Me and Orson Welles (2008) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Richard Linklater.

Cast

• Zac Efron as Richard Samuels
• Christian McKay as Orson Welles
• Claire Danes as Sonja Jones
• Ben Chaplin as George Coulouris
• Zoe Kazan as Gretta Alder
• Eddie Marsan as John Houseman
• Kelly Reilly as Muriel Brassler
• James Tupper as Joseph Cotten
• Leo Bill as Norman Lloyd
• Patrick Kennedy as Grover Burgess
• Aidan McArdle as Martin Gabel
• Al Weaver as Sam Leve
• Thomas Arnold as George Duthie
• Megan Maczko as Evelyn Allen
• Jo McInnes as Jeannie Rosenthal
• Iain McKee as Vakhtangov
• Simon Nehan as Joe Holland
• Travis Oliver as John Hoyt
• Simon Lee Phillips as Walter Ash
• Daniel Tuite as William Mowry
• Imogen Poots as Lorelei Lathrop
• Saskia Reeves as Barbara Luddy
• Shane James Bordas as Conspirator
• Alessandro Giuggioli as Conspirator
• Harry Macqueen as Conspirator
• Rhodri Orders as Conspirator
• Michael J. McEvoy as Epstein
• Garrick Hagon as Dr. Mewling
• Aaron Brown as Longchamps Kid #1
• Emily Allen as Virginia Welles
• David Garbutt as Mercury French Horn Player
• Jay Irving as Mercury Percussion Player
• Steven Parry as Mercury Trumpet Player
• Marlene Sidaway as Grandmother Samuels
• Robert Wilfort as Radio Director
• Michael Brandon as Les Tremayne
• Nathan Osgood as Radio Announcer
• Janie Dee as Mrs. Samuels
• Eddi Reader as Singer
• Jools Holland as Band Leader

Crew

• Holly Gent — Screenplay
• Richard Linklater — Director
• Robert Kaplow — Novel
• Vincent Palmo Jr. — Screenplay
• Michael J. McEvoy — Original Music Composer
• Dick Pope — Director of Photography
• Richard Linklater — Producer
• Ann Carli — Producer
• Marc Samuelson — Producer

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