Me and Orson Welles Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

Zac Efron will star as high school senior Richard Samuels—an age and grade level the actor knows well—who, while walking the streets of Manhattan one day, comes across Orson Welles' still unopened Mercury Theater, where the Shakespearean auteur, pre-Citizen Kane, is staging a production of Julius Caesar. Richard lands a bit part in the play and does a lot of growing up during his brief time under Welles' tutelage.

Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Me and Orson Welles.

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  Zac Efron

  New Year's Eve, Ricky Stanicky

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  Ben Chaplin

  September 5, Little Boy

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  George Coulouris

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  Christian McKay

  The Young Messiah, Rush

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  James Tupper

  Cold Copy, Mr. Popper's Penguins

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  Claire Danes

  The Family Stone, Shopgirl

Crew Behind the Film

The Me and Orson Welles behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Richard Linklater last directed Hit Man and Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood.

Director

Richard Linklater

Screenwriters

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Production Details

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Key Facts

• An adaptation of Robert Kaplow's 1930s-era coming-of-age novel.

Production Updates for Me and Orson Welles

Aug 2009

Completed

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