Dragon Ball is in the midst of celebrating its 40th anniversary, and among remasters and new shows, some of the longtime cast members are giving interviews about the franchise. Voice actor Christopher Sabat, whom I've long associated with Vegeta since he took over the role as the English voice in 1999, recently spoke about his character, and I was shocked at how long it took him to feel like he truly represented the Prince of Saiyans.
Sabat replaced the original English voice actor for Vegeta, Brian Drummond, when Funimation took over the dub beginning with the Android Saga in 1999. Since then, he's voiced the character for the remainder of Dragon Ball Z's dubbed arcs, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Super and the recently-released Dragon Ball Daima. Despite that, the voice actor said he never truly felt ownership of the character until being recognized by the Japanese staff at Toei and Shueisha when he went to the premiere of Dragon Ball Z: Battle Of The Gods:
