The Official Goku/Justin Chatwin Thread

[LP.Deuce]

hey Dorky just curious so don't take this the wrong way, who exactly would you suggest to play Goku is Chatwin is such a bad choice?

 

[Godman]

Lol, people still post here???

 

[Godman]

hey Dorky just curious so don't take this the wrong way, who exactly would you suggest to play Goku is Chatwin is such a bad choice?

Asia is an enormous continent with and enormous population and a very high percentage of young aspiring actors who are masters and black belts in the arts. I doubt they looked over there...oh yea but that would mean they were going to actually try and get the movie right...not in hollywood. LOL

 

[Crosswind Ghost]

Asia is an enormous continent with and enormous population and a very high percentage of young aspiring actors who are masters and black belts in the arts. I doubt they looked over there...oh yea but that would mean they were going to actually try and get the movie right...not in hollywood. LOL

Casting took place in LA, Hong Kong, London, Vancouver and Durango.

 

[animexcel]

one of the things i was afraid about Chatwin playing Goku was his appearance as a martial artist and fighter. i remember watching a War of the Worlds scene where Chatwin's character gets mad at the aliens and decides to take it upon himself to fight them without his family. instead of feeling his anger and intensity i just felt like punching him in the face. i dunno what it is...i'm sure he's a nice guy to hang with, but his angry face just makes him look like a little punk..

...he doesn't look like a fighter. he looks like an annoying weasel. i know it's not his fault, because that's just genetics...but i can't get behind someone that looks like a brat when they fight. whenever Goku gets angry or mad you should be able to feel his pain and want to see him kick some @$$, but with Chatwin it's the opposite for me. i want to see him get his @$$ handed to him.....and that was even before he got the role.


this is just ONE of the many reasons why i don't think Chatwin should have been Goku.

I think he was going for this look t:

 

[LP.Deuce]

Asia is an enormous continent with and enormous population and a very high percentage of young aspiring actors who are masters and black belts in the arts. I doubt they looked over there...oh yea but that would mean they were going to actually try and get the movie right...not in hollywood. LOL

ok how many of those aspiriing actors who masters and black belts can actually act and speak fluent English for a movie produced by an American company. And you can think of some, name them, don't just suggest there are, prove it
All you're probably going to do is google some random random Asian actor or martial artist that you think looks like Goku

 

[Godman]

Casting took place in LA, Hong Kong, London, Vancouver and Durango.

Oh u just made it worse...out of all that, THIS is who they got...again I said ASIA. They didn't need to go anywhere else but all over Asia. There are some real bad as kids over there who can actually kick ass amazingly and CAN act and would actually make more sense wearing and outfit with oriental symbolism in a world based on the ASIAN tale of the monkey King. It's like making a Superman movie with an Arab...LOL.

 

[SolarTiger]

Lol, people still post here???

It's a pretty active forum...

 

[Godman]

I think he was going for this look t:

They should have gotten Wilson Yip to Direct it, Donnie Yen to Choreograph it, and all Fox should be doing is funding the project with Asia behind the entire production. This is their baby based in THEIR culture. Speed Racer is always brought up when I say this...but honestly that was based on 007 and American Nascar racing so it makes sense the way it came out. This is not the case of Dragon ball at all.

 

[Godman]

It's a pretty active forum...

It's like supporting Batman And Robin and asking why clooney is such a bad choice for Batman...LOL that's why I'm just amazed at the level of support this movie is actually getting from people...who are these people?! LOL

 

[Godman]

ok how many of those aspiriing actors who masters and black belts can actually act and speak fluent English for a movie produced by an American company. And you can think of some, name them, don't just suggest there are, prove it
All you're probably going to do is google some random random Asian actor or martial artist that you think looks like Goku

Every Human Being is Random...what's you're point??? Honestly I feel the movie should be in subtitles but I'm asking for too much I know. i'm actually asking hollywood to get a foreign adaptation right. Hell the anime translation even sucked so what did I expect from the movie...

 

[Crosswind Ghost]

It's like supporting Batman And Robin and asking why clooney is such a bad choice for Batman...LOL that's why I'm just amazed at the level of support this movie is actually getting from people...who are these people?! LOL

I support this film. Do you see a problem with that. Maybe my standards are inferior to yours? Neh.

 

[animexcel]

They should have gotten Wilson Yip to Direct it, Donnie Yen to Choreograph it, and all Fox should be doing is funding the project with Asia behind the entire production. This is their baby based in THEIR culture. Speed Racer is always brought up when I say this...but honestly that was based on 007 and American Nascar racing so it makes sense the way it came out. This is not the case of Dragon ball at all.

You know, it's ironic I was just thinking about Ip Man when I saw Goku doing those fast punches.. lol what is bothering me now is that from what I've read, Wilson Yip is considering Jay Chou or Aaron Kwok(who is TOO old) to play Bruce Lee in the Ip Man sequel. We don't need pop singers playing this kind of role. >=(

 

[LP.Deuce]

You still failed to answer my question, so never mind, I personally the person who gives the best audition should get the part. You say theres' plenty of actors in Asia, name them please, if you have to google then do so

 

[DorkyFresh]

hey Dorky just curious so don't take this the wrong way, who exactly would you suggest to play Goku is Chatwin is such a bad choice?

honestly, even if they approached him to do the project i still don't think it would've been possible for scheduling reasons, but my model Goku would be someone of the likes of Takeshi Kaneshiro of 'House of Flying Daggers' fame. fluent in several languages, lots of martial arts action experience, and a huge following in Asia. he's a lil' too old now but like i said...he'd be my model for Goku.

kaypain suggested a different actor who i think is more suited for the role. his name is Jon Foo and he's Irish/Chinese, born in England, but living in LA.

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i don't know how well he acts, but i honestly could care less. if they're not going to give any depth to Goku then they might as well get an actor who can at least pull off the physicality of Goku. unfortunately his scheduling would've been bad for this movie as well since he's playing Jin Kazama in the Tekken movie, but if Fox had given the director more time to prepare for the movie instead of rushing it into production then Jon Foo might've been available for shooting, especially considering he'd already done a commercial for FOX Kids (as seen in that video)....but i guess we'll never know.

 

[Godman]

You know, it's ironic I was just thinking about Ip Man when I saw Goku doing those fast punches.. lol what is bothering me now is that from what I've read, Wilson Yip is considering Jay Chou or Aaron Kwok(who is TOO old) to play Bruce Lee in the Ip Man sequel. We don't need pop singers playing this kind of role. >=(

Well he ain't really failed us yet with his choices so we'll see what he does with it...where as the guy who is doing dragon Ball has never shown great quality in his realm of film

 

[LP.Deuce]

honestly, even if they approached him to do the project i still don't think it would've been possible for scheduling reasons, but my model Goku would be someone of the likes of Takeshi Kaneshiro of 'House of Flying Daggers' fame. fluent in several languages, lots of martial arts action experience, and a huge following in Asia. he's a lil' too old now but like i said...he'd be my model for Goku.

kaypain suggested a different actor who i think is more suited for the role. his name is Jon Foo and he's Irish/Chinese, born in England, but living in LA.

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i don't know how well he acts, but i honestly could care less. if they're not going to give any depth to Goku then they might as well get an actor who can at least pull off the physicality of Goku. unfortunately his scheduling would've been bad for this movie as well since he's playing Jin Kazama in the Tekken movie, but if Fox had given the director more time to prepare for the movie instead of rushing it into production then Jon Foo might've been available for shooting, especially considering he'd already done a commercial for FOX Kids (as seen in that video)....but i guess we'll never know.

Thanks, he would make a kick ass Goku, is there any videos of him talking, I think they picked Chatwin because of the highschool crap, if the movie was about a boy growing in the woods they probably would have casted someone more.....oriental

 

[dark_b]

i don't know how well he acts, but i honestly could care less.

thank god that you dont care. i also dont care. an actor in a DB big budget summer movie doesnt need to be an oscar actor.
this guy looks interesting. has an interesting face and looks like he could kick some ass.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

Chatwin is a decent actor. He was great in Chumscrubber and did a good job in The Invisible.

Hahaha his first role in film
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[XSpidercideX]

thank god that you dont care. i also dont care. an actor in a DB big budget summer movie doesnt need to be an oscar actor.
this guy looks interesting. has an interesting face and looks like he could kick some ass.

Well I do care how the actor acts... and I don't know if that guy is good enough to star in a big budget summer movie. Last thing we need is another Jamie Chung in the movie but its Goku. (Bad acting)

 

[animexcel]

Well I do care how the actor acts... and I don't know if that guy is good enough to star in a big budget summer movie. Last thing we need is another Jamie Chung in the movie but its Goku. (Bad acting)

I agree, if an actor isn't making it convincing it pulls you out of the movie. Jamie Chung hasn't sold me yet either, but I'll give her a chance. If one says action(being a great martial artist) speaks louder than words; well so does acting out the dialogue lol

 

[Antrax255]

Chatwin is a decent actor. He was great in Chumscrubber and did a good job in The Invisible.

Hahaha his first role in film

HaHa everybody got to start somewhere

 

[Godman]

Thanks, he would make a kick ass Goku, is there any videos of him talking, I think they picked Chatwin because of the highschool crap, if the movie was about a boy growing in the woods they probably would have casted someone more.....oriental

what Asia doesn't have high schools?

 

[LP.Deuce]

“For me, he’s not Asian, American or Canadian. Goku is an archetype and he lives in all of us. It’s a pretty big resposibility playing Goku since he’s such an iconic character.”


http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/10/movies/3426539&sec=movies

 

[DorkyFresh]

the sequel to Chatwin's weird video "the hong konger".....here's "the LAer"



it's too bad he wasn't allowed to act like this in the movie.