P’Pompam: New is my son. I’m the one who cut the umbilical cord and brought him into the entertainment industry. But can you believe it? We’ve never acted in the same series, not even once.
Then in this series (A Dog and A Plane), New plays a flight attendant. So if there happened to be a role for a senior purser who’s an older gay guy, that would’ve made perfect sense, right?
So I kept asking the director, “I want to act in a series with my son. Please write me into the script.” I kept trying for two or three months, and eventually they agreed to let me join the series… as the owner of a larb (Northeastern Thai food) restaurant.
But that’s okay. I’m a professional. Big role or small role, I can do them all. I always feel like I have to give it everything I’ve got. Even though I only filmed for one day and that was the end of my part in this series, I still wanted to give it my all.
The script simply said:
“Tay Tawan is crying. Go comfort him.”
So my line was:
“Hey, why are you crying? Don’t you like P’Bird? Don’t you remember what P’Bird said? Never give up because of any problem.”
That was literally all I had to say in the entire series. But I felt like I couldn’t just deliver the line plainly. I had to interpret the script. I wanted to give the character more depth, more layers.
So when we started filming.
Take one. Five, four, three, two…
Tay starts crying. And I start my line…
“Hey, why are you crying? Don’t you like P’Bird? Don’t you remember what P’Bird said?… I’m not just someone who talks nonsense, okay? I only speak the truth. I never lie. I’m faithful to one person. If you don’t believe me, go watch Tiger Riding Monkey. If that’s not enough, go watch Monkey Riding Tiger.”
Then a voice came over the walkie-talkie:
“Cut! We’re not using that joke. Let’s do it again.”
Take two. Five, four, three, two…
“Don’t you remember what P’Bird said? Gucci… Prada… I’ve got plenty of those.”
No wonder they only gave me that much screen time. Hahaha. But I’m so proud.
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Newwiee hurting his feet because of the Pole and Mond comforting him first and then hitting the Pole was so Kanit -Akki coded I'm telling you 😔🤚🏻 That Pole was Lion.
P'Jojo saw the potential
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