James Marsters at Grand Slam XVI

Apr 13th, 2008

James Marsters was at Creation Entertainment’s Grand Slam XVI Sci-Fi Summet this weekend, where he shared some details on Dragonball.

Unfortunately there isn’t a full report on his visit yet, but I’ve managed to find some random bits of Dragonball news he revealed during his Q&A.

I asked him if he liked Durango and he said the place was amazing and that he enjoyed the scenery and the way light was reflected on it. He also talked about some rock formations and how much [he got his] ass kicked while filming. He said later on that he did his own stunts so I think he was talking about it.

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James talked about Dragonball. His First makeup job took 17 hours and was very painful, his suit was tight and so hard to breathe in. They couldn’t use a stunt man for a lot of the scenes because he didn’t look right. The stunt man didn’t look right because of the extensive make-up used on James, but not as good for the stuntman. Sounds like he had fun though, and is proud of himself.

He did many stunt scenes, James did all these jumping scenes off of 30 foot cliffs… and more.

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He had to sit down for a few songs, because he says that Goku kicked his ass then Superman kicked his ass again, so he’s got some nerve problems in his hands, but not to worry, it’s nothing that a chiropractor can’t fix.

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More news from fans at the convention:

-They wanted Piccolo to be more beautiful than he wanted to be. The character was in prison for 2000 years, so he should be old, ugly and decrepit. But they went for makeup that was safer and more young and beautiful, so he went to the makeup guy and said, hey, we can add back with paint what they removed from the sculpt because the producers aren’t here, and the director was fighting the same fight, so they made him older again.

-They have changed a few things in Dragonball, but the script reflects the heart of it. So much of Dragonball is about power and unrepentant violence. So much of it relies on post production. He’s in so much trouble - 20th century told him not to talk about it. Oh, but he’s not telling anything about the plot, he’s just saying his experiences as an actor, so they can’t sue him, right?

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70 Comments to “James Marsters at Grand Slam XVI”

on 13 Apr 2008 at 6:06 pm #1Darkwarhog

30 foot cliffs? Nice. If he was willing to do his own stunts and risk injury, that means that he has faith in the movie and want a good preformance, which means it must be good.
on 13 Apr 2008 at 6:08 pm #2Sean

James has been jumping off 30 foot cliffs and doing his own stunts, seems like it’s getting pretty intense on the set of DragonBall Keep us updated man…
on 13 Apr 2008 at 6:12 pm #3MIKE

I heard the reasonwhy he had to do all the stunts? The director could not get the stuntman to have the same look as Piccolo to shoot effectively, so he had to do all his stunts
on 13 Apr 2008 at 6:20 pm #4jacksterson

Haha, damn. Hearing how beat up he got on set, makes me want to see this all the more.

Btw, the reason why he did most stunts, was because he wanted the movie to be as perfect as possible. He and his son are huge fans of DB.
on 13 Apr 2008 at 6:21 pm #5Sean

@MIKE: Yeah I heard that too.
on 13 Apr 2008 at 7:24 pm #6www.myspace.com/coreywilson10

Whoaaa James is Cool!!!!
He does his own stunts
That’s amazing!!!!!
on 13 Apr 2008 at 8:22 pm #7AlexM

Awesome! I hope that they release more information on this!
I always did like this man even in Buffy the Vampire slayer.
on 13 Apr 2008 at 8:32 pm #8James Marsters (Piccolo) en la convencion Grand Slam XVI | Dragon Ball al Cine (Movie)

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on 13 Apr 2008 at 9:26 pm #9VEGETApsycho

This guy is sooo awesome…

but why isnt there ANYTHING AT ALL about Justin Chatwin, the HERO of the story? O.o We all realyl need some light from Fox about Goku once in a while…
on 13 Apr 2008 at 10:21 pm #10Tommy

30 ft. cliffs? That means there will most likely be flying in this movie. Thats a good thing.
on 13 Apr 2008 at 10:49 pm #11funhell

shit man…….. thats cool he did his own stunts, i don’t know if he did all of them of course but if he is at least attempting to do some of them then that is amazing.

jumping off cliffs that high, scary shiz man
on 14 Apr 2008 at 12:17 am #12www.myspace.com/coreywilson10

Whoaaa it sounds like James is going in the foot steps of the stunt legend Jackie Chan.
They said “James did all these jumping scenes off of 30 foot cliffs and more”…. 30 feet is pretty high!! Maybe they will fly???? I don’t know?
I hope they do!
The main question I really want to know is….. Will James play both King Piccolo and Piccolo Jr.???? I think he should, because I would love to see him in a Dragonball sequel if he plays the part well.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 3:27 am #13sad mamba

woooow!!! that’s pretty high!
on 14 Apr 2008 at 5:23 am #14jacksterson

He looks pretty tired in that picture (o_o)
on 14 Apr 2008 at 7:10 am #15robert g

3 stories!!!nice!-too bad we cant get anything out him besides 30 ft jumping…..jackie chan isnt allowed to do anything close to what he does or has done in china they freak here in the states!-im sure james did like one or 2 jumps on to a mat on wires…nothing wilder than that.-corey if you think anything in his life james has done is anything close to jackie chan youve never seen a jackie chan movie in your life.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 8:01 am #16Adam

Attention:

dragonball-lapelicula.blogspot.com does NOT have my permission to copy and paste my content without sourcing me.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 8:02 am #17VEGETApsycho

Who’s Joss? hey is that stuff in the bullet points apart from the first Piccolo bit supposed to be all about Piccolo? im a bit freaked out now…

“afraid”? “fans”? “trouble” ? O.o shud i really trust thse so-called fans??? how ominous
on 14 Apr 2008 at 8:03 am #18urmom

“They wanted Piccolo to be more beautiful than he wanted to be. The character was in prison for 2000 years, so he should be old, ugly and decrepit. But they went for makeup that was safer and more young and beautiful, so he went to the makeup guy and said, hey, we can add back with paint what they removed from the sculpt because the producers aren’t here, and the director was fighting the same fight, so they made him older again.”

i clapped at this
on 14 Apr 2008 at 8:08 am #19Adam

@Vegeta: You obviously haven’t heard of a show called ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer” created by Joss Wheden.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 8:15 am #20zanny

Haha, James seems to be taking control of his character as Piccolo a whole lot better than I thought! I hope they keep him as Piccolo if they really do decide to make sequels.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 8:17 am #21Adam

The producers at Fox want everything to be kid-friendly, but this shows that the director (and James Marsters) are trying to stay more faithful.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 8:29 am #22zanny

@Adam:
Damn Fox, now I have a reason to hate them >:(
My bro was tellin me just yesterday, that this movie is goin to be so childish, no one will want to to watch it.
But i hope thats not the case. James Wong can definitely do somethin about this… right? I mean.. I just dun want another Funi-Dragonball (z)
on 14 Apr 2008 at 8:38 am #23Adam

@zanny: Well the man made “Final Destination” which is definitely not kid friendly.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 10:42 am #24Ryan

wow his first make up job took 17 hours to do?…thats crazyyyy..what i really want to see is how they’re gona pull off a “super sayain” in the sequels:d
on 14 Apr 2008 at 10:44 am #25zanny

Haha, I guess u have a point there.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 10:47 am #26Sean

@Adam: Hey no kidding, there was alot of violence and cursing in those films, and nudity
But let me get this straight, Fox wanted to make a guy who was over 2,000 years old look young…. but James went to James Wong and they both wanted him to be old like in the anime. Now that’s class, I’m just glad Marsters can tell us all this information about Piccolo, or can he?
on 14 Apr 2008 at 11:33 am #27Ryan

haha i’m pretty sure there isen’t going to be any cursing in this movie even tho it wud make the movie reasonably realistic is there was…no nudity for sure..probably gona be a PG rated movie SADLY:(…hopefully there is at least blood or sumthin when they fight..
on 14 Apr 2008 at 11:37 am #28jacksterson

Damn. Wtf is this shit about being childish?! NO WAY WILL I LET FOX DO THIS TO US!!!!
on 14 Apr 2008 at 12:01 pm #29Ryan

we all feel the same way jacksterson..lol we can’t do anything now:( filming is doneee..maybe the sequels into db(z) will be more satisfying..come on sayains must = rated R
on 14 Apr 2008 at 12:02 pm #30Sean

@jacksterson: What’s up with you dude? Did you get one of those granny porno pop-ups?
on 14 Apr 2008 at 12:08 pm #31Sean

I think they’ll shoot for a PG-13 rating, which I think sucks, but oh well.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 12:13 pm #32Ryan

which is ok for dragonball i guess..but for dbz they better turn it up a notch..haha especially with Vegeta
on 14 Apr 2008 at 12:24 pm #33DBiscool

None of the DB movies will ever be R rated. Never ever.

Maybe when they fight there will be some intense stuff and some blood on face and stuff but definitely not huge pile of red blood and bodies getting crushed etc.

Actually no studio would make an R rated dragonball movie.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 12:44 pm #34Sean

@DBiscool: How can you say that? Do you have an inside source working for Fox? Even so, they couldn’t really tell you anyway until the MPAA approves it.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 1:48 pm #35Ryan

i’m pretty sure it can be made as an 18A film for the sequels
on 14 Apr 2008 at 1:50 pm #36adg06

I seriously love Marsters. . .i’ve loved him ever since he first appeared on Buffy as Spike haha. He seems like such a cool guy. . .
on 14 Apr 2008 at 2:25 pm #37zanny

Im pretty sure this will be a PG13 movie, but hey werent the star wars movies rated PG and look how good those turned out but I dun think they will make it into a rated R movie.. unless they have like ALOT of cursing, but i doubt it.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 2:27 pm #38Ryan

who do guys think would make a good vegeta and gohan in the next movies? vegeta is shorter than goku right?..so its gona be interesting to see who they choose for his character
on 14 Apr 2008 at 2:33 pm #39Adam

@Ryan: There’s actually a discussion on that in the forum, if you want to go there. http://dbthemovie.com/forum/index.php?topic=32.0
on 14 Apr 2008 at 2:35 pm #40Sean

@Ryan: When you become like 20 you stop growing right? Look at Vegeta in the saiyan saga, he was about 25 and look how short he was, then look at him in the Buu saga, he was alot older and kept getting taller….almost as tall as Goku.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 2:55 pm #41Ryan

yea its weird how the dbz series worked out…n vegeta was about 25 when he first came to earth?..i don’t think so..i think he was much younger..and plus if they make a sequel its probably gona be about the sayain saga when vegeta first came to earth, thats what i meant when i said its gona be weird if they potray his height compared to goku’s from the anime, since vegeta was much shorter
n thanks 4 the link adam
on 14 Apr 2008 at 3:01 pm #42Ryan

oh nvm..just found our chatwin is like 5′11..he looked much shorter in those leaked pictures, i guess finiding someone for vegeta won’t be so hard
on 14 Apr 2008 at 3:21 pm #43Hunt

Jet Li as Vegeta
on 14 Apr 2008 at 3:25 pm #44www.myspace.com/coreywilson10

Dragonball should be PG13
Everyone 13 and over should be able to see it with out any problems. I think when Dragonball finally comes out to dvd they should show the uncut version. The uncut version should have some mild blood scenes and etc…. I don’t think they should make it rated R that’s not good. There are going to be alot of kids looking forward to see Dragonball.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 3:49 pm #45Moi

I looooovvveeee James Marsters, haha! XD

And I have a tiny bit more faith in Wong now, seeing as how he wanted Piccolo to remain old and decrepit — more close to the source.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 4:21 pm #46Sean

@Ryan: Well…. how old was Goku in the saiyan saga? He had a kid that was 4 years old, so he was probably about 20-23 years old. And Vegeta was already about 7 when Goku was first born, so you think he was younger than 25? Definently not.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 4:36 pm #47jacksterson

@Sean: Huh? XD
on 14 Apr 2008 at 4:46 pm #48bucky o hare

Wow, just wow. I want to hug James for having such a deep passion for the material. Nerve damage? Jesus, james, it’s just dragonball…
on 14 Apr 2008 at 4:52 pm #49Moi

@ Sean — Yeah, Goku was 18 at the end of DB, when he got married. DBZ starts 5 years later, making him 23 when Gohan was 4. And if I’m remembering the official time-lines correctly . . . Vegeta was 5 when Goku was a baby and their home planet was destroyed. So Vegeta would be 28 at the beginning of DBZ, but age 29 by the time he fought Goku.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 4:56 pm #50Sean

@jacksterson: What Moi said lol Nice
on 14 Apr 2008 at 4:57 pm #51www.myspace.com/coreywilson10

Thanks for the info Moi
So James Wong is following in the right direction of Dragonball.
He just changed the story line a little bit so it won’t be predictable. Im glad he did, because I don’t want to know what’s going on.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 5:03 pm #52Moi

No problem. XD Gotta do something with all that random info floating around my brain, haha . . .
on 14 Apr 2008 at 5:13 pm #53J

@Sean: That’s because Toriyama changed the look for him. I can’t remember why, probably to make him nicer-looking or more mellowed out. hehehehehehe

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lol, I saw that on a YouTube channel.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 5:31 pm #54Sean

@J: I was just saying he got taller that’s all….. haha Family Guy
on 14 Apr 2008 at 5:38 pm #55JoseMP

Good to know Masters and Wong worked together to make Piccolo Daimao old and decrepit as he should be. Stupid Fox who wanted ugly Piccolo Daimao to be young and handsome, wtf was Fox thinking?
on 14 Apr 2008 at 5:47 pm #56JoseMP

By the way, I know Piccolo Daimao gets younger when he gets the Dragon Balls, but he still looks evil and ugly, even young.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 5:56 pm #57Sean

Here’s a link to a close-up of Piccolo’s upper torso:

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/726/assqn2.jpg
on 14 Apr 2008 at 5:57 pm #58Adam

@Sean: Where was that pic found? Could easily be batman ;P
on 14 Apr 2008 at 6:06 pm #59Piccolo habla sobre Dragon Ball: ¡Los productores gringos valen hongo! « Salón del Mal© Presentado por el Dr Malo

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on 14 Apr 2008 at 6:06 pm #60Sean

@Adam: from IMDB, it was posted with those other pics from last week

And I already know what your going to say lol.
“Sean, that’s hardly a reliable source” true…true
on 14 Apr 2008 at 6:13 pm #61zanny

@Sean:
lol I bet thats exactly wat Adam would have said.

But it is possible, I mean it could just be an early model or something. They usually make alot before they decide which one to use as the real thing. Then again.. it could just be another Batman suit XD
on 14 Apr 2008 at 6:26 pm #62Sean

@zanny: I compared it to the one Ed French took, and it looks a little different…. but I don’t think that’s Batman’s suit either…I need to get some confirmation on this.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 6:30 pm #63J

I wonder if Old Piccolo will have a beehive head like he did in the manga or if he’ll just be wrinkly.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 6:32 pm #64jacksterson

Actually, i’m willing to believe that is Piccolo’s torso. The sides are wrinkled, as if it were wrinkled skin.
on 14 Apr 2008 at 9:20 pm #65dk318

im pretty sure the movie will be rated pg-13 cause it will shrink the audience to adults only and eliminate the early teen market and crush the the hopes of sequels
on 14 Apr 2008 at 9:21 pm #66dk318

if rated r
on 14 Apr 2008 at 9:44 pm #67www.myspace.com/coreywilson10

James Marsters Rocks!!!!!!!
He is totally going to be a excellent Piccolo….
I liked how James Wong and James Marsters faught to keep King Piccolo old. I hope it didn’t get them in to much trouble!! Wow, James must be really into the movie if he wants to see things right. It makes alot of since to keep him old, because he’s been trapped in prison for 2000 years.

YEs!!!! Thank you so much for keeping us update on the convention
on 15 Apr 2008 at 1:55 pm #68Karai

Yay James!!! <3
on 16 Apr 2008 at 2:34 pm #69hunt

lets hope
on 19 Mar 2009 at 8:15 am #70elaine

James has said more than once he does not fall in stunts, says if my feet leave the floor it’s not me. So I was surprised to see he is doing his own stunts, but he really wanted to be Piccolo, guess you do what has to be done. I have always liked James since I fell in love with Spike.LOL James is the only reason I am going to see this movie, I see every thing he is in and love his reading of the audio books of The Dresden Files. Such a sexy voice. Sigh

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