Since scoring a hypnotic debut in ‘Inglorious Basterds,’ his first major movie to be filmed outside Europe, Christoph Waltz is being widely suggested as Oscar material, and according to DHD he has now proved he deserves such high regard by landing one of the most coveted roles in any current production; The villainous ‘Chudnofsky,’ in Michel Gondry’s ‘Green Hornet.’
Originally offered to Nicholas Cage, who declined it last week for reasons unknown, this rightful recasting should implant the 52-year old Vienna-born actor in the Academy’s minds as surely as his pipe-puffing role as Colonel Hans Landa in Quentin Tarrantino’s wartime drama has imprinted his name on a world of new fans.
Based in London, Waltz will now join Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz on the set of Sony’s, ‘Hornet,’ which is already in production and scheduled to premiere on December 17th.
