Tangmo takes on Tik, perhaps too honestly
Actress Pattaratida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong might enjoy a little peace in her life if she could learn how to keep her mouth zipped. No offence intended or anything, but her penchant for "being outspoken", as it's referred to in polite circles, keeps d
She might get away with saying this stuff if no one was listening.
Most recently, Tangmo made a comment on Instagram about Jessadaporn “Tik” Pholdee, who happens to outrank her in the hierarchy of actors. Tangmo was merely chatting with friends online about the hit TV series “Ya Leum Chan” (“Forget Me Not”) on Channel 3, in which Tik stars as Khun Kem.
Now, a lot of people are saying that Tik is unimpressive in his return to the small screen after being away for many years, but Tangmo was quite blunt about it. “I wouldn’t go for Khun Kem because he has only one face [emotionless].” Of course the social networks are made for sharing, and this remark was shared and shared and shared, with the lady being chastised for criticising the “more senior” gentleman.
Bowing to the pressure, Tangmo pointed her Instagram at Tik’s fans and told them she was only commenting as a viewer. After adding that her favourite character in the series is Khun Uau (played by Saharat “Kong” Sangkapreecha), she said: “I had no intention of personally attacking Phi Tik, and if my comment offends any of his fans, I apologise.”
And anyway, Tangmo said, she did a TV commercial with Tik when she was 10 years old and has always been among his admirers.
“Titanic” remake ready
Don’t call Hong Kong director John Woo’s upcoming movie “The Crossing” a Chinese version of “Titanic”, he begs in the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao. “The Crossing” is about three couples aboard the real-life Tai Ping Ferry that sank in 1948. Well, we’re not sure about this one. Sounds like Woo’s argument might go down with the ship.
Hang on, he pleads. “Titanic” was a love story playing out aboard a ship, while “The Crossing” is a story about fate, since these characters were fleeing war-torn China to Keelung, Taiwan.
“The wartime background brought each person a different fate, so if there is any comparison, I would say it is closer to ‘Gone with the Wind’,” John says.
We haven’t seen that one – wasn’t that a Nicolas Cage movie?
It says here “The Crossing” cost 400 million yuan to make, which is US$64.3 million and Bt2 billion (not all added together). It was more than four years in preparation and filming took 10 months. Wood says he was knocked out by the acting abilities of his stars, Zhang Ziyi, Tong Dawei, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Masami Nagasawa, Huang Xiamong and Song Hye-Kyo. In fact he uses the word “awe”, or at least its Cantonese equivalent.
The question is whether any of the couples among this sextet can match the onscreen heat of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, whoever they are.
