Joon Park Interview
The Korean website Star News interviewed Joon Park (Yamcha) today, and we’ve got a translation.
I always wanted to be a Hollywood actor, because I’m not good at the Korean language for acting in a Korean movie.
Dragonball was my third audition in Hollywood. I went to the audition, and I was called up from the director to come audition again. When I went to audition again, there were actors who were well known in the U.S., so I had to fight them. I thought “Not a chance,” because I’m “God” in Korea, but a “shit” in the U.S. (laugh)
I entered the audition wearing a hat and shorts, and as soon as the director looked at me, he said “You are Yamcha.” I still can’t believe it. I won’t appear the first 25% of the movie, but I will later on.
I met Chow Yun-Fat for the first time when we traveled by helicopter. He was indeed a kind person. He was very friendly.
It isn’t easy to make a comic into a movie. It could have became too childish. So we were trying to maintain a middle ground. There will be a lot of CG in the movie. This is a family movie, so the shooting set was a very family-like atmosphere. “Speed Racer” was a very technical set, “Dragonball” set’s atmosphere was kind of like inviting staff to your home and having a barbecue.
Details of the movie are still a secret. It will be released on March 14th next year in South Korea and Japan for the first time in the world. Toys and video games will be released in the near future. My toys too. (laugh)
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now im gonna read it 
i hope the haters dont come out with the ‘o no a childrens movie’
When he says family movie he means that in how iron man and dark night were family movies.
Also Since the banner thread has closed now on the forums here is what I have done so far with my top secret banner I was working on lol, I wont finish it now because there is no point…unless I get bored.
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damnit all these secrets about the movie.. i want detaaaaillsss!!
4th! wait, why is this important?
Kinda like that fact that he described the set as a bbq, because all those freaken Z warriors did in their free time is having bbq’s at bulma’s place…
@http://www.sajin0084.deviantart.com: your link has a blank picture.. or unless it’s supossed to be blank?
Anyways, interesting interview. Since all the actors been talking about ALOT of CGI i guess that’s what we might expect from the film.
Oh and by the way, in my opinion.. I really wouldn’t call Dark Knight a family film. I think it’s a bit too dark and “mature/violent?” for it to be suitable for all ages. More of a Teen- Adult type of movie, even though a lot of kids enjoyed the film. Iron Man, Spiderman etc in my opinion were more family films. And I understand that they are going for a family filmish atmosphere. The Dragonball manga/anime series was/is an Adventure of epic and comic ( as in humor) proportions. Also valued/values good morals through Goku’s adventure and how he develops. Anyways everything sounds Great can’t wait for the movie, might fly to Japan in March ha!
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How is it now?
@http://www.sajin0084.deviantart.com:
I mean how is the new link does it work?
hmm 8th if not 9 already:P
Why do they keep on saying it going to be a family movie? I mean i understand that Dragonball is for kids too we all grew up watching Dragonball when we were kids and i know that the violence will be toned down compare to the manga/anime but the question is… is it going to be PG or PG-13?
Look all i’m trying to say is if you got characters like Piccolo and The Fullum Assassins this can’t be a PG movie.
@Mikey: Maybe because the anime was intended for all ages? I mean, Dragonball never had anything R-rated like in “Watchmen” or “300″ or even other animes such as “Ghost in the Shell.”
@Adam: I already know that Dragonball is for all ages but i’m just afraid that the battles will be town down to a Power Rangers level.
yes i agree with you @Mikey
but we all know that the real fast and kii blast overloaded fights was in dbz, i mean sure the db fights was great and sometimes brutal too (lol think on uranai baba hihi) but no compare to dbz
i mean its logical……goku with 15-18 years and goku the adult its a very big diference
i think the real madness will come in the dbz movie
then we all gonna look like
lts think about dragonball. dragonball z will be more brutal thats for sure but dragonball can be sort of a small look at how this saga (if fox do a triology) will be in the fututre
@ Adam
by the way thx very much for those news/interwiew
One of the most brutal fights in the Dragonball franchise for me was Goku vs. Piccolo. Like when Piccolo rip his arm off, Goku choking out blood after Piccolo’s surprised attack and Piccolo braking Goku’s leg left Goku screaming in pain, man that battle was EPIC
I know that the movie won’t be that violent but i hope it’s anything like the last fight between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin mix with The Matrix fighting style.
@Mikey:
Yea that fight was epic and will be when we see it live:)
can someone just let me know if the link I gave to the banner is working since @James Alexander:
said it comes up blank:(
Come on I know use want to see the live action kamhemaha;)
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@http://www.sajin0084.deviantart.com: Yeap it’s working
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On March 14th?!
hehehe… 
Oh God please Help Us
this can’t be true…is too early…
its almost a month in advance to the release date in the us it can’t be that much advance…maybe arroud april 3rd maybe who knows
Joon Park seems really excited about the movie, which is always good. i’m just looking forward to seeing him portray one of my top 5 favorites of the DB series (they suck for cutting him out of GT, he could have at least provided comedic relief, even though he doesn’t fight anymore)
From March 14th to April I wont be coming to look at news on any website because Iam sure some Jerk is gonna watch a cam version of the movie and forums all around are gonna be full of spoilers.
@http://www.sajin0084.deviantart.com – it looks… cool. u tryin to copy my aura ey?!
hehe keep trying 
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“because I’m “God†in Korea, but a “shit†in the U.S. (laugh)”
“I entered the audition wearing a hat and shorts, and as soon as the director looked at me, he said “You are Yamcha.—
Afortunely he didn´t show his ID
I don´t have problems with that, however Yamcha never used Clairol, I think
I´m worried about fight scenes level, because, if you watched the trailer, when Goku throws an energy blast to Piccolo and Piccolo spins, the explosion generates from the floor. If the energy ball was in horizontal direction, why the explosion appears form the floor? the energy blast did go down? and a energy blast cant make that explosion with fire, at least that the fight could be in a oil well.
well that confirms that there will be merchandise like a video game I knew that there was going to be a game you cant make a huge movie like that without releasing a game.
i love how the new is rolling in lately
So more confirmation that the movie will be family-friendly aka rated PG. Wonder why he said they didn’t want it to be childish when they want the movie to be family-friendly?
@Shriveled Member J: family friendly is the equivalent of pg13
@ DPA those were two different scenes, they only looked linked together
stop nip picking you complain about every small thing
im not entirely sure how the american ratings go, but if any of u know the australian ratings, what is pg-13 equivalent to? m-15+? which is mature 15 years +
I love how he got the part. Wong just looked at him and said he’s Yamcha, just like that. He could just see it right away. I’m telling you, this is going to be like back to the future, where everyone’s perfect for their part.
@Bucky-O-Hare: “Back to the Future”Oh man I saw this Movie 100000000times
I Love Car “Delorean” 
this Movie is Epic and Dragon Ball gonna be epic too 
I mean The Car THE DELOREAN
The closer we get to release date and the more news we get, the more positive people are. its awesome
hehe, i admit, i didnt like this guy as Yamcha at first but when i did a lil research on him and watched some vids of him i liked him as Yamcha a lot more, he has that attitude haha.
and @ DPA, In that trailer (well, it wasnt a proper trailer if you remember right) the special effects hadnt been done so obviously it wasn’t perfected with explosions etc. So no need to keep going on about it, we all know dude =] just wait for the real one, no matter how hard it is to be patient. i HATE being pateint lol
It’s nice to finally hear from another actor other than Jamie Chung
I’m curious on the job that he’s going to do as Yamcha, but it was nice to finally hear an interview with Joon who so far has said so very little about his involvement with this movie. I’m excited to see how the finished film comes out.
But about the ki blasts, perhaps that’s one of those little special effects botchings that are forcing the studio to reshoot scenes and re-edit? Just thinking on that.
@http://www.sajin0084.deviantart.com: I don’t know, for some reason it doesn’t work for me then,
Dragonball in my opinion, like Adam was saying, is suitable for All Ages, which = Family Adventure/Film In this Case. I used to have all the old school bond movies on VHS back then, and they were all PG lol.. All he did was sleeping with women and killing, and it they were PG.. Until Later on, ratings starting taking in more effect, And now the bond movies are PG-13.
Anyways have a nice day
I wounder who those other actors were.
@James Alexander:
I don´t know the differences between something “childish” (yeah right, pervert Roshi and naked Bulma is too childish xD) and the changes that they´ve done , something too… “teenish”?
wowwwww some newssssssss
he said that dragon ball will have a lot of cgi, but what is cgi???? are effect special or what???
and dragon ball rulezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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DPA shut up and leave the board this is for people who want to talk about a film s true fans can’t wait for. All you do is pick at this movie just a typical hater.
@Goku222: CGI (Computer-generated imagery or computer-generated imaging), it’s the special effects…i’m happy that there are alot of CGI in this movie, lots of ki blast and maybe auras xD, hopefuly.
@goku34: Didn´t I talk about the movie?
obama wonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
i have done a bet with some guys, i have tell to them, if obama iwll win dragon ball the movie will be a epic movie, the best movie of 2009??
how you think guys, did i won????
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@lebnash1:
I was actualy going for more of the aura around the dragonball in the new poster we saw…And glowy kamahamaha hands:)
@lebnash1:
Hey dont know if you go to supanova but next year its gonna be the same week that the movie comes out, hope Shaun Schemel goes this time he was awasome when he was there last. There should be tons of live action movie cosplay and the kamahamaha blast off should be great!
Hey anyone else seeing a lego dragonball the movie game beeing made?:)
Awesome. I can’t wait to see this movie. I am a long time fan of the anime and the manga. So I am very excited! I hope this movie exceedz our expectations.
That’s cool. I hope Yamcha does the Wolf-fang Fist technique or did he not learn that till Z. I can’t remember lol.
GO TEAM VENTURE!
@Team Venture:
He did it the first time he met GOKU in Dragonball