Losing Nicolas Cage Is A-OK
While the loss of a Nicolas Cage would sent projects like Ghost Rider's Second or National Treasure 3: Another Book with Further Secrets into great turmoil, Michel Gondry and Seth Rogen's Green Hornet project has picked up the pieces of its now Cage-less life and moved on gracefully. The film, currently in production, lost Nic as its villain last week, but already its replaced him with Christoph Waltz, the 52-year-old actor whose performance in Inglourious Basterds has everyone saying, "That guy is really good at pretending to be a Nazi."
I wish I didn't know Nicolas Cage almost had the role. No matter how good Waltz's performance is, in the back of my mind I'll always be pondering how much more intense-faced it could have been.
Christoph Waltz Is Villain In 'Green Hornet' [Deadline Hollywood]