Chow Says Ciao To 'Green Hornet'

"Actor doesn't have to have Martial Arts experience." Figures.

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Three words: Jet Muthaf*ckin' Li!

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What about Tony Jaa? (Nowhere close to the same fighting style, but would make for some great action sequences!)

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Ken Jeong. He has a ton of experience working with Rogen and comedies.

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Unfortunately, even the best actor for the Kato role won't make up for the poor choice of Rogen as Green Hornet.

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I'm so glad that Stephen Chow (who I worship) is out of this mess.

That said, a good choice for Kato would be Shin Koyomada, who played Nobutada, Ken Watanabe's son in The Last Samurai. He's young and good-looking, he can act AND he is a martial artist, plus he's from Japan but now lives in the U.S. and speaks English.

The only problem is he'd probably blow Seth Rogen off the screen. ;)

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I can't necessarily agree. While Rogen isn't the first thing that comes to mind when I think "action star," he might be able to do a decent rendition.
If they were to cast a "serious" actor, (IE: Clive Owen, Hugh Jackman, etc....) it would be treading suspiciously close to the Batman franchise (which is what pretty much killed the TV series in the '60s).
So long as Rogen doesn't butcher the character like Steve Martin did with the Pink Panther series, I think it'll do just fine.

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John Cho

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I'm so glad that Stephen Chow is out of this mess.

That said, Shin Koyomada, who played Ken Watanabe's son in The Last Emperor, would be a great choice for Kato.

He's young and good-looking, he can act, and he's a martial artist. Originally from Japan, he has lived in the U.S. for a number of years and can speak English.

The only problem is, I think he'd blow Rogen off the screen. :)

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Well if they want to go the comedic route, Ken Jeong would be good. I don't know if he has any martial arts skills, but apparently it doesn't matter.

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How about Robin Shou? (Liu Kang, Mortal Kombat)

If only Brandon Lee were still alive *sniff*

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Brandon Lee WOULD be an awesome choice!

I just checked out Shin Koyamada on IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1259103/) and have to agree with Paula in saying that he would be fantastic for the part.

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I'm ok with Chow leaving the project, they would probably be better off with a younger actor like Cho or Koyamada to play off Rogen, but why a sequal to CJ7? It was a decent little flick, but most of his other stuff is much better. Although I guess there is a lot more money in making PG movies. Still, I'd rather see a follow up to Shaolin Soccer. How about Baguazhang Baseball or Hoong Ka Hockey?

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okay fellow movie fans, we all know that we a re dreading this project only because its becoming most lethargic in its progress.
Seth Rogen not so much a clear cut choice as Britt Reed, but he may surprise us....as for Kato i grew up watching the Green Hornet. They have to think this one over.. no martial arts skill needed? r they @#$%^ nuts? thats like saying the sun doesnt need the damn sky!! Whomever they decide to portray kato must be efficient in the arts its the only way that we as fans can accept the portrayal...and one other little thing. DO NOT!! Please do not alter the masks to the point where it looks chessy! i know there was different variations but as a fan do this character proud....PLEASE!!

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Keanu Reeves? He's half Chinese......ok, I'm kinda trolling =)

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Roger Fan from "Finishing the Game," where he played a Bruce Lee wannabe. If they're going for a comedic version, this is their guy.

Other Asian-Americans - maybe Sung Kang?. If they're looking overseas, maybe Takeshi Kaneshiro or Nicholas Tse since they're English speakers - or I'd love to see Daniel Wu come back stateside for a bit.

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Its a movie folks. The guy doesn't need to ACTUALLY be proficient in martial arts, he just needs to look like he is on screen. What did Keanu Reeves call the matrix moves? "Movie-Fu"? Those fight scenes looked pretty damn amazing despite the fact that none of those guys knew how to do any martial arts before they signed on for the film. Lets cast the best actor for the job and then make sure they get his ass training before filming begins.

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Nicholas Tse or Stephen Fung check them out there cool actors they know martial arts and speak english.

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