Wow.  Nic Cage as a "gangster villain".  Could this get any worse?  Are you listening Seth Rogen?  You've already stated you're looking for an Asian actor with no martial arts background to play Kato, and now this?  This movie has all the earmarks of doom.

Well it depends how he plays it, In Face Off he was not to bad! trying my best here LOL.

i feel like casting nic cage at all is bad news for a movie.

didn't nicholas cage play a "gangster villain" is "Kiss of Death opposite david caruso?  it was a rubbish movie, and i've done my best to repress the memories of it, but i vaguely remember him playing a goateed villain of a ganster or drug dealing variety.

I liked him in the villain role in Face/Off, and particularly when he was playing the villain.  I think Nic is a natural for a comic book villain role with his penchant to go over the top in emotional scenes.  Over the top works better for villains.  And he should be able to play a gangster...he is a Coppola after all.

My worry is that Green Hornet won't find much of an audience.  It's core audience is likely an older crowd that watched the original TV show.  And the older crowd really don't support the superhero genre that well.  Gen X and beyond are really kind of left behind with the whole Green Hornet phenomenon.

And I'll close with my favorite Nic Cage quote from Face/Off.

"If I let...you suck on my tongue...would you be grateful?"

Nic Cage has ruined Ghost Rider for me, seriously, I hate Johnny Blaze now.
Since this movie was shaping up to be pretty crappy already with the loss of Chow, the addition of Diaz and the inclusion of Nic Cage is simply two more nails in the lid of this coffin. It will, unfortunately, be a box-office smash though.

He can't act.
Bad choice!!!

Ugh. Nick Cage...bleh.

Guess which movie I won't see the year this movie drops.

Not a Nick Cage fan the only movie I liked him in was Faceoff. Granted I don't know much about Green Hornet but I can't understand what Rogen is thinking. Diaz as hot as she is too old for the movie. Rogen needs to pack on some muscle mass/lose some bodyfat to look proper. They need a person with asian actor WITH a martial arts back ground. Will not watch this movie unless I'm totally palastered at an Alamo Draft House theather...

considering I don't really know anything about the Green Hornet, and don't really care, I gues I can see Cage playing a villian.  He's won an Oscar, or is 2. So he should be have the talent to do it.

"didn't nicholas cage play a "gangster villain" is "Kiss of Death opposite david caruso?  it was a rubbish movie, and i've done my best to repress the memories of it, but i vaguely remember him playing a goateed villain of a ganster or drug dealing variety. "

hahaha! This sucks. I can't stand Nic. Cage anyways, but being a "ganster villian" will be horrendous.

Half the movies he makes are just plain crap. The other half are forgettable trash.
I liked Face/Off. But not 100% percent for his performance. It was mostly because of him and John Travolta; the story and the special effects. Same with the National Treasure movies, If it weren't for his co-stars, his movies would really suck. Ghost Rider should have been better. I haven't seen Next or Knowing. Probably in protest of how bad Ghost Rider was. (There is only one movie Cage has made that I think is "great". Red Rock West. I like it because it's more of a noir ensemble farce drama.) I like Green Hornet. I've never been sold on Seth Rogan playing the character, and playing it for laughs. I don't think The Hornet has a Joker, or Lex Luthor in his rogues gallery. Isn't he more like The Shadow, The Phantom and Dick Tracy where all his rogues are faceless, nameless gangster types? I haven't seen it either yet, but I have a feeling this movie is going to suck as bad as I heard The Spirit was. Could even a great story save a mess like this? Is Seth Rogan trying to make his own version of Jim Carrey's The Mask?     

This whole film is a train wreck.

I like Cage. But this whole thing is so ill set up.

nik has tried to get into several comic book based movies in the past few months, and i think he could pull off the bad look, in bangcok something he played a ver dark anti-hero who he could easily bend into a villian

:(

I am more peeved that Fat Ass Pot Head Seth Rogen will play Green Hornet and what he's proposed to do with Kato.  D'eerrr...  I tend to agree with DarkCanuck regarding the inclusion of Diaz; I am not that thrilled about her although I know she's got a lot of fans.   She just seems too vapid to me.  Nic Cage being in it won't prompt me to see this potential turdball.

The kind of villain he played in kiss of death was a Queens gudio drug dealer asshole. Not much of a super villain. I'm still shocked that Steven Chow is out. Like others here have said I don't think this will do good. Much like the great idea for a "Land Of The Lost" movie. Why not a Thundarr The Barbarian movie with Rob Schneider, Megan Fox and Russell Crow as Ookla the Mok

I was never really that excited for a green hornet film in the first place, the movie was already going to be bad,adding nic to the equation just means it's further into the negative side of the scale.

Why does Hollywood continue to recycle Nicholas Cage?

I think he could be good at it.

And Nicholas Cage is a good actor...with the right script. Adaptation, anyone?

" Well it depends how he plays it, In Face Off he was not to bad! trying my best here LOL. "

well, cage getting casted is one thing. let's just get on our knees and pray his ridiculous hair doesn't get casted as well :-(

He's not the villain type, more like a goofy character

I just want this project to die and for Seth to get it out of his head that he thinks he can be  Green Hornet .

But Nic Cage can play a bad guy watch him in Kiss of Death.

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I can't see Nicholas Cage playing anything...

He can't act.

Sorry to fans out there.

I always kinda considered Nic to be kinda the villian in Lord of War, he was a gun runner who got his brother killed.  

That's Interesting.

FAce off does too count! Lol he was freaking nuts in that. He can pretty much do whatever he wants and do it decent to great. I think it'l be fine. 

Well, after watching the movie I think it's a good thing Cage left the project. Chudnovsky/Bloodnovsky was one of the few good things in the movie.