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Nicolas Cage Responds to Turning Down "Green Hornet"

Cage recently responded to turning down the villain's role in "Green Hornet"
Nicolas Cage says he dropped out of "The Green Hornet" film because of creative differences with star and screenwriter Seth Rogen and director Michel Gondry.

Cage discussed his decision while appearing at the Toronto International Film Festival to promote the darkly comic film, "Bad Lieutenant, Port of Call: New Orleans." He had been in talks to play the lead villain opposite Vancouver's Rogen, who will portray the masked crime fighter.

But Cage says he "wasn't interested in just being just a straight-up bad guy who was killing people willy-nilly."

He says Rogen and Gondry "had a different take on the character" and there wasn't enough time to develop the script.

Christoph Waltz of "Inglourious Basterds" has reportedly signed on to the role of Chudnofsky.

"'The Green Hornet' was something that I wanted to do, I think Michel Gondry is very talented and I had hoped it would work but I think Seth Rogen and Michel had a different take on the character," said Cage, who starred in 2007's supernatural comic book film, "Ghost Rider."

"I had to have some humanity and to try to give it something where you could understand why the character was the way he was but I don't think there was enough time to develop it."

"The Green Hornet" is slated for release in 2010.


Personally I'm not such a big Nicolas Cage fan and wasn't impressed with "Ghost Rider," other than the effects. So I'm okay with his not being in it.
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9/16/2009
Canadian Press

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24 Comments

Come on, CAGE shoiuld stick to the KICK A$$ movie and his GHOST RIDER franchise, we don't want another RYAN REYNOLDS lol!
LEEE777 - 9/16/2009, 6:54 AM
@ LEEE777 i TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU 100% Cage should def try and get something else going with Ghost Rider. That's where he should be focusing character development. Trying to get those execs to do another flick that's deeper and darker. The last film seemed a little too campy.
StrangemannX09 - 9/16/2009, 9:19 AM
Ghost Rider vs Hulk ;-)
Imran - 9/16/2009, 9:23 AM
what with hulk ffs!! ghost rider was alrite but f*cking hulk no bloody thank you thanks to leee i hate the damn bloody hulk grrrrrrr lol ;)
lc - 9/16/2009, 9:35 AM
I think they got the better person now anyways.
Bandrews1 - 9/16/2009, 9:36 AM
I'm at a call center doing tech support. When people call in, they always tell me I sound like Nicolas Cage. LOL
BLANK - 9/16/2009, 9:47 AM
Nice word from Nic Cage. This movie like Will Smith's Wild Wild West, sounds like another bastardization of another cult classic. Would love to be proved wrong, but if there is any truth to this, I'm afraid this movie seems destined to be trash.

soforizo - 9/16/2009, 11:21 AM
Now i really, Really, need a trailer.
supermarioworldE - 9/16/2009, 11:29 AM
i don't know why - but when Nic Cage turns down a role it gets me worried considering he's in about 50 movies a year now.
Keven - 9/16/2009, 11:42 AM
yeah hes not the guy to be turing down something unless its really bad. he usually just a big whore.
superdog - 9/16/2009, 12:26 PM
Like I've been saying this movie is gonna suck cause Seth Rogen is gonna find a way to frick this movie and the legacy of the Green Hornet one way or another. It's like the old saying "you can dress shit up and make it look pretty but it's still gonna smell and look like shit."
Kratos6 - 9/16/2009, 12:55 PM
kratos6@ lipstick on a pig is probably a more relevant version of your analogy
superdog - 9/16/2009, 1:00 PM
I would've loved to see Cage in the Hornet but he's picky
ragdoll03289 - 9/16/2009, 1:11 PM
Strangemann @ You a so right dude! ; )

Lc @ lol!
LEEE777 - 9/16/2009, 3:14 PM
Legacy of the Green Hornet? I don't know, I get that it was the vehicle that launched bruce lee to stardom but other than that he's a lame hero. This movie has no where to go but up. Not all pulp heroes were created equal, the shadow great hero, the green hornet? Not so much.
thwhtGuardian - 9/16/2009, 3:21 PM
Cage blows. He's a horrible actor. However, the idea of this movie just doesn't sit right with me, especially since Seth Rogan is involved. I like him, but I think he's going to ruin this character and story.
ecksmanfan - 9/16/2009, 5:53 PM
Horrible really?thats ok he should turn down those roles that blow.
Weiner123 - 9/16/2009, 6:20 PM
He would've been cool as a Villan but whether he was in it or not is not Really the Point....

That Seth guy and that Script must be HORRIBLE and Seth Playing the Green Hornet is an AWFUL Idea and Cage knew it.

He's being NICE about it but I know that its also the fact that SETH is playing the Green Hornet and the Story must not be all that Great either.

I don't care if some people in here dislike Cage...Most of his movies have been Sucessful...

Either way....Seth as the GH is a REALLY BAD IDEA!

Sorry....

But just doesn't fit the character at all...
NubaX - 9/16/2009, 7:44 PM
At this point I would say about 90% of cages films have NOT been successful
superdog - 9/16/2009, 9:19 PM
thank god he cant act 4 sh*t he all ways seems 2 play the same character in every film an as far as im concerned he murdered johnny blaze.
Roscoe182 - 9/16/2009, 9:28 PM
nicolas cage has been fighting his way to land in CBM's an look what happened with ghost rider?? he is a good actor, but not all of his movies are good. he turned down the role because he just didn't get the character he'd play. i think gondry is a great director, but he hasn't created anything GREAT recently(maybe tokyo, but i haven't seen it), i hope he'd pick himself up with this movie. as for rogen, i think he's funny and i hope that if he's going to make this movie funny, i hope he'd make it with respect.

p.s. kato is pinoy!
redskullrevenge - 9/16/2009, 10:25 PM
Hooray for Nicolas Cage! He can do anything.

Hey Nic, he's our man, if he can't do it by trying to do the role somehow in a random movie that you only half like 'cause the movie was okay but needed more depth or something to that effect--

no one can!
Fartman - 9/17/2009, 8:12 AM
actually cage is a great actor, he just keeps picking shit roles, he's wearing himself too thin, remember face/off where he played himself playing john travolta playing nic cage? brillaint! if hes gonna do comicbookmovies, then do that, if he wants to play every role given to him these are going to be the critiques hes going to get, i mean, who could have seen tom hanks as a serious actor after bachelor party? if he does good in kickass then he may wanna go this route(cbm)s and stick with it. i for one think hed make a great riddler...
theeambassador - 9/17/2009, 12:26 PM
nic turned it down? he doesnt turn anything down it seems so you gotta wonder. he likes comics and the creative differences?.... hmmm...what is seth doing??!!!
KeepItReal - 9/30/2009, 10:17 AM

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