Thought this was interesting, on giving some insight into who "Chudnofsky" is at least.
http://www.newsinfilm.com/2009/09/20/waltz-replaces-cage-as-green-hornet-villain/
"According to Variety, in the Michel Gondry-directed action comedy Waltz is playing Chudnofsky, a Los Angeles crime boss who tries to unite the city’s various gangs in order to form a supermafia. Nicolas Cage was originally in discussions for the role, but backed out just as the movie started filming earlier this month. It seems Columbia managed to upgrade on short notice.
Seth Rogen is starring as the Green Hornet, Jay Chou is his sidekick Kato, and Cameron Diaz plays Rogen’s love interest. Plus Edward James Olmos and Tom Wilkinson.
Since his departure, Cage talked to the Canadian Press about why he didn’t officially sign for the villain. Apparently the actor “wasn’t interested in just being just a straight-up bad guy who was killing people willy-nilly.” He added, “I had to have some humanity and to try to give it something where you could understand why the character was the way he was but I don’t think there was enough time to develop it.” He basically wanted a bigger role and they didn’t have time to write one for him. This is all strange coming from Cage, who has been seemingly grabbing paychecks for several years."
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