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Zac Efron takes a moment out of his busy filming schedule to pose with director Richard Linklater while promoting their new film Me & Orson Welles.

The director-actor pair spent most of their time shooting at the Gaiety Theatre. Me & Orson Welles is set in 1937 and is about an Orson Welles production of Julius Caesar staged at New York’s famous Mercury Theatre.

A solo Zac was also seen dining by himself after a week of filming on the tiny Isle of Man.

Watch video footage from the press conference as Linklater and producers Ann Carli and Marc Samuelson take questions.

View more pictures of Zac at Photos Today.

Zac Efron arrives at the Gaiety Theatre in Douglas, Isle of Man on Thursday to continue shooting his new movie Me and Orson Welles (an adaptation of the period coming-of-age novel by Robert Kaplow).

Claire Danes stars opposite the 20-year-old teen heartthrob in the Richard Linklater-directed film.

Me and Orson Welles is a 1937-set movie, which centers on a high school student (Zac) who, while strolling the streets of New York, happens upon the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre and is noticed by its mercurial founder, Orson Welles.

Zac Efron practices his lines on the set of his new film Me and Orson Welles in the Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, on the Island of Man.

Zac is looking majorly sleek with his new hairdo, as captured by Isle of Man Today.

The other film Zac was recently filming back in L.A. was 17 Again. Producer Adam Shankman (and Hairspray director) had a few words to say about Zac:

“We have some very funny [dancing] scenes between him and Leslie Mann from Knocked Up, which are off-the-charts funny. But there’s also this big thing with Zac dancing with a lot of cheerleaders that is very, very fun and funny. People are going to be so surprised how seriously great he is in this movie. I’m really proud. This is about a man whose life has not gone the way he wants it to, so he wishes he was 17 again and he gets his wish. And then he’s realizing it’s nothing like he thought it would be. So it’s a reverse Big. It has as many funny scenes in it as it does heartfelt scenes. [Zac] has to carry this whole movie as a comedian. But there are some very emotional scenes as well.”

After a traditional English breakfast, Zac Efron poses with the owners of Copperfields restaurant and their baby on Monday. Copperfields is located in the capital town of Douglas, Isle of Man (the center of the British Isles).

After arriving at the restaurant, a gaggle of girls quickly spotted the teen heartthrob. Within minutes, the small group turned into a huge crowd waiting to catch a glimpse of the 20-year-old High School Musical star as he left.

The owners of the restaurant, Nick and Amy, called police and helped Zac exit safely out a side door.

Zac is currently in town shooting his latest movie, Me And Orson Wells.

Later in the evening, Zac was seen watching (blinking? falling sleep?) an English Premiere League soccer game with a few friends. His friends were overheard explaining the rules of the game to Zefron.

Watch a video of Zac getting mobbed by the girls here.

Here is the first official 17 Again movie still from New Line Cinema.

The comedy is about middle-aged father Mike O’Donnell whose life didn’t quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it.

O’Donnell wakes up to find he’s 17 again (Zac Efron, pictured) and gets the chance to rewrite his life.

Burr Steers (Igby Goes Down) directed the film, which is slated for an August 2008 release.

Zac Efron celebrates the Bat Mitzvah of a producer pal’s daughter in London on Saturday night. (The producer is from his upcoming movie, Me and Orson Welles)

The 20-year-old tween heartthrob will be spending about a month filming the coming-of-age romantic comedy in the Isle of Man (the center of the British Isles). Principal photography starts on Sunday, Feb. 24th.

Zac will 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.

Zanessa makes a guest appearance on Oprah surprising three kids with props from High School Musical for their new bedrooms!

The video is a segment from Oprah’s Building a Dream House show. Notice how wide-eyed the kids get when they see Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron. Especially the girl in the middle! She’s like a statue with her eyes and mouth WIDE open the entire video!

Zac Efron departs from LAX airport in Los Angeles late Sunday night. Probably off to finish filming his new movie, Seventeen, out August 2008.

Zac, 20, continues to rock his fraying shoes, Sidewalk Surfers by Sanuk.

On a sidenote, Vanessa Hudgens‘ sophomore album has a tentative release date of June 24th.

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