The Green Hornet - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of The Green Hornet or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Green Hornet

[bryan]

During the initial confrontation outside the hibachi restaurant, Kato punches a henchman through a window using a very fast short punch. This is an homage to Bruce Lee's famous "one-inch punch", which was said to be able to knock a person off their feet with a strike that only moved one inch.

[jeffrey]

At approximately 48 minutes, while Kato is setting breakfast by the pool, he is whistling "Flight of the Bumblebee" &/or "The Green Hornet Theme"

[albert]

When he was attached as the writer/director, Kevin Smith (jokingly) said he wanted to cast Ben Affleck as BOTH the Green Hornet and Kato, making use of split screen shots and yellow face.

[willard]

The reference to Twilight (2008) is changed in international versions of the film (whether dubbed or subtitled), so that the reference makes sense in context. For example, in France, the characters reference Sunset Blvd. (1950) instead.

[lena]

George Clooney was cast as Britt Reid back in the mid-nineties, but dropped out to star in The Peacemaker (1997).

[terry]

George Clooney, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Wahlberg, and Vince Vaughn were previously considered to play the lead role.

[wallace]

In late 2008, Stephen Chow was set to direct and co-star as Kato. However, creative differences prevented him from doing so. Although, for a while, it seemed he was still set to play Kato when Michel Gondry became attached. Seth Rogen stated the reason for Chow's departure, was that the director wanted Kato to implant Britt with a microchip and control him with a joystick, something Rogen wasn't keen on.

[darrell]

This is Cameron Diaz' second superhero styled film for her to appear, as a possible love interest to the main character. Her first one was also her first film, The Mask (1994), where she played Stanley Ipkiss' love interest and bombshell, Tina Carlyle.

[gabriel]

Jay Chou got the role of Kato after a video conference with Seth Rogen was set up. He was invited to do a screentest, the filmmakers did not know he was a famous singer, up until the last moments.

[darrell]

Nicolas Cage was initially cast as Chudnofsky, but dropped out. He intended to play the role with a Jamaican accent, much to director Michel Gondry's dismay.

[ronnie]

Sony Pictures cancelled a sequel due to the profits not being high enough and another reboot was planned at Paramount Pictures for 2016. Amasia Entertainment ended up winning the film rights in a competitive bidding war soon after in 2020.

[michele]

The 3D conversion of the film added another $10 million to the budget.

[victoria]

Sang-Woo Kwon was considered for the role of Kato.

[camila]

When Britt Reid and Kato first go out to vandalize the statue, their disguises closely resemble the costumes of the early incarnations of The Green Hornet and Kato of the film serials The Green Hornet (1940) and The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940).

[elmer]

Edward Furlong was arrested a few hours after attending the premiere.

[ivan]

The first screenplay for this reboot was written by Chuck Pfarrer back in the mid-1990s. Rich Wilkes then did a rewrite.

[chris]

In the television series, District Attorney Frank Scanlon knows Britt Reid's secret identity, and is one of the Green Hornet's closest allies and confidants. However, in this film, he is portrayed as a villain who eventually finds out Reid's secret identity, and is killed by the Green Hornet and Kato with the Black Beauty.