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Kevin Smith on The Green Hornet, Etc.

Kevin answers a bunch of questions regarding The Green Hornet and other related stuff.

My favorite part:

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
We were in the editing room on "Jersey Girl" a few months back, swapping out a song, and
Jon Gordon (friend and Miramax exec) was on the phone, talking about something comic-
book sounding. When he got off, I asked him what he was talking about, and he said "Green
Hornet." I said "You guys have 'Green Hornet'? Who's directing?" He said "Nobody yet. You
wanna do it?" I said "Harvey would never give me that movie." He said "You got a take on
it?" I said "I've had a take on it that's been sitting on the hard drive of every computer I've
had since '95, when I was asked to come up with a take on it while working on 'Rats' at
Universal." So I told him about it, he said "I love that. Lemme run it past Harvey." Jon runs
it past Harvey, and Harvey says "I'm into it. Tell him to write up an outline." So I started an
outline... 'til the feet started to get cold. "This is too big," I fretted. "I'm not an action
director. I’m gonna pooch it if I try.” So I wrote Jon an email, informing him that I was
bowing out. He asked if I’d written any of the outline, and I told him I had two pages. He
insisted I send them in. I did, and he gave them to Harvey, who read the pages, called me,
and said “This is too good. I’m not letting you back out of this. It’s time you grew up and
pushed yourself by trying something different than all the talky flicks. You can do this.
We’ll surround you with an amazing support team. You’re right to be scared – but it’s a
good fear. It’s the kinda fear that’s gonna make you try harder.”

After that, how could I say no?

posted by brendoman | 02/19/04| 12:40:23 pm| Movies| 1 comment »


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Comment from: Monita Bowman [Visitor]
Re: Green Hornet casting Jake Gyllenhaal is NOT a good match for this movie. A better choice would be Adrian Paul. He is an martial arts expert and a good actor with a HUGE fan base. Plus he is gorgeous and looks good on screen. Please change your mind!!!
03/22/04 @ 12:52

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