LOS ANGELES – Seth Rogen shed a few pounds and packed on the muscle to star in the new “Green Hornet” film. He plays Britt Reid, the playboy son of a wealthy newspaper publisher who inherits a media empire after his father dies. With the help of Kato, an employee in the company, he becomes a crime fighter named the Green Hornet. Diaz, 38, plays Lenore Case, his sexy secretary.
Christoph Waltz of “Inglourious Basterds” fame also stars as the villain Benjamin Chudnofsky, a Russian gangster. According to CNN, the actor lost 30 pounds and he told the news network at the film’s premiere on Monday, “Now that the movie’s over I hope to get fat again. Because I enjoy it.”