to me about it, about having an interest in it, it would be a very strange thing to come to pass.”
The New Jersey native toiled on the U.S. touring circuit in the late 1960s with his band Steel Mill, three of whose members Vini Lopez, Danny Federici and Steve Van Zandt would later join him in his legendary E Street Band.
The young musician earned critical acclaim and many influential admirers, including David Bowie, but struggled for commercial success until the release of Born to Run in 1975.
He subsequently became one of America’s most popular musicians with hits like Born in the U.S.A., Dancing in the Dark and Streets of Philadelphia released over the next two decades.