Taiwanese stud Jay Chou cast as Kato in Seth Rogen’s ‘Green Hornet’

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Taiwanese actor-singer and all-around-good-looking chap, Jay Chou, has been cast as Kato, Green Hornet’s sidekick in the upcoming big-screen adaptation of the cult ’60s show The Green Hornet.

Chou replaces Stephen Chow who left production for reasons unknown but presumably sound. Chou, who is evidently a chart-topping artist at home, was seen in The Curse of the Golden Flower and Initial D.

“[Chou] is incredibly unique and charming and fights like a wild dog,” said Hornet director Michel Gondry.

Chou steps into a role made famous by legendary martial artist Bruce Lee.

The Green Hornet has been plagued with trouble since pre-production when Chow backed away from directing duties. The Kung Fu Hustle director intended to stay on as Kato but ultimately decided to leave for what is believed to be “irreconcilable differences.”

Cock joke practitioner Seth Rogen is set to play the Green Hornet and co-wrote the script with his right testicle Evan Goldberg. (Now you can see why Chow may have left…)

Cameron Diaz and Nicolas Cage have recently been added to the growing cast.

You can check out Chou and his kicks in the flaccid Hong Kong actioner Dunk, which Variety said “lacks the nonsense humor and cartoon action of hits like Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, Chou is attempting to fill in as Hong Kong’s latest action star.”