James Marsters spoke in an interview at Dragon Con ‘08 and mentioned a bit about his role in the Dragonball movie.

The character he most liked was Piccolo. He said that with “Dragonball” he was more involved (he said he didn’t really offer a lot of ideas, etc. to the directors of “P.S. I Love You” and just wanted to do a good job unlike all the other stars of the show) and that he was constantly hashing things out with the director. He also mentioned that his stunt double did only one stunt for him and that the rest of the time he was the one making those leaps, etc. He mentioned that he was showing off for his girlfriend and the room kinda deflated. *grin* Then, after all that, he was like, “I liked Spike too.” (So do we, James. So do we.)

Not sure what question was asked, but he mentioned that he had a fear of being smothered. Apparently the helmets he wore while being an astronaut got him panicked. That he’d go back to his room and have the shakes and a good cry. (Poor guy. But, I can sooo relate to that feeling.)

He was asked about his height being a problem. (This was asked at the Q & A prior to his concert in London.) He gave the same answer, for the most part. Saying that he’d commented to his son that if he was six feet tall, his son would be going to Harvard. He added that A’s were going to be needed for him to get in now.

He mentioned that he was more comfortable on stage, and that it was a lot more fun. That with film, you didn’t perform/act, but were just yourself.

He was asked how he prepared for Piccolo. He mentioned that he’d seen all the episodes with his son, sometimes more than once, that he liked the “message” of the show. That peaceful, humble men =/= weak. Said it was a good message for young men growing up in today’s world, especially in the US.

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Geeks of Doom and Live Journal reports from the second day of Dragon Con with another Marsters Q&A.

He said that the most enjoyable show to shoot of all was DragonBall because he didn’t really have a stunt man and did 99% of the stunts himself and he was scared to death the entire time (he said he has a weird sense of fun ;)).

“I didn’t have to do very much research,” he said of the film. “I have a son, so I’ve probably watched every single episode of Dragon Ball.”

 

The story was something Marsters really identified with, he said, adding that Goku’s nature to choose violence only as a last resort was a trait all young boys should be exposed to.

“Having said that, the hyper-violence of Dragon Ball has to be there, but in the right context,” he said. “I’ve had debates with my son about it.”

Dragon Con 2008 starts 14 days from today. Sadly, there will be no Dragonball panel this year. However, James Marsters (role of Piccolo) will in fact be there. There is also a high possibility that he will doing an interview or two as well. So hopefully this event won’t be totally worthless. Here’s a quote from James Marsters’ Website.

Dragon*Con Private Party / Concert
Be one of the lucky few to join James at an intimate concert and dinner reception

James Marsters will be the guest of honor at a limited sit down buffet style dinner and concert Saturday, August 30, 2008. Limited to only 60 guests, the evening will consist of an acoustic guitar performance and a round robin meet and greet and mingle. Also joining James will be Torchwood’s own Gareth David Lloyd!

The complete schedule for the event will be online August 19th.

Plus, we got these anime conventions to look forward to.

- Anime Festival (August 15-17)
- Anime Evolution (August 22-24)
- MatsuriCon (August 22-24)
- AnimeFest (August 29 - September 1)
- New York Anime Festival (September 26-28)

Click here for the complete list…

On a side note, the Dragonball movie was originally set to release today before the delay.