Not to be out done, Thailand’s most prolific TV production company is doing their own version with two of their biggest stars as part of the cast.
F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers (2021) https://mydramalist.com/50007-boys-over-flowers
Fueled by pandemic binge watching Bright Vachirawit Chivaaree & Win Metawin Opas-iamkajorn have taken the Thailand and Southern Asia by storm with a hit TV show, 2gether (and its 5 episode sequal Still 2gether) that has gone global. The shows hashtag trended # 1 in Asia every week during the summer. Before their new found fame, Bright had supporting roles in other shows and was a TV show host, but Win had never done anything outside of school plays. Everything they do turns to gold based on their performance.
The other three main actors are making their debut with F4 Thailand. They will all be big stars on the coattails of this drama.
Great news. Looking forward to that.
I have no idea why Asian dramas are so compelling. I do know that I love the high moral ideals. It feels like I’m watching 1950s TV done with spectacular cinematography and much better acting. The one thing that took a while to accept was the youth of the actors in situations more appropriate for people in their 40’s. But once I got over that, it was just fantastic.
I wrote scripts for a while and was agented in Hollywood for two years. The work that goes into these dramas is amazing. But there is a problem I often see where the show goes at a particular pace, and then the last episode goes like it’s being chased by the hounds of hell. The only thing I can think is that it’s caused by some production issue I don’t understand. When I did a spec script for Forever Knight, I learned that they were desperate for Canadian writers because their contracts required a certain percentage of Canadian/American people in main positions. Every Canadian production member they found, meant a free slot to go after the American ones they wanted. I keep wondering what the Asian issues are that I don’t understand.