I am still not sold in the idea of a Live Action Dragon Ball Z movie in the least. Somethings just work great in one medium but don’t translate well into another, and no matter how “cool” the cartoon of Dragon Ball Z is, I personally just don’t see it translating well into a live action environment. But other’s do… so there you go.
We’ve already told you that Dragon Ball Z has cast Justin Chatwin (The Invisible, War of the Worlds) to play Goku and James Marsters (”Smallville,” “Angel,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) as the villain Piccolo, but not it seems they gone and picked up their Chi Chi (the love interest to Goku). It’s the SMOKING HOT Jamie Chung. Our friends over at IESB give us this:
Reality TV personality Jamie Chung (MTV Real World San Diego) has landed the role of Chi Chi, the eventual love interest to the lead character Goku played Justin Chatwin. Chichi known as Chi-Chi in the Viz manga, is the wife of Son Goku, and the mother of Gohan and Goten. She is often depicted as a sometimes nagging, but fundamentally well-meaning, who sincerely looks for her children and husband’s well-being even when their views clash. She and Goku first meet as children, and Goku promises to marry her, thinking marriage is a kind of food.
Well… at least I’ll watch the movie on mute if nothing else. Good grief that’s an attractive woman. Anyway… back to the movie. Please don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying DBZ will suck, I’m simply saying my expectations are low that you can translate this into a live action flick very well. It might rule… but I’ll be VERY surprised if it does.
