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).
Linklater cast Efron immediately; “15 minutes after meeting him, I knew he was the right guy,” he said. The director said he needed a leading man who could stand up to Christain McKay whom he described “a big British Welsian figure.” Linklater recalled how Efron described Samuels’ character as close to his life since he had personally experienced “the backstage stories, the egos and the hierarchies that develop when creating art as an ensemble.” - ABC News
