Deze week werd bekend dat Christoph Waltz ("The Jew Hunter" uit Inglourious Basterds) de rol van de villain Chudnofsky gaat spelen in de film The Green Hornet. Voor deze bekendmaking was Nicolas Cage nog in gesprek voor diezelfde rol. Tegenover The Canadian Press waarom Cage geen zin had in de superheldenfilm.

Cage zegt dat hij: "wasn't interested in just being just a straight-up bad guy who was killing people willy-nilly.". Ook zegt Cage: "'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. 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."

Nicolas Cage was in 2007 te zien in Marvel superheldenfilm Ghost Rider en in 2010 zien we hem in de comicvefilming Kick-Ass.