[新聞]‘Green Hornet’sidekick’s evolving …
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‘Green Hornet’ sidekick’s evolving heritage: He was Pinoy at one point
By Ruben V. Nepales
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:24:00 01/08/2011
Filed Under: Entertainment (general), Cinema, Celebrities
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World star
Jay Chou portrays Kato in the 3D movie adaptation of the radio serial, comic
book, film and TV series that could turn him from Asian superstar to world
star. Kato and his boss, Britt Reid (Seth), who is a publisher and popular
media tycoon by day, become masked crime fighters by night. Cameron Diaz,
Christoph Waltz, Tom Wilkinson and Edward James Olmos also star.
“The name Kato is Japanese and the character was originally Japanese,”
Michel said of the other half of the masked heroes. “But because there was
World War II, they had to make his character Filipino. And then he became
Chinese so it’s a Chinese guy with a Japanese name.”
Asia’s megastar
Seth chimed in: “When we met Jay, it was our chemistry that really made it
seem like it would work. He is a megastar in Asia. He’s exponentially more
famous and successful than I will ever be. And the idea that in the movie he’s
my sidekick, that instantly felt wrong and that was exactly what we needed.
We needed to show that when you see the two of us, it’s clear that he should
be the guy in charge and not me. That’s really what Jay had. We were funny
together. That was the idea — we have such different energies. He’s very
quiet and low-key and I get very excited and loud.”
Different take
Michel added, “We saw Jay in action, fighting and he had an attitude that was
like boyish and not affected, an honesty that we really liked and I thought he
would be great for Kato. It was difficult for an actor to take on this part
because of Bruce Lee’s legacy, especially for Asian actors — they don’t want
to ruin it and to be compared. Jay wanted to have a completely different take.
He didn’t want anyone to think he was trying to imitate Bruce Lee.”We asked
Seth how they dealt with the white boss-Asian sidekick stereotype issue —
after all we’re in the 21st century. Seth answered, “A big part of where we
got this idea for the movie was because of how outdated that relationship was.
There was never any acknowledgment that Kato was the one who did most of the
stuff. The Green Hornet got most of the credit. We had to acknowledge all
these things that most people don’t even realize — what a disadvantage
Kato’s character is being put in from a literary standpoint. So we really had
to update all that. The whole point of the movie is that we deserve equal
credit.”
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Float Like a Franchise, Sting Like a ...
New York Times
By FRANZ LIDZ
Published: January 7, 2011
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Kato too was endlessly vamped and revamped. “We wrote him old and young and
everything in between,” Mr. Rogen said. “About the only Kato we skipped was
Kato Kaelin.”
The casting of the Taiwanese pop singer Jay Chou prompted more unease. The
studio was accused in the blogosphere of bypassing Asian-American actors in a
brazen attempt to capture overseas markets. The film’s producer, Neal H.
Moritz, said he was concerned about Mr. Chou’s lack of fluency in English.
“I worried,” he said. By the time filming began, he had concluded that
Mr. Chou’s struggles with the language made his Kato endearing.
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