There was always something very strange about the prospect of seeing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry helm a $120 million superhero blockbuster with Seth Rogen in the lead role, but such unusual parts turned out to be the least of The Green Hornet‘s concerns.
While the film was a reasonable success at the box office after earning $229 million during its theatrical run, Rogen didn’t mince his words in the aftermath. In various interviews following the release of the tepidly-received action comedy, the actor admitted that both he and Gondry weren’t used to the compromises that needed to be made in crafting a big budget project under the scrutiny of a major studio, and he even went so far as to describe the experience as “a nightmare”.