Stephen Chow may become Kato in Seth Rogen’s ‘Green Hornet’

Seth Rogen has mentioned that he is considering Stephen Chow as his sidekick Kato in The Green Hornet. Coming Soon gives us this:

“He knew who we were talking about when we said that Rogen played the police officer in Superbad. He seemed genuinely pleased that Rogen might think of him, though he hasn’t been approached, thinking that maybe Rogen doesn’t have his contact info.”

For those of you that aren’t familiar with Stephen Chow or Kato, let me give you a brief rundown of both of them.

Stephen Chow is a famous writer, director and actor in Hong Kong. His film credits include Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle, and is currently working on Dragonball.

“Kato was Britt Reid’s valet, who doubled as The Green Hornet’s unnamed, masked driver and sidekick to help him in his vigilante adventures, disguised as the activities of a racketeer and his chauffeur/bodyguard/enforcer. According to the storyline, years before the events depicted in the series, Britt Reid had saved Kato’s life while travelling in the Far East. Depending on the version of the story, this prompted Kato to become Reid’s assistant or friend.” – via wikipedia

Kato was played by one very famous Martial Arts guru in Bruce Lee for the television Series.

Lets hope this will be great with Seth Rogen  holding the reigns,  after Kevin Smith had worked on it. Maybe they could tag team it since Rogen is starring in the new Smith flick, Zach and Miri Make a Porno. Time will tell.