The Surprising Connection Between Shameless And Dragon Ball Z

Before the two appeared as romantic interests in "Shameless," Emmy Rossum and Justin Chatwin were hunting for the legendary dragon balls. That's right, Chatwin starred as Goku and Rossum as Bulma in the 2009 live-action adaptation "Dragonball Evolution." So, while "Shameless" is technically linked to "Dragon Ball Z," many might wish that weren't quite the case. Some fans either don't remember the film or simply don't want to remember it, and it's easy to see why considering its poor performance. The film is regarded so terribly that even its scriptwriter, Ben Ramsey, offered a sincere apology to fans and implied that it was "flat out garbage" (via i09).

At the very least, these days, Chatwin seems to take the disaster of "Dragonball Evolution" with a pinch of humor. On Chatwin's YouTube, he jokingly referred to the film as his "finest work" and humorously tried to hitchhike by yelling that he was once Goku. In addition, thanks to "Evolution," we witnessed created Akira Toriyama come back to work on the "Dragon Ball" series. Per ComicBook.com, he wrote that he was so angry about "Evolution" that it essentially caused him to come back to work on the franchise. It's the reason he's been so involved in the "Super" era of films and the series.