is the voice of Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that of Bruce Willis, Jim Carrey and Ross from Friends. They are all icons of popular culture. However, to mario castaneda he is best known for his work as Teenage and adult Goku, in the Dragon Ball universe.
Today it is easy for him to say that he would have chosen this role without thinking. But the reality is that there is an unusual anecdote behind this role, before Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z caused a sensation in the mid-90s.
The former director of the Latin dubbing for dragonball, Gloria Rocha, chose each of the cast members for the series. Some voices were maintained and others were going to debut. That was the case with Goku, who for the last arc was growing and obviously had to have a mature voice.
“When (Gloria) saw that Goku was growing, she saw him and said: ‘Mario, Goku is going to grow up and I want you to record it,” Castañeda said on Ryan Hoffman’s podcast, according to the site. Millennium.
As has been mentioned repeatedly, at that time Mario did not have a good relationship with the dubbing director and he said no.
A sharp “NO” to Goku and his son’s plea
“We were fighting and I said ‘Of course not’, because I thought it was going to be insufferable to record with her, one day there was a horrible shouting there in the company. I told him: ‘I thank you, I have a lot of work, I can’t,’ said Castañeda.
Then, one of his sons, a follower of the first Dragon Ball arcs, found out and begged him to accept, because he knew the weight of the character. So much so that he even stopped eating for a week, according to Mario, in the Milenio review.
“Dragon Ball was not what it is; Goku was a child, a fighter, entered, funny, hilarious, but he wasn’t what he is now, I think that’s why I didn’t even think about it. Fortunately (Gloria) didn’t even listen to me, she heard yes; when I said ‘Always yes’, she said ‘What about? We had already met’. She never listened to me say no to her,” she commented on the podcast.
Mario Castañeda as young Master Roshi
We know that Mario has a long history in the world of anime dubbing. Camus from the Knights of the Zodiac is just one of many. But few know that the same Mexican actor made the young Master Roshi, when Goku travels in time. Enjoy the scene.
