Translatation of old news on June 7, 2013.
According to the news, casts are selected by the TV3 boss, supposedly Pravit Maleenon.
Off selected the veterans for the Mafia series
"Off Pongpat" (director/producer) revealed about the series project "Mafia Luerd Mungkorn : Seur Singha Krating Rad Hong" (lit. mean. "Dragon-blooded Mafia : Tiger, Lion, Ox, Rhino, Swan", he plans to gather a lot of talented actors & actresses into this series.
Talented producer "Off-Pongpat Wachirabanjong" is staying on his top form now. Not only "Khunchai Ratchanon", his latest directed drama enjoying this year's top rating, but Off also has a hugh project "Seur Singha Krating Rad Hong" waiting at the end of this year. Off revealed that...
"The drama "Seur Singha Krating Rad Hong" had better be called a HUGH HUGH project. The casts include
Ken (Theeradej Wongpuapan) starring in Seur (Tiger),
Por (Nattawut Sakidjai) in Singha (Lion),
Ananda (Everingham) in Krating (Ox). We're still waiting for Rad (Rhino) to decide. Whether this will be
Chakrit Yamnam or not, we will have to see if he's available. As for Hong (Swan), the cast will be
Janie Thienphosuvan and there'll be
Yaya Ying (Rata Po-ngarm) who will chain all the 5 dramas. I will try to make it period dramas. Directors that will work on this include Khom (Kongkiet Khomsiri) who will direct Krating, Chalerm Wongpim will direct Rad, Odd (Bandit Tongdee) will do Singha, Shudapa Jantakate will do Hong while I will direct "Seur". It's a romantic comedy with actions. As for Hong, we might have to film it in Hong Kong but to film a period drama abroad is difficult", the famous producer replied.
Besides, Off also revealed the reason for choosing all the leading stars of Channel 3 for this series is an order from boss (supposedly Pravit Maleenon, Channel 3's CEO). His thoughts actually match up, "I think newbies won't fit the Mafia gangster leader roles".
Source : Komchadluek newspaper (June 7, 2013)
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This also gets confirmed with this ThaiTV3 news on June 7, 2013.
Janie confirmed herself as the leading cast in "Hong".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkxUJjKKKeM
From the above clip : The MCs say "Janie will have a hugh-project action series of 2014 for ThaiTV3. The story is about Yaowarat Mafias (Bangkok China Town's Mafias) : Seur Singha Krating Rad Hong by the producer Off Pongpat. The four leading actors has been decided to include
Ken Theeradej, Chakrit Yamnam, Por Nattawut, Ananda, and Janie. Awesome. So Awesome casts. This means the series is such hugh project." Janie said she's ready for actions in Hong.
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Ok, I just came acrossed these news. To me, this sounds confirmed since the casts also had got mentioned on Channel 3. BTW, next year (2014) will be Channel3's 44th Anniversary. This hugh project is supposed to ones to celebrate that. ^^