Jet Li has been rumored to play Kato in the upcoming Green Hornet film which Kevin Smith is currently writing the scipt for. I think Jet Li would make a great Kato and of course could never take Bruce Lees spot but Li is pretty much the next best thing out there.
IESB caught up with him and asked him if he is still attached to the role. "That’s a long time ago," Li said. "Five or six years ago, I heard about it. Before, it was a Universal movie but right now it changed to the other [studio, Miramax/Dimension] and I heard everybody talk about it, but I’m not attached right now."
If Kevin Smith asks him, he may consider it though."It really depends on the script. Each director will change the story. Seven years ago, maybe it was still The Green Hornet but what kind of story? Right now, the market has changed, the audience changed, maybe they changed the script."