Guy wise, I also think Pope or Mark. Pope I still think lacks range in his acting, and Mark has gotten better but he's starting to get typecasted into similar male leading roles with similar personality. So, i think both can def gain more going out of ch.3.
I think they both are typecast. Pope has tried to break out of his typecast but the audience didn’t respond well. Like in his drama with Chippy. And I could really see him trying in Phrom Likhit but it was a rubbish script that ruined the p’ek character the most. The audience and Ch3 producers just prefer to see him as the warm, gentle p’ek type. That’s his typecast. Mark is also typecast into a different character type.. but he’s also been typecast.
Staying on Ch3 will not help them break out of that mould too. The producers tend to choose to work on the same type of scripts that they have worked on in years. Actors in their 30’s onwards are less suitable for all these scripts that lack substance and simply focus on FIN and jin. But Ch3 only know to make that type of dramas. And they’re still stuck in their p’ek/n’ek/rai stereotypes and hierarchy.
Ch3 work on the same type of scripts they always have, then choose the actors that fit those typecast. So the actors also tend to get the same type of roles. Even if Bella is immensely talented, she’s also typecast in that n’ek with n’rai vibes character. Has anyone not realized that she slaps people in dramas in almost every drama in the last 5 years? That’s basically lakorn stereotype.
The biggest disappointment recently was Phrom Likhit. The scriptwriter basically just said that she added scenes for Great & Namtarn so that they can be outstanding cos they’re at the level or p’ek and n’ek of the channel. So Great’s character can stand out while p’ek is made to look stupid and ineffectual, while Namtarn gets more airtime but in a stupid n’rai role. WTF. This is a renowned scriptwriter saying that without feeling any guilt and thus this is why Thai drama ratings are circling the drain. I don’t expect my male leads to be perfect princes coming to rescue the princess on a white horse all the time. But damn it, how could she ruin the basic story to the point that viewers don’t even feel like rooting for the main couple to get together? In a
romance drama about
soulmates destined for each other???
I’m sad if Pope and Mark leaves cos that really means I’ll see them less often. Especially Pope. But it’s ok. Better to see them less but they end up being in shows that I want to watch them in.
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