Jamie Chung Talks Chi-Chi
“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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July 20th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I want the trailer!
July 20th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Nice find Adam!
July 20th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I know that DB won’t be the highlight of everyone’s career, but it still pisses me off
July 20th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Chichi is a great character love it!
PS love the header!
July 20th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Well at least we have news ^^
July 20th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
“but Heaven has a completely different [backstory] behind her that makes things so much more interesting.”
does this mean she doesnt like the role of chichi??
July 20th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
@stevegretzky:
What are you talking about?
July 20th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Hmm… nothing really to say about it.
July 20th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
@Lord Jaric:
Her attitude just bugs me. “yeah chi chi was fun, but this other character is better.” It may even be true, but it just feels to me like she is insulting her character when she should be promoting the movie.
July 20th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
@stevegretzky
What the hell are you talking about??
July 20th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
What Did She Mean By
“We’ve finished filming,” ?
July 20th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Well if nobody else is seeing it, then maybe I’m on crack. I do tend to see things from a pessimistic perspective.
July 20th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
@stevegretzky:
so what if she finds one role funner then the other, doesn’t mean she is insulting the other role.
July 20th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Doesn’t sound too enthusiastic…like she cared more about her ABC Family show more. She doesn’t sound too smart either, but then again how many ‘actors’ are actually smart in the first place?
July 20th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
She has to have been happy about her role as Chi Chi but the main reason she was interviewed was for her role in Samurai Girl.. so shes obviously goin to try to promote it more.
July 20th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Chi Chi could kick samurai girl’s ass.
July 20th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Hmm, Dosent like her role ey? Lets hope they change the story and Piccolo kills her then
July 20th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
The cast is good I like it and I dont care about Goku’s gi or Goku looking weak because remember he is only 18.Is just 3 things I dont like about this movie
1.Goku will be going to school.
2.NO Krillin and Krillin is one of the main characters in DB and he is Goku’s best friend.
3.Some parts of the story has changed.
this is the 3 things I dont like about this movie
July 20th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Nice info Adam.
July 20th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
@Jose Carlos:
Come on, I understand the Krillin part, but is the school thing that big of a deal to people
July 20th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
@Lord Jaric:
I actually like that he will be in highschool, I always wondered wat it would be like if he did go. I just hope they wont make him like Gohan. U know, hidin his powers or watever so he could fit in. It would be loads better if Goku just did his thing and doesnt give a shit about wat they think. I mean that is Goku, so carefree and he tends to do things before actually thinkin lol
July 20th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
i think the interview was focused on the other thing not Dragonball
July 20th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Yeah, like other people have recently stated here, she is just promoting her new show. I guess she’s also excited that she is finally playing a leading actress in her own show. The main thing is that she acts the part of Chi-Chi well.
July 20th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
” but Heaven has a completely different [backstory] behind her that makes things so much more interesting.”
- SHUT THE HELL UP >> WOMAN
July 20th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
it seems like they confused this GOKU with the one in the GT special his great great great..well if you’re a fan you know what I’m talking about
July 20th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
@ SSJ Spartan
Totally agree man.
As long as she acts the part of Chi-Chi well and comes back for the inevitable DragonBall sequels, i aint complainin.
July 20th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Well that was shitty. >>;; After seeing her as a slut on a couple of things, I don’t want her playing ChiChi anyway.
Wonder if that means they’ll replace her in the next movie. LOL
July 20th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Yeah, the krillin thing upsets me too. I don’t think he would have been that hard to cast either. Verne Troyer would be a perfect krillin. And it would give him a bigger role than he’s used to as well, so everybody wins.
July 20th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
sounds like shes told to keep quiet about chichi/dragonball, chichi aint the main character so would you be more excited talking about your small role in a movie or your new tv show which you are the main character…..
July 20th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
yeah she seems like she doesn’t really care for her DB role, oh well. she sucks anyways lol, could careless about chi chi, goku,piccolo,yamcha,roshi,bulma is all i care about, i wouldn’t care if chi chi wasn’t in the movie lol, hated her in DB and DBZ anyways
July 20th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I agree with zanny’s comments earlier but about Verne Troyer, I think he’s about half of Krillin, he could be Chiaotzu. Ernie Reyes Jr could be Krillin although he’s 36, someone on these comments said they liked Shaobo Qin, 26, can’t remember who said that though and I think John Hensley could look like Krillin but him being 5′ 10″ might be a problem, maybe not, they could fix that. Maybe this is stupid, I don’t care, I’m just throwing it out there.
July 20th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
i can give a damn about her playin chi chi, shes jus a minor role…but do yall think they will show a trailer at Comic Con?
July 20th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
@zanny:
Yeah, I like the changes to, it will make things more interesting, after being fed the same story over and over again I thirst for something a little different.
July 20th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
bullshit….
July 20th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
wow, jamie chung is nowhere near famous enough to be talking down any of her rolls. She’s talking like her roll as Chi CHi was just an ugly little stepping stone in her amazing career or something. If you’re going to be arrogant, first you had better be good.
July 20th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
For the love of god would you people shut up, Just because she likes, her role in samurai girl more then her role in dragonball doesn’t mean she is degrading her role as Chi-Chi, one role she is the MAIN character the other she is a MINOR character, do you see the difference, it makes sense she likes the main one better, that doesn’t mean she hated her role as chi-chi, it is HER OPINION not yours, you have no right to say what she should like.
July 20th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I think people are reading into her interview a little too much because I don’t see how what she said could be viewed as negative towards her involvement in the DB movie. If you were an actor then you would have roles that you enjoyed more than others as well. Maybe she had more freedom in her other role? Maybe she got along with the cast better? Maybe her other role was less stressful and demanding of her? Does it really matter, who cares? People are getting a little touchy about this movie. (to say the least) I don’t think she’s being arrogant, she’s just being enthusiastic about her role as Heaven.
July 20th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Hey guys
Look
http://i37.tinypic.com/2rz5bhg.jpg
better quality
July 20th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
@Karen: Yup already posted but thanks.
July 20th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
i never liked her since i read that everyone was great with fans while filming except for her, she woulnd´t even take pictures with some fans.. she´s an arrogant bitch, and half as beautiful as emmy…nah, not even half
so she better al least do something right and nail the chichi character
July 20th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Why does she owe the fans anything? She’s an actor. If you want to get mad at anyone, get mad at the people who casted her and write her paychecks. Quite frankly I don’t care if she’s a bitch or the sweetest girl in the world and I’ll reserve judgment of her acting ability once the movie comes out.
July 20th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
at first I was thinking she was being arrogant and downplaying her character of chi chi but when I thought about, she’s right. Chi chi dont really have a back story lol. She’s jus the ox king daughter.
July 20th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
she seems too focused on samurai girl.
BTW the new banner is AWESOME Adam!!
July 20th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
@SSJ Jon:
u have a point there. lol
July 20th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
@Twilight: she doesn´t owe anything to the fans because she is nothing
i never said i judged her acting ability by how good or bad she is with the fans, i simply said i don´t like her
even if james marsters sucks as piccolo i´ll still think he is really cool
im not mad yet, i will be if she sucks as chichi, but im obviously hoping she doesn´t
July 20th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
New forum theme with help from Lebnash1 if anyone is interested: http://www.legendaryforums.com
July 21st, 2008 at 4:25 am
Looks very very good adam.
July 21st, 2008 at 5:10 am
new poster! i enhanced it using the new high res image of goku! its not pro, but it might keep ur hopes up for the movie, until we get an eng version. i also added the piccolo eyes in the sky
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6229/dragonballposternewty5.jpg
July 21st, 2008 at 5:55 am
two HQ fanarts made for me:
http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=68&u=12224317
http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=69&u=12224317
July 21st, 2008 at 6:34 am
Hey is the movie going to be released worldwide on march 13th then?. That would be lovely. Anyone knows?
July 21st, 2008 at 8:05 am
@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.
July 21st, 2008 at 8:26 am
JoseMP, It comes out April 10th in US/UK, But shall be released in Japan in march.
July 21st, 2008 at 8:30 am
http://i38.tinypic.com/2ih08pi.jpg
July 21st, 2008 at 8:34 am
@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
July 21st, 2008 at 8:59 am
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.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:01 am
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!
July 21st, 2008 at 9:15 am
@Scott: I know right, fuck Japan, and I’m not racist lol.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:37 am
yo another scan
http://bbs.dragonballcn.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=53&ID=44829
July 21st, 2008 at 9:39 am
what does it say?
July 21st, 2008 at 9:46 am
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
July 21st, 2008 at 10:14 am
Roshi
July 21st, 2008 at 10:28 am
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
July 21st, 2008 at 11:22 am
green hair huh?
July 21st, 2008 at 11:55 am
@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.
July 21st, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Wow Rossum looks exactly like an akira Toriyamalamadingdong drawing in that new scan. She’s so perfect. yeah.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:20 pm
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
July 21st, 2008 at 1:25 pm
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.
July 21st, 2008 at 3:03 pm
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
July 21st, 2008 at 3:05 pm
@Dowler: Yes it is…
July 21st, 2008 at 3:08 pm
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…
July 21st, 2008 at 3:20 pm
@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.
July 21st, 2008 at 5:12 pm
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
July 21st, 2008 at 5:43 pm
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.
July 21st, 2008 at 10:14 pm
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.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:17 am
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 !
July 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
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.
August 4th, 2008 at 8:30 am
August 5th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
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.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
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.