Justin Chatwin

Justin Chatwin (born in Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian actor known for his roles in The Invisible and Dragonball Evolution. 
==Biography==
In 2007, Chatwin landed his first leading role in The Invisible, a remake of the Swedish film Den Osynlige. David S. Goyer's supernatural thriller centers on high school senior Nick Powell, who is brutally beaten and left in an intermediate state. Chatwin liked the script because "it’s about all these polar opposites – life and death, love and hate – and also about the idea that when you think something is black or white, you might suddenly find that there’s gray to it". The film ended up being a commercial and critical failure; John Campea noticed complexity and a "subtle strength" in Chatwin's performance, writing, "nothing really ever went over the top, nor did he ever come off as forced", but criticized the feature for its "lack of depth" and "dramatic tension". That same year, he returned to the stage to act in Jamie Wollrab's The Mistakes Madeline Made at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder, Colorado. The play follows Edna (Shannon Woodward), a young woman who develops ablutophobia, a fear of bathing. Chatwin plays Wilson, the protagonist's co-worker, "with lots of nervous energy, and generates laughs along the way" according to one critic. Next, Chatwin was cast in Middle of Nowhere (2008), a coming-of-age drama directed by John Stockwell, also starring Anton Yelchin and Eva Amurri. The independent film had the world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, followed by a straight-to-DVD release two years later.
In 2009, Chatwin portrayed Goku in Dragonball Evolution, the first big screen adaptation of the popular Japanese Dragon Ball manga by Akira Toriyama. He described the role as the most physically demanding he had ever played, as he had to train in martial arts and adopt a strict diet with no sugar and carbohydrates. The film was critically panned on release; writing for Slant Magazine, Rob Humanick stated that filmmakers made "no effort to craft a cinematic context in which its mythology can function", while Ross Miller of the Screen Rant, described it as a "badly written film with horrible dialogue, lackluster action and a sense of fun that's nowhere to be found". Miller also felt that Chatwin was "completely miscast". He was set to reprise his role in two sequels, but after the film's poor box office performance, all the plans for a potential franchise were canceled.
On March 9, 2024, after the announcement of Akira Toriyama's passing, he went on Instagram and apologized to Toriyama for messing up Dragonball Evolution.
==Refenrces==
Category:Real people
Category:Dragonball: Evolution Actors