Told you today was casting news day. We had Will and Upstairs, now we bring you Orson Welles. After a lot of speculation on our official message boards on who would join Zac in the film as one of the many girls his character, Richard Samuels, falls for, Claire Danes has been cast as leading lad, Sonja.
The article published at IOM Today says this:

IoM Film’s Hilary Dugdale added: ‘Zac Efron is currently rated the most high-profile actor in the industry, with Richard Linklater (School of Rock) directing and the supporting cast led by Claire Danes, this is actually a studio movie hitting the Island. This is big news for the British film industry, never mind the Manx!’

Now while I doubt that Zac is the “most high profile actor in the industry”, none can argue that he sure pulls in the audience. Zac will spend close to a month on the Isle of Man filming after A Bunch of Amateurs, another film starring Burt Reynolds wraps. That starts shooting this Saturday.

Also joining Zac and Claire on Orson Welles is newcomer Christian McKay & Ben Chaplin. The official press release for the film is here.

ETA: Even more casting news here!

source: IOM, jeezbee @ FF

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