Variety has the story on the bit of interesting casting:Christoph Waltz, who is generating raves for his role as a Nazi in "Inglorious Basterds," has signed on to play the villain in Columbia Pictures' action comedy "The Green Hornet."
Waltz will play Chudnofsky, a Los Angeles crime boss who tries to unite the city's various gangs in order to form a supermafia.
The Austrian actor replaces Nicolas Cage, who had been in talks to take the role but walked away from negotiations last week when a contract couldn't be finalized.
Seth Rogen plays the titular role in "Hornet," a newspaper publisher by day who becomes a masked crime fighter at night. Asian pop star Jay Chou plays his martial arts-skilled sidekick and chauffeur Kato, while Cameron Diaz plays the love interest.
Waltz, who's a regular on German television, won the best actor award at the Cannes Intl. Film Festival for his role in "Basterds." His credits also include the films "Lapislazuli," "Gun-Shy," "Falling Rocks," "Ordinary Decent Criminal" and "Goldeneye."
Michel Gondry is helming "Hornet" from a script by Rogen and Evan Goldberg, that's based upon "The Green Hornet" radio series by George W. Trendle. Neal H. Moritz is producing.
Pic, which had originally been skedded for release next summer, will now bow Dec. 17, 2010.
-I hope he doesn't get typecast as an evildoer, but this film certainly got a hell of a villain...thoughts?
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He should be good in this. Such a big part of his role in Inglourious Basterds was how funny he was, so if this movie is an action-comedy, he should fit in well given that the character is written well.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see him getting these offers, he certainly deserves it.
Nick Cage for Christoph Waltz...who cant be happy about that...
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