Richard Linklater on making Me and Orson Welles: 'He was the patron saint of indie film-makers'

Orson Welles, that brilliant beast of the prewar theatre jungle, is here reduced to a gentle moggy, says Peter Bradshaw

The indie film-maker talks about his new film Me and Orson Welles

A teenager is cast in a production of Julius Caesar directed by a young Orson Welles

The High School Musical star comes into his own in Richard Linklater's period charmer, out in the UK on 4 December, which goes behind the scenes of Orson Welles's infamous production of Julius Caesar. Watch the world exclusive UK trailer here

British actor Christian McKay, who plays the celebrated director in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles, tells Catherine Shoard why the role was a comfort to him as a film rookie and why Welles's reputation and later career are ripe for reassessment