Cameron Diaz is reportedly in early talks to play the female lead in Michel Gondry’s upcoming “The Green Hornet,” scribed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
Starring Rogen as newspaper publisher Britt Reid – who doubles as crime fighter Green Hornet – and Stephen Chow (if he’s still on board that is) as sidekick Kato, the film is set for a July 9th 2010 release though, prior to Diaz, news had been relatively quiet on the development front. With the release date now exactly a year away, things should begin to get going in the coming weeks.
Diaz’s potential role in the film is not yet known though, if consistent with the canon, would presumably be either Lenore “Casey” Case, Reid’s secretary, or possibly “Clicker” Binny, a photographer co-worker of Reid’s. The possibility of Diaz playing a totally new character conceived by Rogen and Goldberg is also on the cards especially as the superhero/secretary dynamic was already played out in “Iron Man.”
Whatever the role, Diaz does seem like an actress who would match up well with Rogen but, as nothing is currently known about the film’s style and tone, it’s hard to judge. Rogen and Goldberg haven’t exactly written any throughly developed female characters in their previous efforts either (“Pineapple Express,” “Drillbit Taylor” and “Superbad”). [EW]
