Claire Danes Joins Zac Efron In Me & Orson Welles

Claire Danes has joined Zac Efron in the cast of Me & Orson Welles, the new movie by Richard Linklater. The film is based on the novel by Robert Kaplow and follows the story of a young man who finds himself at the famed Mercury Theatre Welles.

Claire Danes will play the young woman who Zac Efron’s character falls for. She joins a cast already containing Christian McKay as Welles, Ben Chaplin as stage actor George Coulouris and Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Leo Bill, Imogen Poots and Aidan McArdle.

The film begins shooting on February 24th.

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