Yesterday November 16, several young stars participated in the E-Spirit fashion at Central World. Why yes, I did laugh. The average temperate in Thailand is probably around 60-70 degrees Fahrenheit and they’re wearing fall and winter clothing. Well they can wear it up North where the weather is much cooler.
Aw. Our cutie pie Kao giving our favorite Tv host Kalamare Patcharasir flowers. More pictures of Kao at the fashion here.
For the people who enjoyed this lakorn, compiled ‘behind the scenes’ moments of Mystery Castle.
Note I did not upload the video, I found it on Pantip
Tomorrow, “Mystery Castle” starring Rita Jensen and Nat Maurice will end. Wow, that was quick. I know the ratings were bad, as for the series itself, was it good? I can’t really say much about it since I have not been watching it closely, more like a few scenes here and there. I found Nat’s acting horrendous to bear, his manner of speaking threw me off, he came off like a little boy trying to be a big man. Very forced. From the scenes I saw, I was very impressed by the production quality, great fashion sense, lovely shoes (Indeed lovely shoes), amazing architecture, beautiful scenery, everyone’s believable acting minus Mr. Nat over there. An absolute miscast. With a different pra’ek, I would have watched it. Also, the closest filled with teddy bears and Ganya talking to her ‘nangfah (angel)” lady, ah weird.
Replacing it is Janie Tienposuwan and “Nok” Chatchai Plengpanich’s lakorn “Nam Peung Kom (Bitter Honey or Bitter Nectar)”, good gosh, an older man and younger woman love story with a lot of complicated bananas in between. This is a remake of Sam Yuranan and Pupae Ramavadi’s lakorn, can’t say much about it since I have never seen it. I hear it’s a classic, a very good one at that.
In “Nam Peung Kom (Bitter Honey or Bitter Nectar)”, Janie is playing a young woman by the name of Kangsadarn, her mother is Rose (Jariya Anfone), who used to be Purim (Nok Chatchai)’s lover 20 odd years ago. According to the summary, Rose brutally hurt Purim and he has never forgiven her. When he sees her again after 20 years, he wants revenge and uses her daughter Kangsadarn (Kang) as a tool to do so. Errr…kinda ew! He has been with the mother now he is going for the daughter, I don’t know, kinda twisted.
Teaser:
October 16, 2009 is the airdate for “Nam Peung Kom”. See more pictures of the cast here.
September 18, 2009 for the weekend time slot after Vicky Sunisa and Boy Pakorn’s lakorn “Fai Rak Arsoon (Love Fire of the Beast)”.
“Prasart Mued (Mystery Castle or Dark Castle)’” stars Nattarat Maurice and Sirita Jensen and is a remake of Mew Lalita and Willy McIntosh’s lakorn from the early 90s. It’s a romance slash mystery lakorn about a young Duchess (Rita Jensen) who runs away from home to become a caretaker for a wheelchair bound girl at a mysterious castle. She encounters many odd occurrences while there and falls in love with the master of the estate, Dr. Pharot Panarak (Nat Maurice), a reserve man with a dark past. His wife went missing 7 years ago and people believe he murdered her.
I’m going to be frank with everyone, I am a little worried about this series. One, we have Nat Nattarat Maurice as the male lead. Lets be honest, he’s stiff and too young for a role of a doctor. Two, the fake mustache doesn’t help out his cause either. Instead of making him look older and more respectable, they turned him into a laughable Thai version of Zorro. Every time I look at him, I start cracking up.
Boy Pisanu plays a prince in this lakorn, he falls in love with Rita Jensen’s character and pursues her heavily. “Maprang” Wirakarn Seneetantikul plays a character who secretly loves him.
Rita and Nat
Teaser:
Noticeably, Nat Maurice is not one of the best actors in the Thai entertainment biz still Ch3 is keeping him around because he’s not scandal prone. Instead of walking hand and hand with a female friend around town, Nat is consistently hanging out with his mother aka the scandal shield. Ch3 executive heads love that about him. He is excellent in staying away from scandal or doing anything that could ruin his squeaky clean/”I’m available” image.
Ch3 believes that Nat is workable because a poor actor with a good image is better than a good actor with a tarnish image. Poor acting can be improve while a bad reputation will take time to erase.
Interesting approach. What do you guys think? Image trumps poor acting any day?
For me, I just want to be entertain. Pretty boy Nat Maurice with his poor acting is not entertaining. Every time I watch one of his lakorns, I just want throw flip flops at him because he is so rigid.
Image is whatever as long as they don’t go aboard. GOOD acting skills is a must because again I want to be ENTERTAIN.
Pictures of Nat with his mom at a diner.
Nat played Pat Napapa’s pra’ek in “Mae Krua Kon Mai” a daily lakorn from last year.
Nat was recently in “Awayjee See Chompoo”, a prime-time lakorn with Por Thrisadee & Ja Jitapa. He had supporting role as Ja’s love admirer.
Commencement Date: March 17, 2008 (Mon-Fri): replacing Mae Hau Lam Pong
Genre: family/drama/romance
English title: “Plik Thai and Bai Kao”
Sarnworld thread: http://www.sarnworld.com/discuzz/index.php?showtopic=15332
TEASER with Eng Subs
Synopsis:
“Plik Thai grub Bai Kao” is family drama about love, rape, forgiveness and making amends for hurtful mistakes. Plik Thai is the name of the n’ek and Bai Kao is the name of the p’ek.
Though the community thinks she is a child of a “good time” gone wrong, Plik Thai is actually a product of a rape. No one believes her mother Waarn when she tells them she was raped. People think she give herself away to some stranger. Humiliated by the community, her mother withdraws from society. After the rape and giving birth, Plik Thai’s mother isolates herself from society and never leaves home.
Though her mother is an emotional wreck, Plik Thai grows up happy and healthy because she is showered with love by her grandfather. She grows up to be a medical student.
Bai Kao is Plik Thai childhood friend. Bai Kao and Plik Thai had a very turbulent relationship growing up. Bai Kao loved to tease Plik Thai about her family situation. Though he bullied her throughout her childhood, Plik Thai secretly develops feelings for Bai Kao growing up. Bai Kao also harbors feelings for Plik Thai. When he realizes that he loves Plik Thai, he tries to make amends for all his bad deeds to win her heart.
Characters:
Grin (Chai) comes from a very respectful military family. He is seen as a charismatic and well-mannered person with a bright future. However, Grin has a dark side. He is short-tempered man. In a fit of rage, Grin rapes Waarn, a girl he secretly loves.After the rape, Grin feels very guilty but can’t bring himself to confess to the crime because he fears dishonoring his family’s name.
Gaaridta or Waarn (Vicky) is the beautiful daughter of a General and a school teacher. Waarn grows up in a loving and happy home. She had an outgoing personality and was loved dearly by her parents. Her life becomes distorted when she is raped and impregnated by Grin. After being raped, Waarn becomes withdrawn from society.Waarn hates the daughter she produced with Grin and continuously abuses her child. She also suffers from paranoia. Waarn fears being judged by society because of her situation.
Plik Thai (Dada) is five years old and is a very lively and talkative child. She is Waarn’s only child and was conceived out of rape. Plik Thai is not burden by her situation because she showered with encouragement and love from her grandfather. Plik Thai grew up with Bai Kao and over the years she develops a strong affection for him.
Plik Thai “adult” grows up to be proper young woman and a doctor in training. She lives a very constricting life of rules and regulations because she fears disappointing her grandfather. Plik Thai secretly loves Bai Kao but tries to conceal her feelings because Bai Kao has a bad reputation.
Bai Kao “kid” (Gao) is the youngest son to a high ranking officer in the Office of the Prime Ministry. He is 9 years old and Plik Thai’s closest friend. Bai Kao is seen by others as a mischievous child who acts irrationally but he is a very rational good kid who acts out of good intentions.
Bai Kao “adult”(Nattarat Morris) (24yrs old)grows up to be a lieutenant in the police force. Bai Kao is an around decent guy with a big heart. Though he still maintains his bad reputation as a hot-tempered mischievous kid, he’s actually a gentle romantic person.
When they were young, Bai Kao used to pick on Plik Thai about her family situation. As an adult he falls for Plik Thai and tries every method to win her love.
Teenat (Ploy) is a 19 year old spoiled young woman from a prominent family. She has a self-absorbed personality. Her life’s ambition is shopping. She falls in love with Bai Kao and tries to eliminate Plik Thai as a competitor.
Paapit
Paapit falls in love with Bai Kao because he provides her with emotional support through the hard times. Teenat and Paapit compete to win over Bai Kao.
Sakdena is Plik Thai’s colleague and friend. They have known each other for 2 years. His fathers owns the hospital where they both work. He’s a very well-mannered, intelligent young man around the age of 21. He loves to volunteer and care for people in need. Bai Kao enjoys making fun of Sakdena and calls him gay because he has little experience with woman. In truth, Sakdena is not gay. He secretly loves Plik Thai.
