I agree, the story is kinda different. But i'm desperate so it's whatever lol.
Your desperation
I would love to have a NK reunion (I mean you and I have been waiting for years for a reunion), but even so I want them to be in the best drama possible. And this type of character is something Kim plays often. You know, that diva-ish type of character, but I have to say Song Yi is a very interesting character played very well by JJH. And despite this drama being a huge hit, I don't think it was all that great. I didn't understand why it was such a big hit to be honest, like how I didn't understand the hype over DOTS either but I would pick this drama over DOTS any days. Sorry for all those that like DOTS.
With the mentioning of Chompoo, after thinking about possible candidates for the role, I think she would have been the best option for the role, but I didn't know she is currently pregnant though. Congrats btw, I do know how she's taking time off of filming to start a family and glad she succeeded.
Ploy would be great too actually, but some are saying her contract with ch3 is about to expired so the chance is slim there. She wouldn't have a problem being taller than Nadech since I believe she's on the shorter side of the Thai n'eks.
Matt is honestly the best candidate for the role, both in appearance and acting chops, but man the height difference is going to bother me if she does land the role
I just want to mention it seems like most of us here are discriminating Nadech for his height, but I just want to point out that the p'ek in the story will transition himself to be sort of the n'ek's protector/bodyguard later in the story, so the ideal appearance of the p'ek should be someone that looks like he could protect the n'ek. I mean Nadech is extremely built now, but Matt is already so tall without heels on, with heels she might look more like Nadech's bodyguard instead of the other way around lol. But who knows, they might work out. I mean, I end up loving Mario and Mint together and Mint is super tall. She wore like baby heels in Two Spirits, maybe they would do the same with Matt for this drama
Mai would also be a great n'ek for this drama, but she's also tall too lol. She doesn't look old enough for the role though.
As for those who are concerned about the age, p'ek in the story is not even human, so age doesn't matter. However, he's supposed to look younger than her since he's pretty much ageless, but he's technically older than her since he's been on Earth for 400 years. One funny point is the n'ek often talks to him in informal speech since she thinks she's older than him, and it drives him crazy lol.
And there's a really creepy villain character in the drama too. I'm more curious on who they're going to cast for that character. It's going to be hard to find an actor to play such a chameleon character.