Quote Originally Posted by Death BOO Z
That's just being Anal..
Goku is the main charecter, so they chose an actor they think is best for the job. they can't go browsing between actors and pull out someone who's "Asian but white enough"...
This is a major motion picture with presumably a big budget. Of course they're going to take the time to find the perfect actor to portray the lead character in the movie. The fact that they chose Chatwin shows they either didn't care about the source material, didn't care about keeping fans happy, or it would seem, the success of the movie.

Look at Kung Fu, the TV series. The producers selected David Carradine to play Caine because he was a white guy with an Asian look and they figured that would appeal more to a Western audience (or so it was claimed in Lee's biopic, Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story). But that was 1972. You'd think by now and considering the subject matter and source material, that a Hollywood studio would think an Asian guy could play a role like this and make it a successful movie.

If you think studios don't have time or the inclination to pick the right guy for a part, consider this tidbit about Kevin Gage, the actor who played the relatively minor role of Waingro in the movie Heat: auditioned for his role in Heat (1995) over an intense three month period that included eleven script readings with the director before he finally secured the part. I guess the producers of the DBZ movie don't have that kind of attention to detail. They just want to bank on the loyalty of fans to lap up whatever toilet water production they put in your bowls.