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James Marsters on Piccolo (Again)

April 19th, 2008 Leave a comment Go to comments

Dragonball Movie Blog reader Spikesgurl posted part of the Q&A with James Marsters at Grand Slam. He talks about Piccolo, and some trouble with the producers. Needless to say, he’s still pumped for the role.

Ariel Shaw (300, Final Destination) is the visual effects supervisor.

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  1. April 21st, 2008 at 16:35 | #1

    James Marsters is soooo going to rock this movie. >.>;; I say him because I still don’t trust Justin as a character like Goku. And Mr. James didn’t really need to study much for the role “Piccolo” because he watched it with his son along with Yu-Gi-Oh! but I honestly couldn’t see him in a live action Yu-Gi-Oh! so now I shall drop that! LOL

    All I know is, I want his autograph. ><

  2. April 21st, 2008 at 16:47 | #2

    @Isabella/Karai: Me too.

  3. Tommy
    April 21st, 2008 at 17:31 | #3

    :D

  4. April 21st, 2008 at 21:27 | #4

    I got a new avatar. :mrgreen:

  5. April 21st, 2008 at 21:30 | #5

    Whoaaaa You hear that you guys!! Adam said he received a interesting e-mail. I wonder what it is?? :D

  6. April 21st, 2008 at 23:35 | #6

    ka…me….ha…me…haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaachoooo!!

    ^^

  7. April 22nd, 2008 at 00:08 | #7

    That’s a cool avatar you got Adam!! That was the episode when Gohan was hiding the Dragonball from Vegeta and Vegeta was in the air flying with rage.

  8. dk318
    April 22nd, 2008 at 01:54 | #8

    has anyone else heard this rumor that the trailer may come out with iron man opens?

    nice avatar by the way adam. :-)

  9. April 22nd, 2008 at 02:09 | #9

    @dk318: Thanks :!:

  10. stranger
    April 22nd, 2008 at 10:53 | #10

    I’ve gone three days without dragonball news.
    Noo.. i’m slipping into withdrawal!

  11. J
    April 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 | #11

    @Isabella/Karai: Like I said. To the other actors-Chatwin and co.- this is just another movie :roll: . I think this movie means something to Marsters because he watches the show with his kid and seems to like it.

  12. Moi
    April 22nd, 2008 at 12:58 | #12

    Oh my God. It doesn’t mean anything to the other actors? How the heck would ANYONE know? They haven’t been interviewed . . . AT ALL. They’re under a gag order by Fox, and they’re not currently in the limelight like Marsters is . . . so how would anyone in the world know what they feel about the movie?

    The last we heard of Chatwin, at least, was from a fan who met him in a Wal-Mart in Mexico, and said that Chatwin seemed very serious about his role and how he wanted the character (Goku) to be portrayed. Annnnddd . . . that’s it. >_<

    So please . . . just waiiiiiitttt for the promos and press tour to begin in in the summer, at the very least. D:

  13. Moi
    April 22nd, 2008 at 13:04 | #13

    And sorry if I came off a little harsh or something in my last post . . . I’ve been a little stressed out this week, sooo . . . yeah. Said stress may have translated into my post a bit. Ehehe. XDD

  14. zanny
    April 22nd, 2008 at 14:01 | #14

    I agree with u Moi. Too many judgmental people around here.

  15. Sean
    April 22nd, 2008 at 16:06 | #15

    @Moi: I don’t know what some of these people are talking about anyway :?:
    Jesus Christ, Emmy and Eriko have blogs saying how fun it was shooting the movie and how exciting it was to play their characters. I’m guessing by their replies they haven’t read them :wink:

  16. MIKE
    April 22nd, 2008 at 17:05 | #16

    Well you guys wont have wory about James, unlike the others in he cast. He does alot of conventions.
    This is what he has lined up so far
    next week he will be in Porchester Hall London on Saturday, April 26.

    Collectormania 13 Milton Keynes 2nd – 5th May 2008

    Fangoria Weekend Secaucus ,NJ June 20-22, 2008.

    DragonCon (Atlanta): 29 Aug 2008 :D

  17. Dpen
    April 22nd, 2008 at 18:29 | #17

    wow im going crazy over here waiting for a poster i do hope that they release a teaser with Iron Man because I will deff be there for the midnight showing

  18. J
    April 22nd, 2008 at 18:40 | #18

    @Moi: Because I know…EVERYTHING! :twisted:

  19. Gotan
    April 22nd, 2008 at 20:52 | #19

    I wish we would see more of the other cast as passionate as JM. I have trouble picturing chatwin as goku being as serious as he is. Hes gotta grasp the drop on his head as a baby attitude. :|

  20. April 22nd, 2008 at 21:12 | #20

    @J: Right. :roll:

  21. Moi
    April 22nd, 2008 at 23:29 | #21

    @J: What Adam said, haha. :wink:

  22. April 23rd, 2008 at 08:02 | #22

    You know nothing J!!!! In the words of Jackie Chan

    “You have no Kung-fu!!”

    Did anyone see “The Forbidden Kingdom”????
    WOw!!!! That movie was F*ckin’ alwsome it reminded me of Dragonball. I was actually surprise to see it be so good. Jackie Chan was no doubt the best!! Jet Li was funny like a mug as the Monkey King. I was shocked to see Jet Li perform all those amazing moves. Jet Li hasn’t moved like that since the early 90’s. The Forbidden Kingdom proved alot! It showed the possibilities of a good Dragonball movie. Dragonball has no excuse now, because if the Forbidden kingdom can do it, Dragonball can do it better!! Dragonball is the one that started it all. Hey Adam did you see it yet dude??

  23. Jacksterson
    April 23rd, 2008 at 11:18 | #23

    Damnit damnit damnit.

    I need to see that damn movie now.

  24. April 23rd, 2008 at 11:48 | #24

    @Jacksterson: lol …. Watching The Forbidden Kingdom got me hyped to see Dragonball. I think everyone in the audience had that same feeling too. Even the people who use to be a Dragonball fan. The only problem with The Forbidden kingdom was I felt they should of made it 30 minutes longer. It felt like they rushed the story in the begining!! They could of use that time to tell the story more. Well I said the same thing about Star wars episode 3. They should of made Star wars episode 3 thirty minutes longer, because I wanted to see Darth Vader fight. :D

  25. April 23rd, 2008 at 13:19 | #25

    @http://www.myspace.com/coreywilson10: No, I haven’t seen it yet.

  26. Sean
    April 23rd, 2008 at 13:30 | #26

    @http://www.myspace.com/coreywilson10: Sweet, I’ll definently have get to that on bootleg in about a week or so :mrgreen:

  27. J
    April 23rd, 2008 at 13:32 | #27

    @http://www.myspace.com/coreywilson10: yeah, it kinda sucks that the only Darth Vader fights where he’s in the robot gear are the one where he’s just stiffly swinging the lightsaber at Obi-Wan and the other two fights with Luke. I wonder if they could have pulled something really epic off with today’s coreography… maybe not, though. I have Darth Vader costume and it’s very difficult to see anything with the mask on and it’s really hot in it as well. I guess using the sith robes was easier. I have that outfit too and it’s WAY easier to move and see in (of course because no mask is involved).

  28. April 23rd, 2008 at 13:46 | #28

    @Sean: To answer your question about the dragonball special…

    It’s just a short special to celebrate Shonen Jump’s anniversary. Not that great at all. It’s like the One Piece / DBZ cross over.

    It’ll most likely be just Japanese. :-)

  29. Sean
    April 23rd, 2008 at 14:12 | #29

    @Adam: WTF??? I nver asked about that Adam??? What are you talkin about man?

  30. Sean
    April 23rd, 2008 at 14:15 | #30

    @Adam: Oh wait…my bad, you’re replying to my post on JP’s site :D Srry man I didn’t know what you were talkin about for a sec…and thanks for the information :wink:

  31. tapatio
    April 23rd, 2008 at 19:28 | #31

    yo, new news on movie land with joker, check it out!!!

  32. April 23rd, 2008 at 19:35 | #32

    @tapatio: thanks

  33. April 23rd, 2008 at 20:17 | #33

    Even I remember what Adam said Sean?? Whoaaaaaaa I need to get a life. :(

    Hurry up with the teasor Fox!!!! Hurry up with the news Craig. I’ve watched all 4 seasons of Dragonball z 7 times already. Im starting to call my boss at work King ki!! He thinks im nuts now. Hey J do you got any gi’s???? If you do…. Who is your teacher?? :mrgreen:

    Sike I was just playing I didn’t know what Emperor Adam said! :roll:

  34. Folklore
    April 24th, 2008 at 13:00 | #34

    All I can say is thank the gods for James!
    As far as I can tell he’s the only one who really seems to know a damn thing about the show and I’m sure he’ll do a fantastic job.
    DB is not something they can alter for hollywoods sake.
    I don’t think Fox has any idea just how serious the fans are about this.
    If something goes seriously AU they can expect rabid fans from all over the world. :lol:
    I can just see the news reports now…
    Love ya James<3

    btw…these emotes seems rather familiar
    :wink:

  35. April 24th, 2008 at 13:27 | #35

    @Folklore: Maybe that’s because they are the Wordpress default smilies. :?

  36. April 25th, 2008 at 11:28 | #36

    I wonder who will play Vegeta on the second movie?

  37. Cooper
    April 26th, 2008 at 18:46 | #37

    Hey JoseMP! Thanks for thinking of me! You too, Sean!

    And Ches, you are amazing! Thanks a million for that transcript of James’ video clip. I was actually at that convention (Grand Slam Burbank) and I’m still waiting for my friend to transcribe the audio from the panels I taped. She hasn’t gotten it back to me yet, but I’ll be sure to share if James mentioned anything else about Dragonball in his other Q&A. This video clip came from Saturday, James also had a Q&A on Sunday.

    One thing I do know (and I apologize if this has already been reported, but I haven’t been online much the past couple weeks and haven’t kept up) is that in addition to the teeth James got knocked out while filming, he also suffered some nerve damage in his arms and hands due to the stunts he performed. He said it was nothing a chiropractor couldn’t fix with time, but he was apologizing while signing autographs, because the numbness in his hand was causing his signature to be rather messy. (messier than usual, that is! :D )

    Also, the stuntmen on set were basically used only to instruct James in how to do the stunts. Apparently the body double/stuntman they had for James just wasn’t a close enough match due to the extensive makeup and costuming for Piccolo. So the stuntguys would run thru the scene or moves to set everything up and then they’d do the filming with James himself doing all the actual stunts.

    I’m sure we’ll get some more Dragonball comments from James over the next couple weeks as he tours the UK. The convention that took place today was Torchwood focused, but I’m pretty sure Dragonball will come up at Collectormania.

  38. April 26th, 2008 at 19:00 | #38

    @Cooper: Thanks for the info, cooper.

  39. alex
    September 14th, 2008 at 19:07 | #39

    piccolo looks like a vampire need i say more?

  40. james
    November 6th, 2008 at 18:18 | #40

    wtf is this shit
    this movie is going to be such a huge fail
    it makes me sick its nothing at all like dragonball
    i need to destroy this film before it is released and ruins a great thing

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