Remember when Emmy Rossum was supposed to be the Next Big Thing? She ran away from all those waves in The Day After Tomorrow and made out with Jake Gyllenhaal by the fire even though the world was ending, and then she sang her heart out in the Phantom of the Opera movie that nobody saw. Then she kind of disappeared, and I’ll bet until I mentioned The Day After Tomorrow you had no idea who I was talking about.
Now she’s back... sort of. She’s joining the cast of Dragonball Z, a live-action update of the popular Japanese manga. The Hollywood Reporter isn’t saying who she’s playing, but two other cast members were recently added in specific roles: Eriko Tamuro, a.k.a. Yaeko from Heroes, will play Mai, and Korean pop star Joon Park will play Yamcha.
Maybe I’m just biased against Japanese manga, in that I do not understand it at all, but this doesn’t really sound like the big comeback 21-year old Rossum is looking for. She’s got a Christmas album out and she can probably go forever based on her voice, but if she’s looking for a legit movie career, a manga adaptation doesn’t exactly scream “Mainstream success!” I mean, the biggest star in this thing is James Marsters, a.k.a. Spike from Buffy. But, for anyone who admired her talents at running away from tidal waves and has been waiting for her to stop singing and get back on the screen, it's time to start getting excited.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Emmy-Rossum-Joining-Dragonball-Z-Cast-7216.html
