Synopsis

Based in real theatrical history Me and Orson Welles is a romantic coming-of-age story about Richard (Zac Efron), a teenage actor who lucks into a role in "Julius Caesar" as it's being re-imagined by a brilliant, impetuous young director named Orson Welles (played by impressive newcomer Christian McKay) at his newly-founded Mercury Theater in NYC, 1937.

The rollercoaster week leading up to opening night has the charismatic-but-sometimes-cruel Welles staking his career on this risky production while Richard mixes with everyone from starlets to stagehands in behind-the-scenes adventures that are bound to change him forever.