Jamie Chung Talks Chi-Chi
In a recent interview for her upcoming Samurai Girl TV show on ABC, Jamie Chung (Chi-Chi) talked about her role in Dragonball.
“It’s a very strong young female role, and her name is Chi Chi,” Chung said in in an interview at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour, where she was promoting her new ABC Family show Samurai Girl, in Beverly Hills, Calif., last week.
Dragonball–which also stars Emmy Rossum, James Marsters, Chow Yun-Fat and Ernie Hudson–follows a boy named Goku (Justin Chatwin) who tries to fulfill his grandfather’s dying request to find a great master and gather seven Dragon Balls to prevent an alien’s rise to power. The movie is based on the anime series Dragon Ball Z.
“We’ve finished filming,” Chung said. “The martial-arts aspect of the character [is the same as the Samurai Girl character Heaven], but Heaven is something real special. … Chi Chi was a fun character to play, and … it’s also a very strong young female, but Heaven has a completely different [backstory] behind her that makes things so much more interesting.”
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@lebnash1:
Wow dude, u made it look loads better than it did before. I just hope they can release somethin even slightly similar to that for us in the US.
JoseMP, It comes out April 10th in US/UK, But shall be released in Japan in march.
http://i38.tinypic.com/2ih08pi.jpg
@Karen: Hey thanks.
@Scott: The poster said it opens worldwide on March 13th, and this poster was released in Japan. So we know they get it a month before us, but why is it weeks later in March?
IMDb Release dates:
Japan 27 March 2009
Belgium 8 April 2009
Brazil 8 April 2009
Egypt 8 April 2009
France 8 April 2009
Germany 9 April 2009
Netherlands 9 April 2009
Russia 9 April 2009
Finland 10 April 2009
Italy 10 April 2009
UK 10 April 2009
USA 10 April 2009
Well as long as the UK gets it the same day as the US, Im not bothered.
I’d feel very left out being from the UK if everyone on the net is talking about the movie and im waiting in agony.
Its starting to bug me how everythings in japan before anywhere else. I know that its massive in japan, But its not a japanese movie and everyone else should get everything at the same time, So its fair!
@Scott: I know right, fuck Japan, and I’m not racist lol.
yo another scan
http://bbs.dragonballcn.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=53&ID=44829
what does it say?
is it this?
4 Scoops On V-JUMP newest issue
Scoop 1
Up-to-date Visual arrived!
From the city of movie Hollywood, we got a fresh latest photo. Goku is holding a Dragonball. The mark of Kame on the Gi is noticed.
Scoop 2
Content is gradually clear!
We cannot know the character’s stories at a time. This time we got pictures about young Goku and Bulma, as well as Roshi with hair!
The two people are with tense expression!
What’s the object are the two of them staring at?
It might be the scene of the first encounter of Goku and Bulma.
Roshi’s Sukebe character is still remained, huh.
sukebe
Scoop 3
Here are actors’ comments.
Goku, Roshi and other main characters give comments for the DB fans in Japan.
Goku- Justin Chatwin
It’s the No.1 interesting movie so far!
Roshi- Chow Yun Fat
The common ground of Roshi and Me is…It must be that we love WOMEN(laugh)!
Bulma- Emmy Rossum
Bulma is entirely in me.
Yamucha – Joon Park
I’m a big fan of Dragonball since long ago.
Scoop 4
The release date is finally decided.
March, 13th, 2009, Japan
Roshi
they kicked out the creator of the anime because he was complaining that they made the movie wrong, which they did, and they’re ruining characters and stories. even at 18, goku was buff, not a twig like this guy. mai is not some super assassin as they portray her here, they took out bulma’s green hair ’cause they don’t want anyone wearing wigs so i guess fox believes people can’t dye their hair. also, they filmed the movie in about 3 months… some thing’s not right here.
movie will fail
green hair huh?
@thismoviewontmakeit:
First off the movie was filmed in like 4 or 5 months.
Second, Bulma´s hair is not GREEN, its BLUE. So you dont know what the hell are you talking about.
Third, nobody kicked the creator out, thats just a damn unfounded rumor.
Fourth, Goku WAS NOT buffed when he was a Teen. Have you even seen DragonBall? or Even the first episodes of DBZ?. Even against Raditz (beginning of DBZ) Goku WAS NOT buffed. He became strong when he was trainning to fight Nappa and Vegeta. Not before.
Please next time read and research before making a fool of yourself. Thank you.
Wow Rossum looks exactly like an akira Toriyamalamadingdong drawing in that new scan. She’s so perfect. yeah.
yeah, she really is perfect in that new scan, she is so beautiful, i love her smile
@thismoviewontmakeit: dude, if you are going to whine that things arent faithful to the source, at least get to know how the manga/anime is. you didnt even get 1 thing right
http://dbthemovie.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=0
Uploaded new scan. Not gonna post it since the images are old and no new translations.
She seems to be dissing ChiChi a bit.
But i feel as though its only because shes talking about her other role
If she was being interviewed about ChiChi, shed diss the other character
Anyway
what happened to your awsome new banner man?
Its not applied to the thing anytmore :s
@Dowler: Yes it is…
that pic is the first time emmy hasn’t looked lifeless. She seems actually ALIVE in it when in most pictures i’ve seen around she mostly looks like an emotionless robot. I hope this is a reflection of her choices in acting the part of bulma. As for Jamie Chung’s comments. She does sound like she’s downplaying her chi chi role. I would have liked it if she’d chosen her words more wisely. *shrug* oh well…
@Bucky-O-Hare:
I’m hearing you guys talk about a pic of Emmy, which picture are you guys talking about
and would you guys stop it with the whole Jamie talking down about chi-chi, seriously just because she likes one role better then another doesn’t mean she is being negative about her role as chi-chi, think about it, her role as chi-chi is minor, her role as heaven is major, which role do you think she is going to be able to get more in depth with.
peeps.. chung totally downplayed her chi chi role. thus hinting she didnt like it or disliked the movie or thinks its going to suck or all combined.
Never cool to do that, considering its a 100+million dollar movie shes in. a lot of actors would give their left nut to be in Fox hollywood 100+million budget film role. secondary character or not.
she should of said something like, “im completely stoked about both roles, with each having their differences yet, I find them great accomplishments in my career and will be delights for every one to watch.” that would of been more diplomatic and not create a sense of one role as “better” then the other
I can’t believe how much some people are over-analyzing what she said. Any actor would be more positive about getting a lead role over a supporting one. Her interview wasn’t centered around her role as ChiChi and quite frankly she doesn’t have much else to compare to as a young actress just starting out so of course she’s going to use that as a likely comparison. Face it, ChiChi doesn’t have as interesting a back story as Goku or Piccolo. Fans aren’t going to see the film for her role alone, while her role as Heaven is more important to her career.
It’s amazing the assumptions many have already made off of this movie from promotional pictures and small interviews alone. I’m wondering if these people are seeing/reading the same articles I am sometimes.
Thats amazing Twilight, you said exactly what I was going to say, word for word… people need to calm down, stop nitpicking at every little thing.
haha sorry adam
it doesnt seem to be showing on my laptop, the old one is still there
its fine on other computers though
loving the new scans !
i don’t care, I know that every one is bagging on you and they are saying that others girls are hotter then you but still (Sarg ang He)…….. she could have talked about grass and i still would have been amazed.
this movie does not seem like it will turn out for well for the series. why r they making characters that dont exist in the series and why is goku going to school? o and btw why is the guy playing goku white? seriously and he looks nothing like goku. geez who ever this girl playing chi chi doesnt know anything about dbz because she says he has blue eyes like in the cartoon. what?!!! when does goku ever have blues eyes. he only has brow and green when he becomes ssj. whoever is in charge of making this i really hope they get sued by Akira Toriyama for defamation of character or something for ruining a very good series.
I wish MTV would actual release Real World San Diego, then rest of the world can see clip of Jamie Chung crying about how she can’t help it that her eyes are slanted, her hair color is black and her skin is yellow. In her own words that she has been struggling her own life because of her ethnicity, and her response is to despise herself and everything her ethnicity represents. Put this sell-out on TV is promoting another self loathing William Hung.