The official U.S. tumblog for the upcoming Richard Linklater film "Me and Orson Welles."
Set in 1930's New York City, a young aspiring actor (Zac Efron) is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre Company on the eve of the opening of Welles' historic staging of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar".
Throughout the exciting and maddening rehearsal process, Efron finds romance with a wordly older woman (Claire Danes), becomes immersed in a creative experience few are afforded, and learns the downside of crossing the imperious, brilliant Orson Welles (newcomer Christian McKay).
“Yeah, I think Welles was more fun to be around. Welles was blessed. This is why I think he had a lot of friends and collaborators: I think it was very important for everyone around him to be entertained. Even when he’s arguing with (Mercury Theater co-founder John) Houseman, he’s doing it with a certain aplomb. At least that’s the way I took it. Because his thing was that he was a showman. It was kind of his curse, too.” - Paste Magazine
