#wow i sure had more thoughts about Us Nititorn than I realised

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if you could cast Us Nititorn as a lead, who would you have play opposite him and in what kind of stories?

Ooh this is an interesting question. I don't really have much knowledge of Thai dramas outside of Kinnporsche so far, so I don't really have an answer to the first part of your question.

As to the second part, I think it would be interesting to see Us in the lead role of something more mature than the slice-of-life school/university dramas he's had supporting roles in so far (admittedly, I did just browse around on mydramalist for a bit, I've not watched anything else he's in).

Kinnporsche was a good break away from that kind of role, for example, as it deals with maturer relationships (did someone say office romance lmao), and the darker themes that we associate with fast-paced, dramatic and violent underworld dramas/thematically adjacent crime dramas.

Importantly though, as he is portraying a leading character, I would want Us's strengths to flourish in a show that is suited towards those qualities - or, perhaps, in spite of it.

(Allow me a little meta, I can't help myself.) What compels me about Tay in Kinnporsche is the strength in his softness, the gentleness of his teasing, and the contrast of that deliberately effeminate empathy in the face of the world the drama is set in - something gritty and dark, awash in peril and the powerplay between family patriarchs specifically. (Let's raise a glass to the KP scriptwriters for that also.)

So ultimately, I'd like to see Us in a role that leans into that image and allows us to see deeper into the psyche of such a character whilst also, as is necessary for any lead, experiencing a crisis the jeopardises their world view or even their view of themself. I think there's the potential in him to carry off that emotional conflict, no matter what genre he's cast in.

That said, I would also be very interested in seeing more variety in terms of how he handles action-based roles. We only got to see Tay fire a gun once in Kinnporsche and it taunts me. I wonder how Us would handle that kind of role...