Their reunion sparked a fire!
Bruce Springsteen and Courteney Cox reunited more than four decades after she was cast in the music video for his 1984 smash “Dancing in the Dark.”
Bruce Springsteen reacts to seeing Courteney Cox at the men’s singles final at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Sept. 7. Getty Images
Cox shakes hands with Springsteen and his daughter Jessica Rae Springsteen at the US Open. REUTERSTheir reunion happened at the US Open men’s singles final in New York Sunday, and while brief, it was nostalgic.
During the match between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, Cox, 61, sweetly walked up to the Boss, 75, to greet him as he sat next to his daughter, Jessica, 33, and their interaction was caught on tape.
In the clip, the “Friends” star was seen bending down to embrace Springsteen, who had a giant smile on his face.
Cox with Springsteen and his daughter during the final match. REUTERS
Bruce Springsteen Getty ImagesThe two embraced while they exchanged words as Cox waved and shook hands with his daughter before walking away to take her seat. Singer Pink was in the row below the “Hungry Heart” singer at the star-studded event.
The rock icon, who was dressed in a gray suit and with his black sunglasses on, appeared happy to see his former dancing queen; although, Cox once admitted she had secretly hoped she wouldn’t be cast in his iconic music video.
The “Scream” actress was 20 when she responded to an ad to dance with Springsteen onstage in 1984 during the opening night of his “Born in the U.S.A.” tour in St. Paul, Minnesota, which was a backdrop for the Brian De Palma-directed music video.
Johnny McDaid and Cox at the US Open. Getty Images
Bruce Springsteen GC ImagesAt the end of the clip, Cox was picked out of the crowd by Springsteen to join him onstage and dance.
“Someone said, ‘OK, so Bruce is going to pick one of you out of the audience,’ and I was like, no. I did not want to be the one to go,” she said in a 2017 interview on “The Off Camera Show with Sam Jones.”
“I don’t want to dance for 30,000 people! It was a full concert and we did the song twice, back to back,” Cox explained.
McDaid and Cox in the stands at the US Open. MediaPunch / BACKGRIDSpringsteen had no idea Cox was an aspiring actress or what the role would do for her career. In his memoir, “Born to Run,” the rocker revealed he thought she was simply a pre-selected fan.
Cox, however, never forgot the dance moves. She re-created the routine in a 2024 TikTok video.
Both Springsteen and Cox are gearing up for the big screen these days.
Cox and Springsteen in the music video for his 1984 hit “Dancing in the Dark.”
Cox and Springsteen WireImageThe actress will reprise her role as investigative journalist Gale Weathers in “Scream 7,” in theaters Feb. 27, while the Boss’ highly anticipated biopic, “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” will be released next month.
“The Bear” actor Jeremy Allen White portrays Springsteen in the flick, which chronicles the “Glory Days” singer’s life while making his 1982 album “Nebraska.”
The 20-time Grammy winner spoke about his decision to finally cave for a biopic.
Cox and Springsteen WireImage“What brought this one along was that I think we had a very specific idea – Scott had a very specific idea, particularly, of what we were gonna attempt to do,” Springsteen said last month, per Variety.
“And, for lack of a better word, it was an anti-biopic,” he continued. “You know, it’s really not a biopic – it just takes a couple years out of my life when I was 31 and 32 and looks at them really at a time when I made this particular record, and when I went through some just difficult places in my life, you know.”
Springsteen added: “And, I’m old and I don’t give a f–k what I do now.”
“Deliver Me From Nowhere” hits theaters Oct. 24.
