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James Marsters Total Sci-Fi Interview

James MarstersJames Marsters (Piccolo) was recently interviewed by Total Sci-Fi, where he briefly mentioned his work on Dragonball. Thanks to Karen for the link.

How was it filming Dragonball in the extensive Piccolo make-up?

The first time we did the make-up, it took 17 hours, so four hours seemed like nothing. My costume looked great, but I couldn’t breathe in it.

Any surprises in doing a big budget movie?

I suspect it’s going to turn out really well, but so much is done in post-production, it’s difficult to gauge. In Durango, they wanted Piccolo to be more beautiful, and I wanted him to be old, decrepit and ugly. There are no mirrors in prison. [The character has been in prison for two thousand years.]

The character started out looking young and beautiful. I went to the make-up artist and said, ‘The producers want the character to be beautiful, but the producers ain’t here. And we’re going to put back with paint what they took away with the sculpt [prosthetics make-up].’ The director agreed with me. I would rather have been fired than mess up Piccolo.

Will fans of the Dragonball and Dragonball Z series like the movie?

There have been some changes, but it’s true to the heart of Dragonball.

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  1. Breasts are full
    July 11th, 2008 at 09:22 | #1

    Unless it’s emmy rossum in a bkini I don’t know if I want to go looking for them with any serious effort.

  2. stevegretzky
    July 11th, 2008 at 09:49 | #3

    @ Adam:

    You’re right, it isn’t. It certainly looks real though. It seems to me that any fan who went to all the trouble to make that pic might as well go ahead and finish making the game =)

  3. gow
    July 11th, 2008 at 10:04 | #4

    fhernandezy8: can t i have a girlfriend like her???!!!

  4. July 11th, 2008 at 10:14 | #5

    Dont buy BURST LIMIT its is a piece of shit game. I really thought it would be on par with DOA or Virtua Fighter but its no. Just go get Budokai 3. Best DBZ fighter out there

    and FYI Tenkaichi 3 is a fighter its a simulator.

  5. July 11th, 2008 at 10:15 | #6
  6. www.myspace.com/coreywilsone11
    July 11th, 2008 at 10:16 | #7

    I read this news like three months ago, way to be on top of things Adam

  7. SSJ Spartan
    July 11th, 2008 at 10:21 | #8

    Sweet! It’s always nice to hear how commited James Marsters is on Dragonball. Thanks for the news. Oh, and thank you Fhernandezy8 for that last post. :wink:

  8. Breasts are full
    July 11th, 2008 at 11:30 | #9

    omg please let there be a beach party scene in this movie… 8O

  9. July 11th, 2008 at 11:36 | #10

    @http://www.myspace.com/coreywilsone11: Kind of hard seeing how it was posted yesterday.

  10. gow
    July 11th, 2008 at 11:51 | #11

    fhernandezy8:don t do this again to me i m gonna c*m!!! :mrgreen:
    sorry about that word adam…..
    i thing this movie is gonna be a huge sucess!!!
    greetings from greece!!!

  11. Super_Sayajin_bob
    July 11th, 2008 at 12:02 | #12

    @gow:
    You are from greece?Me to.From where?I am from trikala.It;s nice to know that i am not the only greek DB fan in here.
    Oh and nice interviews Adam keep the information coming.

  12. Lord Jaric
    July 11th, 2008 at 12:10 | #13

    Well there wasn’t a trailer at Hellboy :( hopefully Batman will have it.

  13. nanjirou
    July 11th, 2008 at 12:28 | #14

    @fhernandezy8: best two posts ever :mrgreen:

  14. RJ
    July 11th, 2008 at 13:12 | #15

    @fhernandezy8:

    got the link bub ?

  15. July 11th, 2008 at 13:21 | #16
  16. Sean
    July 11th, 2008 at 14:16 | #17

    Hey is anybody interested in the Max Payne games?
    I found the new International Trailer for the movie, and it looks badass!
    There’s two good points about it as well, it’s a Fox film, and it comes out in October. If the Dark Knight doesn’t have the trailer then Max Payne just might :D

    Here’s the link: http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/07/10/must-watch-first-international-trailer-for-max-payne/

    It will own 8)

  17. killpoint720
    July 11th, 2008 at 14:22 | #18

    You know i think that the trailer will be released at ComicCon 08. Or has someone already adressed that :?:

  18. stevegretzky
    July 11th, 2008 at 14:26 | #19

    @ Sean: By all accounts, we should have a teaser by the end of August. Max Payne may be a good choice for a full trailer, but on the other hand that may be too soon. Perhaps a second teaser?

  19. gow
    July 11th, 2008 at 14:30 | #20

    Super_Sayajin_bob : peristeri athens dude!!!

  20. ggg
    July 11th, 2008 at 15:00 | #21

    You’ve got news that are all false. That is clear there isn’t a Dragonball live film.

  21. steven B.
    July 11th, 2008 at 15:24 | #22

    @Killpoint 720

  22. steven B.
    July 11th, 2008 at 15:26 | #23

    sorry for the earlier post
    @killpoint720 at comic con fox is not promoting dragonball or not on Thursday it seams. here is the schedule for fox 11:30-1:00 20th Century Fox: The Day The Earth Stood Still and Max Payne

  23. July 11th, 2008 at 16:14 | #24

    @K-Duff: Yeah!! That got me excited when james Marsters said Piccolo floats in the sky starring at his feet and pays no attention to the beautiful scenery. That defiantly sounds like the Piccolo from the show :)

    @Adam: Hey Adam is it true that there going to raise there ki in the movie????

  24. July 11th, 2008 at 16:17 | #25
  25. July 11th, 2008 at 16:22 | #26

    Yessssss!! This movie is going to be alwsome :D
    Your not just saying that Adam to get my hopes high? Wait a tic! Are you just taking a guess, because I don’t remember reading nothing about them raising there ki??

  26. July 11th, 2008 at 17:05 | #27

    Oops I just read one of the previous articles and James already confirmed there will be ki blast

    http://dbthemovie.com/2008/04/28/james-marsters-has-ki-plus-contest/

    So im assuming there going to raise there ki. Sorry!! I forgot about that article :)

  27. RJ
    July 11th, 2008 at 17:22 | #28

    @http://www.myspace.com/coreywilson10:

    Corey ..hey did you notice this imitater up there ?www.myspace.com/coreywilsone11

    @http://www.myspace.com/coreywilsone11:
    >_>

  28. July 11th, 2008 at 19:38 | #29

    I’m getting really annoyed with the people that keep saying they should stay faithful to the story-line. I mean, common… Its an adaption. Its not going to be 100% like the original story. I mean, if the movie is the exact same as the anime, wouldn’t be a little boring- cause you KNOW what happens next?

  29. Lord Jaric
    July 11th, 2008 at 19:44 | #30

    @Cat: I agree, I like the changes, gives us something a little new.

  30. July 11th, 2008 at 19:59 | #31

    me 2

  31. steven B.
    July 11th, 2008 at 20:30 | #32

    hey guys if u really car about this movie u will go to this website and say dragonball movie does not suck and give it a chance. http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/07/8_ways_theyre_going_to_fk_up_the_dragonball_movie.php

    this guy made a list of why the dragonball movie will suck, so give him reasons :evil: why it’s good

  32. July 11th, 2008 at 21:28 | #33

    @steven B.: That guy is a moron. 95% of everything he listed isn’t even true!

  33. JoseMP
    July 11th, 2008 at 21:50 | #34

    @steven B.:
    lol he actually got some good points. Anyways im looking foward to seeing this movie and im sure it will be great!

  34. JoseMP
    July 11th, 2008 at 22:22 | #35

    @Adam:

    I think he had some good points, except number 1. There is going to be a tournament in the movie.

    Like I said before, we should wait for a trailer before jumping to conclusions, but I have faith this will movie will blow our minds up and I will dare to go ahead and say this movie will probably make over $ 800 million worldwide (USA + Rest of the world).

    The turning point will be the movie trailer (not the teaser one, but the movie trailer). Thats when most of these people who right now are talking against it, will start changing their minds.

    Just wait and see.

  35. J
    July 11th, 2008 at 22:26 | #36

    I think James Marsters is running out of things to say. I remember him saying the same thing in a seperate interview. Or maybe I should say he’s running out of things he’s permitted to say.

  36. Sean
    July 11th, 2008 at 23:41 | #37

    The only thing right about what he said was them leaving out Bulma’s tits! I don’t remember that episode, can anyone direct me to that episode I have to see it :mrgreen:

  37. nanjirou
    July 12th, 2008 at 01:15 | #38

    @J: maybe because they keep asking the same things to him?? :roll:

  38. July 12th, 2008 at 02:11 | #39

    I don’t know if it interest you, but I have a spoiler from Cloud, and I maybe (I don’t know if it’s fake or not) have a very small part of the teaser/trailer.
    http://www.dragonballfilm.over-blog.com.

  39. Sean
    July 12th, 2008 at 02:29 | #40

    @Daphné: LOL… that is so fake. But thanks anyway.

  40. July 12th, 2008 at 02:51 | #41

    @Daphné: Hm. Thanks.

    On an unrelated note, we may be switching servers soon to a virtual-dedicated.

  41. July 12th, 2008 at 05:40 | #42

    @ J & nanjirou:

    1. Yeah, they do keep asking the same question, therefore they get the same answer. And while I know that James is pretty exited about this project, I suppose it’s pretty tiring to answer the same standard question over and over again.

    2. and yes again, he’s not allowed to say anything. When he announced in November 07 that he was going to be in this movie, he couldn’t even talk about the plot although most people who have read/seen DB already know what it’s going to be about. That is how strict FOX is about this (as we all probably know given how fast they make the webmasters pull pics etc). Even on his recent tour he couldn’t quite reveal anything, just vague details, so… I guess until we get something “official”, they actor’s mouth are sealed.

  42. July 12th, 2008 at 06:21 | #43

    those who were talkin about burst limit ive have never seen these comercials i think theyre funny have you seen them? :mrgreen:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5dvuo8cw0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG2v01dx-1o

  43. heason
    July 12th, 2008 at 07:37 | #44

    omgt hats funny

  44. July 12th, 2008 at 07:40 | #45

    @Sway: I just noticed that!! Why do they keep asking the same questions???? I think James probably notice that too. I was surprised to see JP play it safe. I hope Craig or Adam don’t play it safe. I really hope you guys ask them questions that haven’t been asked before.

    @Super_Sayajin_bob: Cool!! You and gow is frome Greece? Hey Adam check it out you got people all over the world coming here. Welcome my friends!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
    Im from planet Namek and my friend Fernando is from the planet earth.

  45. July 12th, 2008 at 07:50 | #46

    I have a good question to ask James Marsters :mrgreen:

    We can ask James if he can say “the balls are inert”????
    But it probably wouldn’t make a bit of difference?

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=6cS18yG8DJI

  46. July 12th, 2008 at 08:13 | #47

    @http://www.myspace.com/coreywilson10:
    I’m sure he noticed. It’s the same with Q&A questions at cons: you ask the same question 50x and you get the same answer… He surely won’t have a problem with daring. He repeatedly asks for daring, so… And I’m sure that he won’t have a problem with that line either :P

    I just suspect that even if gets different questions, he won’t be able to say anything overly reveiling. I believe the actors had to sign one of those non-disclosure thingies, so… not his fault, really. He WANTS to talk about the movie but can’t… shame, really.

  47. July 12th, 2008 at 08:25 | #48

    hahaha

  48. SSJ Jon
    July 12th, 2008 at 09:17 | #49

    Lol hey corey I swear I was alkin to my friends a few days ago about that. James wong should make him say that foe the fans

  49. July 12th, 2008 at 09:27 | #50

    I hope Piccolo`s look doesn t dissapoint us

    I can make a fake too XD

    http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dbposter22wf5.jpg

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