Les principaux problèmes, en ce qui le concerne, furent le manque de temps et le budget limité

Comment c'était de tourner Dragonball avec ce maquillage intensif?
La première fois qu'on m'a appliqué le maquillage, ça a duré 17 heures, alors 4 heures ne semblent rien à côté. Mon costume  a une apparence géniale, mais je ne peux pas respirer dedans.
 
Des surprises quand on tourne un film à gros budget?
Je pense que tout va très bien se passer, mais il y a tant de post-prod, c'est difficile à juger.
A Durango, ils voulaient que Piccolo soit plus beau, et moi je voulais qu'il soit vieux, décrépi et laid. Il n'y a pas de miroirs dans les prisons [le personnage a été emprisonné pendant 2000 ans].
Le personnage est arrivé jeune et beau.  Je suis allé voir le maquilleur, et j'ai dit: "les producteurs veulent que le personnage soit beau, mais les producteurs ne sont pas là. Et on va remmettre avec de la peinture tout ce qu'ils ont enlevé des sculptures (prothèses de maquillage). Le réalisateur a été d'accord avec moi. J'aurais préféré être viré que gâcher Piccolo.
 
Est-ce que les fans de DB et DBZ  vont aimer le film?
Il y a eu des changements, mais le coeur de Dragonball est là.

Justin Chatwin (Goku) appeared in front of them. Goku had blue eyes. The author of this manga (Akiba Zaijuu) felt Justin has a boyish nature, as well as Goku. He was wearing the blue gi, not orange. Justin said “My gi with Kame mark (orange gi) is still in the making. I’m looking forward to see how it will be made. I hope it will become what you all like.” The author remembered he saw and talk with Mayes Rubeo (costume designer) before. She said “I kept trying for the children of the little village I grew up won’t be disappointed with it. I made more than thirty prototypes for only Goku’s gi.” She seemed to be ambitious and having fun, so he felt she sure can make a good costume. And about Justin, his blue gi was cool, but not only the costume design, but his buffed up muscle enhanced his look. Because he has been training for seven months for Goku’s role. The author remembered Goku also have trained for eight months under Master Roshi when Goku was a child in the original. Coincidence?
 
When the Japanese magazine press interviewed Justin, suddenly the tank top man came into the room. He shouted “Omochi!(rice cake)” in Japanese. He tried to eat Kusa-dango of Asakusa Tokyo (it was souvenir from Japan) there but he accidentally dropped it on the ground and it got dirty with sand. But he didn’t care, he picked it up and ate it. He was a very wild man. The author wondered who he was.
 
Next Emmy Rossum’s interview. She said her active and cheerful character resembled Bulma. She’s a brilliant young actress and also a good singer. Bulma’s hair is not all blue, but have blue streaks. Make-up artist Mr. Gomez told us the reason that all blue hair is too strong as a live-action, so he was requested not to do that. So he proposed sixteen hairstyle and make-up designs which kept the image of the original, but they were all turned down. After that time he came up with the present hairstyle and make-up. Emmy said, “Did you look at the three-wheeled motorcycle? There are two same motorcycles and they promise I will get one of them after the filming. Other one may be gotten by someone here!” they asked her what her favorite Mexican food was and she said “Gorditas! I like Gorditas.”
 
Then they interviewed Joon Park, he was [the] wild tank top man before. He resembled an early Yamcha very well, especially eyebrows and eyes. His cheerful character imparted a upbeat atmosphere there. He said, “I wanted to get any small part, I got to audition, and I got the role of Yamcha. I have Japanese friends and I asked him to send the video of Dragonball and I watched them over and over again. But I realized Yamcha didn’t appear in them a lot. Where is Yamcha? looking for him in the video, I studied him.” The author also thought certainly that Yamcha’s appearance is few in the original, and he wondered whether Puar (Yamcha’s pet cat) appeared or not. He asked his company editor, but the editor said “Who cares?” and the author didn’t really care either. Joon also said he collected toy figures made of metal like Mazinger Z.
 
Next, they interviewed Jamie Chung. She is a crisp girl, her face was expressive, like as a small animal, her lower lip and twinkling almond eyes were adorable. Press men got hot immediately. She resembled kid Chi-Chi rather than adult Chi-Chi. She said her type is a pretty boy.
 
Next they interviewed Chow Yun-Fat. He is different from the image of Master Roshi than in the original, but he surprisingly matched the lovable mischief and dirty old man perfectly. He said his favorite food is Japanese Ramen. He was very kind enough to take a photo with the author. He said, “I have never played such character, but I could play it happily and passionately.” The author looks forward to seeing him play Muten Roshi.
 
And James Marsters appeared at last. His cheek line looks just like Piccolo. he said “Were you wearing the Gold Jacket before? I passed you at the hotel didn’t I?” The man he saw at the hotel was James Marsters after all. James shouted, “I am Piccolo! Yes! I’m Picoolo, so I won’t let anyone play Piccolo!” He was full of spirit. His enthusiasm to the role came through intensely, he looked as if he was the real Piccolo for a moment to the author’s eyes. He thought this movie was worth seeing to see James Marsters as Piccolo by itself.

"Justine chatwin est apparu, Goku aura les yeux bleus. Il a une silhouette semblable au jeune Goku. Il portait sa tunique bleue, et non celle orange. "Ma GI orange avec l'insigne Kame (la tunique orange) est en cours d'élaboration, il me tarde de voir le résultat final, j'espère qu'elle plaira à tout le monde !" explique Chatwin. Mayes Rubeo, qui s'est occupé de la création du costume orange, lui a expliqué qu'il a fallu pas moins de 30 prototypes, avant de s'arréter au modèle que portera Chatwin. Le costume de Chatwin, le bleu, est vraiment cool, à cela s'ajoute l'allure de Goku, qui a les muscles saillants, apportant plus de crédit à cette tunique. Il est vrai que Chatwin a été entrainé 7 mois pour ce rôle. L'auteur rappelle que dans le manga original, Goku s'est également entrainé 8 mois avec Roshi lorsqu'il était enfant, coincidence ?  
 
S'en suit une discussion avec Rossum, une jeune actrice talentueuse, et possédant aussi une très belle voix. Celle ci explique que son caractère joyeux correspond bien au profil de Bulma. M. Gomez explique que les cheveux de Bulma ne seront pas bleus, il n'y aura que des mèches, la coiffure originale étant jugée trop crachante pour un live-action movie. Rossum montra après sur les 2 motos à 3 roues, elle est très excitée, on lui a dit qu'une d'entre elles lui reviendra après le film.  
 
Nous poursuivons avec une entrevue avec Joon Park alias Yamcha. Celui ci est très heureux d'avoir obtenu ce rôle, il ressemble physiquement à Yamcha, même si dans le film il aura un aspect quelque peu différent.  
 
Jamie Chung/ChiChi est délicieuse, elle a un visage très expressif, elle rappelle plus ChiChi enfant, qu'adulte.  
 
Poursuivons avec Chow Yun Fat, il interprète un Tortue Géniale différent de l'image que nous en avons (voir ses habits, ses cheveux..) mais très étrangement, quand on le voit, il rappel beaucoup notre Maitre pervers adoré.  
 
Enfin nous avons vu James Marsters, qui jouera Piccolo. Ses pomettes saillantes rappellent Piccolo, il a un enthousiasme débordant, et on voit qu'il a une farouche volonté de jouer un excellent Piccolo, quelques fois on avait vraiment l'impression d'avoir le namek en face de nous ! Rien que pour le charisme, le physique, de l'enthousiaste James Marsters, en Piccolo, il nous tarde de voir ce film !"