Orson Welles

...worked on? Julie Sephora, New York City It's sort of a coming-of-age story for my character, but it's also a week in the life of Orson Welles, this amazing American icon. There are a lot of tough people in Hollywood, but there's no one quite...

In this article: Me and Orson Welles, Zac Efron, Ontario, and Sands Point, N.Y.

...coming-of-age comedy built around the "Me," a star-struck theater lover winningly played by Zac Efron. But it's a movie dominated by Orson Welles - "tyro" and "enfant terrible" of the American theater. Richard Linklater's affectionate homage...

In this article: Richard Linklater, Me and Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, Mercury Theater, Julius Caesar, George Coulouris, Ben Chaplin, and Eddie Marsan

...Zac Efron has announced he finds Claire Danes "beautiful". Zac stars alongside Claire in his latest film Me And Orson Welles, but admitted he was nervous to play opposite her because he is such a fan. Zac, 22, told GMTV: "Claire was...

In this article: Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Baz Luhrmann, High School Musical, Romeo and Juliet, My So Called Life, and Hollywood

...Efron, who shot to fame in High School Musical, told me at the Leicester Square premiere of Me and Orson Welles (shouldn't it be Orson Welles and I?) that it can "only be a matter of time" before he was following in the footsteps of the...

In this article: Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Me and Orson Welles, Josh Hartnett, High School Musical, and Zac Efron

...way. Selfishly, as a director I wanted to find the best actor I could, someone who could go toe to toe with Orson Welles which is pretty hard to do. "Welles is one of the bigger personalities in the last couple of centuries, so I needed...

In this article: Zac Efron, Richard Linklater, High School Musical, Me and Orson Welles, School of Rock, Hollywood, London, Mercury Theater, and Julius Caesar

...me in 10 years happened in one week of his life." He added: "It's also a great opportunity to do something about Orson Welles - he's an incredible performer on Broadway, on radio and one of the best directors of all time, so hopefully...

In this article: Zac Efron, London, Disney, Richard Linklater, High School Musical, and Claire Danes

Zac Efron met screaming fans at the premiere of his new film, Me and Orson Welles. The new film is a much more serious role for Zac Efron who has starred in 17 Again and three High School Musical films. Zac says the movie was a "whole...

In this article: Zac Efron, Me and Orson Welles, High School Musical, 17 Again, and UK

Orson Welles' daughter tells of life in icon's shadow To the rest of the world, Orson Welles was mostly seen as a towering figure, a creative innovator whose cinematic work continues to receive accolades more than 20 years after his...

In this article: Citizen Kane, H.G. Wells, Macbeth, Mercury Theatre, and War of the Worlds

To mark the re-release of Citizen Kane, the IFI Temple Bar is currently running a season of Orson Welles films. Today, at 2pm, his 1944 thriller The Lady from Shanghai, will be shown. A stylish film noir, the film is marred only by Welles'...

In this article: The Lady from Shanghai, Touch of Evil, Macbeth, Citizen Kane, and Rita Hayworth