Saturday
11Jul2009
Could a New Kato Casting Call Completely Doom 'The Green Hornet'?
Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 12:19PM
And with that, I'm tagging The Green Hornet as a bomb. Sure, we're still exactly a year away from the movie being released, but this film is turning the phrase "no news is good news" on its head: Anything we hear is bad news.
"[KATO] ALL ASIAN ETHNICITIES, Male, 20’s - early 40’s. Brit Reid’s manservant/chauffeur by day and Green Hornet’s martial arts-skilled sidekick by night. Actor doesn’t have to have Martial Arts experience.Assuming for the moment that this is legitimate...what? Kato doesn't need martial arts experience? So then nobody in this movie will know how to handle themselves in a fight? Look, I'm enjoying the rise of Ken Jeong (the naked, effeminate gangster in The Hangover) as much as the next guy, but I don't want to see him as Kato. That. Would. Suck. I think when you consider all the variables, including Sony's desperate move to switch opening dates with a more bankable Adam Sandler comedy next summer, The Green Hornet is shaping up to be one tremendous mistake. If only they could just pull the plug.
Reader Comments (5)
Seth Rogen as the Green Hornet is the worst casting ever. We fans have said so. Nothing else really matters. As long as this is Seth Rogen's vanity project this is crap. Sony needs to kill this NOW!!!
100% agree. Time to pull the plug!
THe only way the movie can work is if they hire a REAL martial artist!! One who can also act! Give the part to Mark Dacascos!!! He was awesome in DRIVE, BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF, and CRADLE TO THE GRAVE! He is the only choice for Kato!!
Oh well, it is like it never was.
you know...
just because the actor isn't martial arts-trained doesn't mean the character isn't.
it's called stunt doubles.
from what i hear, the script is good and nuanced enough that a great actor is of slightly higher priority than an impressive martial artist who can act. especially because said impressive martial artist could be the double for the actor.
even aside from that, studios these days are willing in to put in the time and effort to turn a non-martial artist into a well-trained screen fighter. how many martial arts films have you seen keanu reeves in before the matrix? (or carrie-anne moss, or laurence fishburne, or hugo weaving...)