Casting Kato For Leigh Whannell's The Green Hornet Reboot
The adventures of The Green Hornet will continue in the in-development reboot The Green Hornet and Kato and there are a few strong candidates for who could play Kato. When it comes to the legacy of Bruce Lee, the short-lived TV series The Green Hornet helped get his career as a martial arts movie star rolling in 1966. Based on the '40s radio serials, The Green Hornet followed the adventures of the wealthy Britt Reid (Van Williams), who donned a mask and took on the crime-fighting identity of the Green Hornet alongside his driver Kato.
Despite ostensibly being the sidekick, Bruce Lee was unquestionably the star as Kato, with his martial arts skills stunning American viewers who had never seen anything like his abilities before. The Green Hornet had a cross-over with the '60s Batman TV show, and the series was even re-titled The Kato Show in Lee's native Hong Kong. The life Bruce Lee gave The Green Hornet show as Kato cannot be overstated, with the franchise later being rebooted in 2011's The Green Hornet with Seth Rogen and Jay Chou.
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Leigh Whannell of the Saw and Insidious franchises is reportedly set to direct Universal's The Green Hornet and Kato reboot. Naturally, whenever a new version of The Green Hornet is announced, the question on virtually every fan's mind is who will portray Kato. While the world awaits the news of who will play the two crime fighters revving up their custom crime-fighting car, the Black Beauty, there are quite a few candidates who could do justice to the character of Kato and the lasting image he developed as part of Bruce Lee's history-making career. Here are several candidates who would make great choices from Kato in The Green
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