Piyathida tries on a few new hats

So what’s next? She’s going to produce a TV drama.
It’s a big job, but Piyathida won’t be working solo. Sharing production duties on her Mono Channel action series are Peter Nopachai Jayamana, with whom she co-starred in the movie “Timeline”, and Major Wanchana Sawasdee, star of “The Legend of King Naresuan”, which featured her husband Napassakorn in the final instalment.
And the series, “Tee Yai Dab Dao Jone”, will star Somchai Khemklao, who appeared with Piyathida in the movie “Sarawat Mah Baa”.
Departing from the usual habit of lifting TV dramas from famous novels, this one is an original story, Piyathida tells our sister newspaper Kom Chad Luek. Peter, Wanchana and Napassakorn, who’ve all done action scenes before, will battle their way through a story line.
Becoming a producer doesn’t mean Piyathida is giving up the acting. She’s set to star in a new drama series of her own – another tearjerker, in fact – this one from the house of X’Act and co-starring Willie McIntosh.
As if that weren’t plenty enough already, she’s going to be an acting coach as well – at Jitladda School, where her husband previously taught.
Piyathida says she’s very excited about this latest tangent in her career, but rather daunted. She’s thinking she might have to get friends to block the classroom doors so the students don’t walk out on her because she’s such a rookie.

Army untrustworthy?

Instagram of course serves as a bulletin board for celebrities when they need to announce a big project or a big date, but it’s not often you see them naming-and-shaming someone who owes them money.
Comedian Jaroenporn “Kotee Aramboy” Ornlamai was in no laughing mood the other day when he went after the Army – in the form of a well-known officer and former member of the national football team. Kotee actually posted the officer’s name, but we’d rather not go down that dark alley while the military’s still running the country, thanks very much.
Kotee says he and the officer once travelled to England together to see a football match. The officer asked Kotee to loan him Bt500,000 to cover expenses. Kotee was cash-shy at the time but directed the officer to another friend instead. That deal was done and the officer promised to repay the debt plus Bt100,000 in “interest” within 15 days of their return to Bangkok.
They went to Britain, saw the match, came home and 15 days elapsed – and no money was forthcoming. Kotee’s friend was having financial difficulties of his own, so the comedian covered the officer’s debt and then went after his Army chum. He managed to get much of the money, in small instalments, until the debt was whittled down to Bt200,000. Then the officer vanished again, never answering Kotee’s calls and finally changing his number.
You should never make a clown sad. The officer’s punishment is to be named online. Now he’s got a reputation to restore as well as a debt to repay.

Correction

Yesterday’s article headlined “Horror moulded out of wax” on Page B16 incorrectly referred to scriptwriter Somsuk Kaljaruek being the aunt of director Kulp Kaljaruek. She is in fact Kulp’s grandmother. We apologise for the error.