Travis Oliver

A high-school student gets a part in Orson Welles' famous production of ``Julius Caesar.''

Early look at the teaser trailer for Me and Orson Welles, starring Zac Efron and Claire Danes. Set in 1937 New York, the story centers on a high school student (Efron) who happens upon the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre and is noticed by its mercurial founder, Orson Welles. The man lands a part in 'Julius Caesar,' the production that catapulted Welles to the top, and spends the next week learning about life and love.

Trailer for Me and Orson Welles. Me and Orson Welles is a coming-of-age story set in the heady world of New York theatre. Efron plays a teenage student who lucks his way into a minor role in the 1937 Mercury Theatre production of 'Julius Caesar,' directed by 22-year-old genius Orson Welles. In the words of Kaplow's protagonist: 'This is the story of one week in my life. I was seventeen. It was the week I slept in Orson Welles's pajamas. It was the week I fell in love...'

An International Trailer for Me and Orson Welles. In New York in 1937, seventeen-year-old Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) meets theatre director Orson Welles (Christian McKay), whom he convinces to give him the role of Lucillus in Julius Caesar, Broadway's first Shakespearean production. Welles, who is having an extramarital affair with the leading actress while his wife is pregnant, couples Richard with production assistant Sonja Jones (Claire Danes) to rehearse. Welles decides the entire production crew would benefit from a coupling game, and Richard cheats to ensure he is paired with Sonja.