Directed by:
Richard LinklaterCinematography:
Dick PopeComposer:
Michael J. McEvoyCast:
Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Zoe Kazan, Patrick Kennedy, Megan Maczko, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots, James Tupper, Michael Brandon (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Set in 1937, the story centers on a high school student (Efron) who, while strolling the streets of New York, happens upon the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre and is noticed by its mercurial founder, Orson Welles. The man lands a bit part in "Julius Caesar," the production that catapulted Welles to the top, and spends the next week learning about life and love. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Zac Efron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/725/163725911_2706e9.jpg)
Zac Efron
USA
Best movies:
The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Iron Claw (2023)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
![Claire Danes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/379/162379263_01b8b3.jpg)
Claire Danes
USA
Best movies:
Temple Grandin (2010) (TV movie)
Stardust (2007)
The Rainmaker (1997)
![Christian McKay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/084/161084239_eee4c3.jpg)
Christian McKay
UK
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Ben Chaplin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/777/162777839_0ccb8a.jpg)
Ben Chaplin
UK
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Little Boy (2015)
![Zoe Kazan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/337/164337624_e88ab0.jpg)
Zoe Kazan
USA
Best movies:
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Fracture (2007)
What If (2013)
![Patrick Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359188_d3e58f.jpg)
Patrick Kennedy
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Munich (2005)
A Good Year (2006)
Megan Maczko
Best movies:
Conviction (2010)
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
A Hologram for the King (2016)
![Eddie Marsan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/409/162409833_ed5fcf.jpg)
Eddie Marsan
UK
Best movies:
The Gentlemen (2019)
21 Grams (2003)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
![Imogen Poots](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/415/166415534_dc64fb.jpg)
Imogen Poots
UK
Best movies:
The Father (2020)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Jane Eyre (2011)
![James Tupper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/777/162777678_40a3e6.png)
James Tupper
Canada
Best movies:
The Last Word (2017)
Girl Fight (2011) (TV movie)
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
![Michael Brandon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272501_a56c1c.jpg)
Michael Brandon
USA
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Hawking (2004) (TV movie)
Try This One for Size (1989)
![Kelly Reilly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/904/161904581_ad0968.jpg)
Kelly Reilly
UK
Best movies:
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Marlene Sidaway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/500/158500435_4f2871.gif)
Marlene Sidaway
UK
Best movies:
Anna Karenina (2000) (series)
Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV movie)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
![Leo Bill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/774/163774114_874d6d.jpg)
Leo Bill
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
Vera Drake (2004)
The Fall (2006)
Nathan Osgood
Best movies:
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Lexie Lambert
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Harry Macqueen
UK
Best movies:
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Alessandro Giuggioli
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
The Young Montalbano (2012) (series)
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Greg Bennett
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Michael J. McEvoy
USA
Best movies:
Me and Orson Welles (2008)