Seth Rogen appears to have his acting furnace stoked with logs made of employment. We get wind of this casting news from MTV Movies Blog:
Three months after promising MTV that his “Green Hornet” would be an “awesome action movie,” Seth Rogen is back with news on the 71-year-old superhero, confirming to our very own Josh Horowitz that he will indeed suit up in the famous green fedora.
“There’s a more comedic version and a less comedic version and we don’t know what will feel right until we’re actually writing it,” he revealed.
So Rogan will be writing and starring in the Green Hornet … I will reserve all judgement until I see this one. This certainly seems like a strange casting and vision for the green hornet character. Rogan is good stuff though, and a likable Canadian boy, so on the basis of nationalism and camaraderie – I will give him the benefit of the doubt.
The Green Hornet was the Bruce Lee show, and he set the bar high for Kato. With Steven Chow and Tony Jaa being discussed as possibilities for the role, I am content that either will do Bruce proud, and the character justice. If you had Seth Rogan and Tony Jaa as a pair of crime fighters – that would be pretty amusing. Kato could kick ass while the Green Hornet loots pockets and sips on a whiskey.
Perhaps a comedic campy Green Hornet film will be just what the doctor ordered. Most fans of the original series are dead anyway, maybe it makes sense to take some risks and get crazy.
