I have not seen the original starring Mew Lalita and Saranyu Wongkrajarng back in 1990 when I was still in kindergarten.
“Wanalee (The Woods)” is a romantic comedy centering around a kidnapping gone wrong. In the lakorn, all the male leads are police officers. Nang’ek’s brother is a police lieutenant colonel, the guy her brother wants her to date and eventually marry is a police officer, pra’ek is a police detective.
Nang’ek’s name is Witchuda or Wit for short. She has two older brothers Witchati or Pee Yai because he is the oldest and her middle brother is Pee Glang (which literally means middle sibling). Wit is the youngest of the family. Her parents have passed away years ago, she has been raised by her older brother Pee Yai.
Pee Yai’s greatest concern is catching the bad guys and his baby sister Wit.
Wit is not your typical girl, kinda tomboyish. She has a lot of spunk, she takes karate lessons, she is very confident and fears no one. She can handle a gun and can handle herself if she was attacked. Wit can passed as one of Pee Yai’s beer buddies if she drank, which makes Pee Yai concern.
He begins to notice little things about Wit that worries him. For example, when he took his girlfriend and Wit to go watch “Pretty Woman” starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in theaters. Wit fell asleep during the film while every women in the theater were crying their eyes out when Richard Gere’s character climbed up the fire escape ladder to Julia Robert’s apartment and passionately kissed her. It was very romantic and Wit fell asleep.
Little things begins to pile about Wit that concerned Pee Yai. He wanted her to be safe and be ‘saved’. The best solution, hooking her up with a boyfriend and eventually marrying her off to this guy. Pee Yai chose his buddy, Sorat– a porky/ humorous police buddy of his who was an old bachelor looking to get marry. Sorat looked like a safe bet for a great brother-in-law who can care for his sister. Pee Yai tries every way to set the two up, but Wit wasn’t having it. Sorat is a type of guy who you can take seriously. Plus, he wasn’t her type. Compared to Sorat, she was the dominate one. She needed someone who can match her bold personality.
Sorat didn’t want to give up, he liked Wit. She is young and beautiful. So Sorat asked his younger brother Sayam to do him a favor, kidnap Wit for him, and later he will come and pretend to rescue her. By then, Sorat will be a ‘hero’ in Wit’s eyes and he would have a chance with her. Wrong Idea. You know kidnappings never go well in lakorns.
Sorat is somewhat pathetic. He’s a chubby short man, who is not getting any younger. He’s a nice guy but you can put him in the un-dateable category. Sayam, our pra’ek, agrees. He pities his older brother.
Sayam pretends to be the big bad criminal Seua Meud (Dark Tiger) and kidnaps Witchuda deep into the jungle to a dingy cabin. He has his wet nurse pretend to be his mother and care for Wit while they were there. Every day, Wit would try to escape, she is trained to defend herself, so she is confident she can escape. Everyday, he would have to go chase after her. Because she is not an easy captive, he has to stay close to her. Keep an eye on her. Thus their close relationship began.
As time passes, Witchuda begins to develop feelings for Sayam because really he is a nice guy–a gentleman. As for Sayam, he too, begins to develop feelings for Witchuda, which complicates the situation because Wit is intended for Sorat not him.
Rotmay is in here in a supporting role. Por Natthawut is Seua Meud or Sayam and 15 year old newcomer Mew Laknara is taking on the role of Witchuda. Por is 35. They have a 20 years age gap. Heck, it is possible for him to be her father.
Prayer/opening ceremony pictures from July 15. Two things I noticed instantly: the pig heads and James. He is a foot taller than everyone.
Weird. I wonder why they are setting this lakorn in the 50s; the original was set in modern times. The nang’ek in the original was pretty feisty, taking karate lessons, playing with guns, beating people up. Newcomer Mew Laknara doesn’t look like she can beat anyone up.
A clip of the original version:
Oh and by the way Rotmay looks soo pretty! They should have given her the lead role! Arghh!
OMG! The plot seems soo good and funny too! I know Por would definitely crack us up with his role but that newcomer chick, somehow I imagine her to be young and inexperienced. I hope she proves me wrong and blows the lid of that role. Or else it would be a major disappointment because the plot is really good.
In the previous version of Duay Rang Attitarn, Kob and Saranyu had a….16 years gap too, I think. But it’s needed in the story since it takes place with different generations. It wasn’t really frown upon back then, probably because of the lakorn itself though or something.
does anyone remember how old tik was when they did prissana? i think taya was only like 14 or 15, but i don’t remember how old tik was. just wondering about the age gap.
but i agree, the age gap between the leads is icky.
Sorry but the main girl is not even pretty at all. They need to stop getting underage girls. Why not find legal age girls. It makes the lakorn a pedophile for other old men.
this preaw girl that do comments on here and dirtii laundry suckss… have some goddamn respect. Por Nattawut is handsome and talented. Have you seen his any of your lakorns? Man, I bet ur type if fuuuuuug-a-ly. Hahahaha!
Good point Kudaranai!But after checking, found that Kob’s first with Num Sornram who’s only 4 years older than her. It’s less awkward than this one. This girl should be with Nak Charlie (2 years older) Barry Nadech (4 years older),Mark Prin (5 years)Alex (6 years)or maybe it’s ok with a quite older than that like Boy Pakorn (10 years) Film (11 years) But with Por is too much. It’s creepy.
Ew why Por, and didnt he have a thing with younger people playing as older people, so why play with a 15 year old, either he or her doesnt fit the role, ew por is ugly and suck.
This lakorn is the same as jumler rak and that charkrit and cherry lakorn
@Kudaranai – Mew Lalita started when she was 14 too with “Prissana”. So far there is only Kob and Mew that lasted so long in the industry with them started so young.
When will this lakorn air? it seems really interesting.
Thanks btw for the info.
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it’s just started filming, not until 5-6 months from now.
the picture up there reminds me of Joy R. but still, i dont think anyone can pull that hair style off unless Joy R
I’m with fun, I’m skipping this one not because the story doesn’t sound interesting. It is interesting but it’s just disgusting that the nang’ek is only 15 and the pra’ek is what? in his mid 30′s? a bit much
shes pretty though.
Half agree with Kudaranai
Back then even if kob were only 14-15 but the main guys was between 5-8 years older than her. Come on, this is 15 years age gap. Don’t TV3 has some better actress to cast that role or some other other who’s in his early 20s.
Even if I loved Por, I am totally skipping on this one.
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Por is 35 years old. This mew is only 15. So it’s a 20 year age gap. Or is Por younger. Is he 30?
im skipping this one. heck havent seen any of por’s lakorn since the one he had with kat english. 20 yeas age gap esp the part where i learned she was only 15. ch3 is losing me as a fan.