Cameron Diaz Confirms Role in 'Green Hornet'

It wasn’t too long ago that Cameron Diaz’s presence in the “Green Hornet” movie was rumored, vaguely discussed, and eventually under negotiations. Now, the actress has finally offered her two-word statement on the issue.

“I’m in,” Diaz said when MTV News caught up with her recently.

Diaz has officially signed on to play Lenore “Casey” Case, historically Britt Reid’s beautiful secretary and one of the few people aware of the fact that Reid (who will be played by Seth Rogen), spends his off-hours fighting crime as the Hornet. In the soon-to-shoot film, however, Casey will be reimagined as a forensics-TV-show loving amateur sleuth who remains in the dark about Green Hornet’s true identity—and is smarting from a recent divorce.

“I am making Michel Gondry’s movie,” she said of the director, who Diaz said is giving the 70-year-old character an extreme makeover. “I am very, very excited about it.”

Diaz also said that she recently met the new Kato, and that they’re hard at work in pre-production for the movie. “Seth and Michel are awesome, and Jay Chou too,” she said. “We’re having a really great time.”

Diaz has been hard at work reviewing the past incarnations of Casey, but explained that it will ultimately be a modern, very different take on the character. “I think she’ll have her own little [differences],” she explained. “I’m going with Michel, because this is Michel’s movie and Seth’s movie. So, I’m playing the character that they wrote for us.”

"The Green Hornet" hits theaters July 9, 2010.
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Source: MTV News