''A Tale of Thousand Stars'' ( th, นิทานพันดาว, italic=yes ''– 1000stars''; ''– 1000stars'') is a 2021
Thai television series starring
Pirapat Watthanasetsiri
Pirapat Watthanasetsiri ( th, พิรพัฒน์ วัฒนเศรษสิริ; also known as Earth ( th, เอิร์ท), born 23 February 1994) is a Thai actor. He is known for his main roles as Waii in '' Water Boyy: The Seri ...
(Earth) and
Sahaphap Wongratch
Sahaphap Wongratch ( th, สหภาพ วงศ์ราษฎร์) also known as Mix (Thai: มิกซ์) or Mixxiw (Thai: มิกซ์ซิว), born on 22 July 1998, is a Thai actor, model, singer and a former member of the boy b ...
(Mix). The series follows Tian Sopasitsakun (
Sahaphap Wongratch
Sahaphap Wongratch ( th, สหภาพ วงศ์ราษฎร์) also known as Mix (Thai: มิกซ์) or Mixxiw (Thai: มิกซ์ซิว), born on 22 July 1998, is a Thai actor, model, singer and a former member of the boy b ...
), who receives a heart transplant after volunteer teacher Torfun (Sarunchana Apisamaimongkol) dies in a tragic accident. By reading through Torfun's diary, Tian learns about her final wish, which is to count a thousand stars with Phupha Viriyanon (
Pirapat Watthanasetsiri
Pirapat Watthanasetsiri ( th, พิรพัฒน์ วัฒนเศรษสิริ; also known as Earth ( th, เอิร์ท), born 23 February 1994) is a Thai actor. He is known for his main roles as Waii in '' Water Boyy: The Seri ...
), a chief forest ranger. In time, Tian accepts Torfun's destiny as his own.
Directed by Noppharnach Chaiwimol and produced by
GMMTV
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, it is one of the twelve television series GMMTV showcased for 2020 during their "New & Next" event on 15 October 2019. Originally scheduled as a 2020 release, the series premiered on
GMM 25
Channel GMM 25 (simply GMM 25) is a Thai digital terrestrial television channel owned by GMM Grammy and operated by The One Enterprise. The network offers a variety of content such as drama, music, news and entertainment programs targeting teenag ...
and
LINE TV
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on 29 January 2021, airing on Fridays at 20:30
ICT and 22:30 ICT, respectively. The series aired its final episode on 2 April 2021, it was replaced by
Fish upon the Sky
''Fish upon the Sky'' ( th, ปลาบนฟ้า, italic=yes; , also known as ''"Fish from the Sky, Fish upon the Sky"'') is a 2021 Thai boys' love television series starring Phuwin Tangsakyuen (Phuwin), Naravit Lertratkosum (Pond), Trai Ni ...
(wherein
Sahaphap is a part of the cast.) on its timeslot on GMM25. The series had an rerun every Friday to Sunday from 3 September to 24 September 2021 at 8:30 pm on
GMM25
Channel GMM 25 (simply GMM 25) is a Thai digital terrestrial television channel owned by GMM Grammy and operated by The One Enterprise. The network offers a variety of content such as drama, music, news and entertainment programs targeting teenag ...
, replacing the reruns of ''
2gether: The Series'' and ''
Still 2gether''. The rerun of the series was then subsequently replaced by the rerun of its successor series, ''
Fish upon the Sky
''Fish upon the Sky'' ( th, ปลาบนฟ้า, italic=yes; , also known as ''"Fish from the Sky, Fish upon the Sky"'') is a 2021 Thai boys' love television series starring Phuwin Tangsakyuen (Phuwin), Naravit Lertratkosum (Pond), Trai Ni ...
'' on its timeslot.
It was featured on ''
Teen Vogue
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''
's best BL dramas of 2021 list.
Production
The production team at the beginning chose one of the hill-tribe villages in the northern part of Thailand to shoot the series, but later on, due to tradition and belief, the initially chosen locations were all removed from the plan because they were not allowed to shoot. As the local people were afraid that, with the numbers of shooting crew members and production could be against the local condition. The village, they first picked, has a tradition of spirit worship. The villagers were afraid that the shooting could disturb the spirit in the place.
The production team then decided to build the entire village from scratch in different locations (Mainly in
Chiang Rai
Chiang Rai ( th, เชียงราย, ; nod, , เจียงฮาย, ) is the northernmost major city in Thailand, with a population of about 200,000 people. It is located in Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai Province. Chiang Rai ...
), while the novel and series portraited the story in somewhere in
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...
. The production team had to build Tian's House,
Pha Pan Dao School, Khama's House, and villagers' houses from. The "Pra Pi Run" Unit, which was a workplace, commanding station and accommodation for Phupha and was renovated from an old and deserted wayside shelter.
Synopsis
After volunteer teacher, Torfun () dies in a tragic accident, her heart is transplanted to Tian (
Sahaphap Wongratch
Sahaphap Wongratch ( th, สหภาพ วงศ์ราษฎร์) also known as Mix (Thai: มิกซ์) or Mixxiw (Thai: มิกซ์ซิว), born on 22 July 1998, is a Thai actor, model, singer and a former member of the boy b ...
). Through a series of diary entries, Tian learns about Torfun's life, secrets, interests, as well as her promise to count a thousand stars with Chief forest officer Phupha (
Pirapat Watthanasetsiri
Pirapat Watthanasetsiri ( th, พิรพัฒน์ วัฒนเศรษสิริ; also known as Earth ( th, เอิร์ท), born 23 February 1994) is a Thai actor. He is known for his main roles as Waii in '' Water Boyy: The Seri ...
). Tian, as the new volunteer teacher, attempts to befriend Phupha, but the latter is initially cold to him. As the two slowly grow closer, Tian's heart beats fast around the military officer, and he starts to fall for him, much like his heart's previous owner did. Treading on dangerous territory, can the two keep their thousand star promise?
Cast and characters
Below are the cast of the series:
Main
*
Pirapat Watthanasetsiri
Pirapat Watthanasetsiri ( th, พิรพัฒน์ วัฒนเศรษสิริ; also known as Earth ( th, เอิร์ท), born 23 February 1994) is a Thai actor. He is known for his main roles as Waii in '' Water Boyy: The Seri ...
(Earth) as Phupha Viriyanon (The Chief Forest Officer)
*
Sahaphap Wongratch
Sahaphap Wongratch ( th, สหภาพ วงศ์ราษฎร์) also known as Mix (Thai: มิกซ์) or Mixxiw (Thai: มิกซ์ซิว), born on 22 July 1998, is a Thai actor, model, singer and a former member of the boy b ...
(Mix) as Tian Sopasitsakun (The Volunteer Teacher)
Supporting
* (Aye) as Torfun Chareonpon
*
Nawat Phumphotingam
Nawat Phumphotingam ( th, ณวัชร์ พุ่มโพธิงาม; also known as White ( th, ไวท์), born 2 June 1995) is a Thai actor. He is known for his main role as Phun in MCOT's '' Love Sick: The Series'' (2014–2015). ...
(White) as Tul (Tian's Friend)
* Krittanai Arsalprakit (Nammon) as Nam (The Doctor)
*
Thanawat Rattanakitpaisan
Thanawat Rattanakitpaisan ( Thai: ธนวัฒน์ รัตนกิจไพศาล; born October 13, 1998), nicknamed Khaotung ( Thai: ข้าวตัง) is a Thai actor signed under GMMTV. He is best known for his main roles in the ...
(Khaotung) as Longtae (Khama's Son)
* Nattharat Kornkaew (Champ) as Yod (The Technician)
* (Drake) as Rang (The Ranger)
*Kamonlapat Dokmonta (Aum) as Ayi
*Woraphanmai Egami (Kinuko) as Meejoo
*Achirapol Jinapanyo (Achi) as Khaonueng
*Marinda Halpin as Inta
*Gimjeng Yanathip (Gim) as Kalae
Guest
* Jakkrit Ammarat (Ton) as Teerayut (Tian's Father)
* Paweena Charivsakul (Jeab) as Lalita (Tian's Mother)
* Witaya Jethapai (Thanom) as Bianglae Khama (The Village Chief)
* Thanongsak Suphakan (Nong) as Sakda
* Phatchara Tubthong (Kapook) as Jeab (Nam's Wife)
Episodes
Music
International broadcast
*Philippines – The series was among the five
GMMTV
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television series acquired by
ABS-CBN Corporation
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, as announced by
Dreamscape Entertainment
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on 10 September 2020. All episodes were made available for streaming via
iWantTFC
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on 29 January 2021, simulcast with its Thailand broadcast.
*Taiwan –
LINE TV Taiwan streams every Friday evening at 21:30 starting from 29 January 2021.
Awards and nominations
Future
In 2022,
GMMTV
GMMTV ( th, จีเอ็มเอ็มทีวี ), acronym for Grammy Television (which was its former name), is a television production and talent agent subsidiary to the Thai entertainment conglomerate GMM Grammy, under The One Enterpri ...
announced that ''A Tale Of Thousand Stars'' will be included in the roster for the second part of their series, ''
Our Skyy'' (entitled ''Our Skyy 2'').
Earth
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and
Mix are expected to reprise their roles as Phupha and Tian respectively.
References
External links
GMMTV
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tale of a Thousand Stars, The
Television series by GMMTV
Thai romantic drama television series
2020 Thai television series debuts
GMM 25 original programming
Thai boys' love television series
2020s LGBT-related drama television series