Earlier this month we wrote that Cameron Diaz is in talks to star in “The Green Hornet.” Today it's been confirmed that she will play the female lead, a reporter and love interest, in the Sony Pictures comedy superhero project.
Diaz will co-star with Seth Rogen as Lenore Case in the movie about a millionaire playboy who becomes a masked vigilante by night aided by his sidekick Kato.
“Lenore, yes, and I think that's all I can tell you or else I would have to kill you. I read the whole script. I know what happens exactly, and I'm not telling you,” she told MTV.
“The Green Hornet” will be directed by Michel Gondry from the script by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
Gondry described Diaz's role San Diego Comic-Con as “a crime specialist” and “a big fan of the forensics TV shows”. Her character will unwittingly help the titular hero and his associate on their first series of missions.
It was earlier announced that Nicolas Cage is in early talks to play the gangster villain.
“The Green Hornet” is set to start shooting in the next few months and Sony planning to release it on July 9th, 2010.
