LOOK: Thai Remake ‘Heroin The Series’ Unveils The Cast; See How Fans React

BL Thailand

2023-09-28
11:36

Following the announcement of Chai Ji Dan’s (from the same creator of ‘Stay With Me’ and ‘One in a Hundred’) hit novel ‘Addicted,’ ‘Heroin The Series has finally unveiled its lead actors during the WeTV Always More 2024 press conference held on September 27.

เปิดตัว แม็ค-นิวเยียร์-เจ๋อ นักแสดงนำจาก #HeroinTheSeries #รักเสพติด อย่างเป็นทางการแล้ว!! มาร่วมลุ้นกันต่อว่าใครจะได้เป็น ‘กู้ไห่’ในเวอร์ชั่นไทย❓💙🤍#WeTVAlwaysMore2024 #WeTVAlwaysmore2024xHeroin #Hollywoodthailand #GoldenDogthailand #Jurkung #newyearnawapat #macnattapat pic.twitter.com/kGteEjRvWs
— Heroin The Series (@herointheseries) September 27, 2023

Child actor Nattapat Nimchirawat (Mac), who played the young version of Ohm Pawat’s role in GMMTV’s ‘He’s Coming to Me,’ is taking the lead role ‘Pop’ (Bai Lou Yin). Meanwhile, ‘Hit Bite Love’ actors Vasin Traiprakhong (Jur) and Nawapat Thannamongkhonsawat (New Year) are reportedly playing Tiger and Tengneung (Yang Meng & You Qi). The actor playing Gu Hai in the drama has yet to be revealed.

‘Heroin The Series’ is the Thai remake of the hit drama ‘Addicted,’ based on Chai Ji Dan’s novel of the same name, which hasn’t concluded due to the government banning the show. Will this adaptation show us the ending we’ve been waiting for in the Chinese version? The drama is under the direction of Yuan Danop and produced by Hollywood Thailand in collaboration with Golden Dog.

See how BL fans’ reactions to the cast announcement on Twitter (now X):

I don’t know how I feel about this, why are you casting a 15 year old for a book that has explicit content? I wanted a faithful adaptation to the book but now I don’t think is going to happen. Should have at least casted an 18 year old. https://t.co/iJNSCa1JNG

— Rache | 🇩🇴🇺🇸 (@shimmykokoflop) September 27, 2023

วงการซีรีส์ไทยต้องตระหนักเรื่องบทที่ง่ายต่อการจะถูกคุกคามทางเพศไม่ว่าจะโดยตรง-อ้อมกับอายุนักแสดงที่ยังไม่พ้นไมเนอร์แบบจริงๆจังๆแล้วนะ คู่หลักตามต้นฉบับเป็นนักเรียนมัธยมปลายที่ยังไมเนอร์ก็จริงแต่บทเรท18+เลยนักแสดงเขาตอนเล่นก็ไม่ใช่ไมเนอร์นะ แต่อันนี้กลับเอานักแสดงอายุ15ปีมาเล่น😰 https://t.co/4UJiz1IYpp

— (wanna rest) ALAIWAH 🍋 (@saymnmel17) September 27, 2023

Translation: The Thai series industry must be aware of the roles that are easily sexually exploited, whether directly or indirectly, with young actors who are still minors. The main couple in the original were high school students and rated R18+ but portrayed by actors of legal age. However, this adaptation uses 15-year-olds to play the role.

Fans raised concern and their worries as the production team decided to cast actors aged 14 to 16 years old. Others are curious whether they will remove those scenes from the novel. Or will it stick to its original premise?

As of this writing, no further information has been released. Stay tuned at BLtai for more updates!

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