…they offered him more money, up to 10 million baht ($300,000 USD). Who knows.
After rejecting several Thai channels to be their contract actor, Mario Maurer has sign a 5 year contract with Ch3. At some Nine Entertainment event today, reporters were able to ask Mario about his decision to go with CH3.
You have rejected several channel offers, why Ch3?
“I haven’t rejected several channels, you should refer to it as the channel elders having compassion for me. Ch7, I also love and I have much esteem for Khun Daeng (Ch7′s head honcho), she is an elder I respect. I have chosen my path and I have chosen Ch3. It’s more like I’m a kid who is choosing his own path . Khun Daeng didn’t say anything, we are not at odds with each other.”–Wow, what a media change! Before, he used to get into arguments with reporters, now he is controlling them. Who is this kid?
Was your signed up fee 10 million baht ($300, 000 USD)?
“No, there was none of that. There was no initial fee. I’m like every other actor. In the contract, I will be in 1-2 lakorns per year. There is nothing in place in what I will be playing in. I have to discuss this with the channel elders first. The lakorn “Tai Fah Tawan Diew (Autumn Destiny” a lakorn I was recently in, I like it. After participating in it, I felt it was something different. After playing in a lakorn, I developed a liking to it. It has its own charm. Right now, I have 3 movies and right now it’s okay because all of my movies have finished filming.”
—again, who is this kid? ” It has its own charm,” he is sounding like an old man.
Reporters wondered if Mario has chosen Ch3 because of his girlfriend Gubgib who has a lakorn with Ch3 airing soon. Mario, acting like an old person, said it had nothing to do with Gubgib.
“Please don’t think of it like that. It’s not the truth. As for my relationship with Gubgib, it’s still bright, we are still good friends to each other. She is a special someone.”–what the fudge, it’s like he is reading from a script.
For his first lakorn, Mario wants to work with Anne Thongprasom.
“I want to work with Anne Thongprasom, but I want to work with everyone. I like several people. But we have to see about the role and whether it matches me.”
