Completely agree about Pope being the underdog. I’ve been a fan and following his lakorns since his first lakorn with Chompoo and even in that one he didn’t have a major role. And then his lakorn with Mark and Yaya, I honestly liked him and Mint C better. I’m glad he’s finally getting the recognization that he deserves!
I don’t think he’s that much of an underdog. If you really consider the hotties like Mark, Nadech, Mario, Ken P who all debuted at around the same time to Pope, you can see why he wasn’t much p’ek material off the back. But ch3 was still kind to give him 2nd lead, never neglecting him. Only after 3-4 supporting roles, Pope was already offered Khunchai Pawornruj, and ever since then he has been playing p’ek but did his career take off?!? No, not really. It just happened that the timing was right this round and Bella fit right into him and their chemistry was more suitable than their own koojin and they got really good characters and script in here. Sometimes it’s luck and timing if you ask me. Because people like Chompoo was getting n’ek for ages but it only took one HIT from ch3 to secure her status til this day when she was already falling behind Noon, Aum and Kob at ch7. So yea, my two cents about him being an underdog.
People that are truly underdogs to me are Prang (who’s beauty tops many, but has been stuck playing supporting since forever!) and MintC who keeps getting left over roles or those nonsense plots. I think they’re in worst scenario than pope tbh.