Emmy Rossum Talks Dragonball
Emmy Rossum (Bulma) spoke with MTV News in great length about her character in Dragonball, her opinion of the show, and much more (including a spoiler or two).
With shooting completed for the live-action adaptation of popular anime/manga series “Dragonball,†actress Emmy Rossum told MTV News that she’s finally washed the blue coloring out of her hair and returned to a life sans catsuit and cartoon weaponry — but with a few new skills in her repertoire.
“In it, [I'm] riding a motorcyle in a leather catsuit, so that’s always fun — and I have five guns that spin all around,†said Rossum of her role as Bulma, the sometimes-partner to the film’s hero, Goku (played by Justin Chatwin). “I had never ridden a motorcycle before. I think I was more concerned about the safety of the people in the crew because sometimes I would lose control and veer randomly off into people.â€
As for her character’s fondness for gunplay, Rossum said she’d never fired — or even held — a gun before “Dragonball,†but feels more than confident about pulling off her character’s trigger-happy habits thanks to some training with local Marines.
That calm-under-fire training will probably come in handy for the “Phantom of the Opera†actress, considering the level of scrutiny an adaptation of one of the anime and manga worlds’ most popular properties brings with it. According to Rossum, fans should be pleasantly surprised with the way the property has been translated to a live-action project.
“When I signed on to the project, I was a big fan of the anime and knew [Bulma] as the iconic blue, bobbed character and wanted to stay true to that — but we also wanted to make it realistic,†explained Rossum. “So in keeping with the director and what the studio really wanted, we adapted her look to be a little more realistic and human, and little bit more believable for contemporary day. She’s pretty bad-ass, but still quirky and fun, and kind of ridiculous in the way she is in the anime.â€
That doesn’t mean the legions of “Dragonball†faithful aren’t far from her mind, though. Rossum said her first encounter with “Dragonball†was the Saturday morning cartoon, only to realize that “it’s really so much more than that — from the comic to [the cartoon] to the whole franchise and brand, so many people feel such a closeness to these characters.â€
“So, it’s a little bit stressful to play a character that so many people hold close to their hearts,†she admitted, “but you just hope you do it justice and they like it.â€
Rossum also hinted at a few aspects of the film that should have fans guessing, telling MTV News that she’s “seen some wax molds†for potential action figures, and cautiously acknowledged that a video game based on the film was “a possibility.â€
Possibly the most interesting tease she offered up was her anticipation of not only seeing “Buffy the Vampire Slayer†alum James Marsters appear on screen in his role as Lord Piccolo, but also “an incredible monster that I can’t talk about that is very, very tall.â€
“It’s actually a very tall man — an 8-foot man,†she added. “It’s based on something else from the… You know, I can’t really say anything else.â€
Motorcycle incidents and catsuits aside, Rossum said she’d be up for a return to the role in a “Dragonball†sequel, and vehemently denied rumors that the project was in danger of being cancelled or otherwise shut down.
“Oh, no. I really doubt that’s possible,†said Rossum. “That’s not going to happen.â€
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It is not oozaru it is alien mutated goku. piccolo fucked him up bad.
when will be release the trailer?? please the trailer
and who is the 8 feet ?
1-oozaru
2-brolly
3-king piccolo
4-piccolo jr
5- a fucking android
6-or me(joke)
please guys just vote and i have forgot radiz in big monkey
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Hey Rammsuck – seriously are you still bitching!! Hey her hair is blue!! I bet you got a boner when you read that!!
DPA and Rammsuck are the same person. They both type broken crap english and bitch about the same thing. Is there a way to ban them? I am all for it!
@KingKai: No, I am not DPA.
@KingKai:
I´m not rammstein
Actually I´m disagree with him about some things. But with respect.
I don´t think blue hair Bulma is a good idea.
I don´t think the complete fantasy world is necessary on the movie (i would put just reasonable parts of fantasy (like oolong, puar, capsules, master Karin who must appear)
But don´t worry kingkai, your idiotness is unique
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@goku2222:
Oozaru 8 feet? not really. Those guys are about 360 to 400 feet tall to be exact.
Brolly is about 6 foot 4 inches.
King Piccolo and Piccolo Jr. are around 6 foot. =p
@DPA: Sigh…….no blue hair for Bulma, then how will you know who she is amongst the other asians in the flick? NO blue hair is like having a Mexican Superman……TOTALLY OFF CHARACTER!!!
Idiotness huh? Didn’t know that was a word. And trust me, I beleive you are more a wikipedia DBZ fan than a real one, so I don’t worry about you, or any other hater on this board when it comes to how good this movie will be!
DPA=Rammsuck
ANYWHOOOOOO……..Rammsuck – you say this is your job? Dude, if your job is to make the movie look bad, you FAIL!!!!! This site is made for FANS, not jackasses who are “hired” to de-promote a movie. You need to start your own site called http://www.rammsuckluvsthekok.com and talk about it there.
Seriously you only piss people off about YOURSELF, not the movie!
It cant be orrazu if its freaking 8 feet tall, its prolly a giant piccolo most likely. They are all fired if its a 8 foot tall ape, wiped clean from history.
kingkai u r just like ram adam i think we need another ban cuz this guy is bitchin again too
p.s. I appreciate rammestein’s opinion
oh yeah dont bother banning me I am a dbz fan, considering its what started my interest in anime, and im just whining but I’m still probably gonna see it in theaters anyway because its probably worthy of that… that and I have many email accounts
Could end the film with Radditz landing on earth, he’s probably about 8 ft:P but it does sound more likely oozaru tho. Really looking forward to this effort by fox to take a massively popular manga and tv series to the big screen. Got high hopes for it, but alot of doubts, hopefully the trailer will give a better insight.
The 8ft Monster is a large sized Junior (King Piccolo’s reincarnation), remember the DB anime, the episode “Junior No More”? I guess they seem to be taking a little bit from everywhere, it’s gonna be messy but I will be giving it a chance, lets hope FOX have done something right for once, hmmmm
Hey 8ft man would probably be one ofthe saiyan that came with vegeta looking for goku, remember when piccolo train gohan to defend the saiyan attacks? vegeta came with a guy that have shor haircut yet big, that fits to the photo where emmy rossum was seen with the mystery 8ft guy, they probably showed it at the end of the film…
WTF is this shit right i mean don’t get me wrong i got white friends but portraying goku as a blue eyed white boy with short hair then they got bulma as a non blue haired so called badass and now i hear piccolo is not green! this is some bullshit plus to top it off master roshi is not a prevert!!!!!!!!! what the hell is the world coming too. they better all be in good charater. all they doing is taking a good anime/manga and making it bullshit