James Marsters at Grand Slam XVI
James Marsters was at Creation Entertainment’s Grand Slam XVI Sci-Fi Summet this weekend, where he shared some details on Dragonball.
Unfortunately there isn’t a full report on his visit yet, but I’ve managed to find some random bits of Dragonball news he revealed during his Q&A.
I asked him if he liked Durango and he said the place was amazing and that he enjoyed the scenery and the way light was reflected on it. He also talked about some rock formations and how much [he got his] ass kicked while filming. He said later on that he did his own stunts so I think he was talking about it.
James talked about Dragonball. His First makeup job took 17 hours and was very painful, his suit was tight and so hard to breathe in. They couldn’t use a stunt man for a lot of the scenes because he didn’t look right. The stunt man didn’t look right because of the extensive make-up used on James, but not as good for the stuntman. Sounds like he had fun though, and is proud of himself.
He did many stunt scenes, James did all these jumping scenes off of 30 foot cliffs… and more.
He had to sit down for a few songs, because he says that Goku kicked his ass then Superman kicked his ass again, so he’s got some nerve problems in his hands, but not to worry, it’s nothing that a chiropractor can’t fix.
More news from fans at the convention:
-They wanted Piccolo to be more beautiful than he wanted to be. The character was in prison for 2000 years, so he should be old, ugly and decrepit. But they went for makeup that was safer and more young and beautiful, so he went to the makeup guy and said, hey, we can add back with paint what they removed from the sculpt because the producers aren’t here, and the director was fighting the same fight, so they made him older again.
-They have changed a few things in Dragonball, but the script reflects the heart of it. So much of Dragonball is about power and unrepentant violence. So much of it relies on post production. He’s in so much trouble – 20th century told him not to talk about it. Oh, but he’s not telling anything about the plot, he’s just saying his experiences as an actor, so they can’t sue him, right?
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No problem. XD Gotta do something with all that random info floating around my brain, haha . . .
@Sean: That’s because Toriyama changed the look for him. I can’t remember why, probably to make him nicer-looking or more mellowed out. hehehehehehe
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lol, I saw that on a YouTube channel.
@J: I was just saying he got taller that’s all….. haha Family Guy
Good to know Masters and Wong worked together to make Piccolo Daimao old and decrepit as he should be. Stupid Fox who wanted ugly Piccolo Daimao to be young and handsome, wtf was Fox thinking?
By the way, I know Piccolo Daimao gets younger when he gets the Dragon Balls, but he still looks evil and ugly, even young.
Here’s a link to a close-up of Piccolo’s upper torso:
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/726/assqn2.jpg
@Sean: Where was that pic found? Could easily be batman ;P
@Adam:
from IMDB, it was posted with those other pics from last week 
And I already know what your going to say lol.
“Sean, that’s hardly a reliable source” true…true
@Sean:
lol I bet thats exactly wat Adam would have said.
But it is possible, I mean it could just be an early model or something. They usually make alot before they decide which one to use as the real thing. Then again.. it could just be another Batman suit XD
@zanny: I compared it to the one Ed French took, and it looks a little different…. but I don’t think that’s Batman’s suit either…I need to get some confirmation on this.
I wonder if Old Piccolo will have a beehive head like he did in the manga or if he’ll just be wrinkly.
Actually, i’m willing to believe that is Piccolo’s torso. The sides are wrinkled, as if it were wrinkled skin.
im pretty sure the movie will be rated pg-13 cause it will shrink the audience to adults only and eliminate the early teen market and crush the the hopes of sequels
if rated r
James Marsters Rocks!!!!!!!
He is totally going to be a excellent Piccolo….
I liked how James Wong and James Marsters faught to keep King Piccolo old. I hope it didn’t get them in to much trouble!! Wow, James must be really into the movie if he wants to see things right. It makes alot of since to keep him old, because he’s been trapped in prison for 2000 years.
YEs!!!! Thank you so much for keeping us update on the convention
Yay James!!! <3
lets hope
James has said more than once he does not fall in stunts, says if my feet leave the floor it’s not me. So I was surprised to see he is doing his own stunts, but he really wanted to be Piccolo, guess you do what has to be done. I have always liked James since I fell in love with Spike.LOL James is the only reason I am going to see this movie, I see every thing he is in and love his reading of the audio books of The Dresden Files. Such a sexy voice. Sigh