Singer and actor 'Oh' Anuchyd Sapanphong (โอ อนุชิต สพันธุ์พงษ์) is making a welcome return to the big screen, this time in a horror.
In The Spiritual World (วิญญาณโลกคนตาย), opening Thursday, he plays a forensic scientist presented with a challenge.
As part of his job, he must find out why people died. He manages to do so without problem, until he is presented with the case of his own father’s death.
That proves too difficult, so he turns to a psychic, a young woman in touch with the dead, for help in finding out whether his father killed himself, or was actually murdered.
Oh says it is first 'adult' film role, after he played a teenager and a young musician in his two earlier movies, 2002's Mekong Full Moon Party (15 ค่ำ เดือน 11), and 2005's Horm Lorng (โหมโรง).
His forensic scientist character is slightly potty, which made performing the role extra challenging - as was the fact that he had to get used to wearing a wig.
Oh is proud of his two previous movie roles, as both films were defining moments in cinema. While the comedy Full Moon Party rekindled debate over whether the Naga fireballs which leap from the Mekong River each year are a genuine phenomenon, the period drama Horm Lorng revived interest among Thais in their own traditional music.
As part of his job, he must find out why people died. He manages to do so without problem, until he is presented with the case of his own father’s death.
That proves too difficult, so he turns to a psychic, a young woman in touch with the dead, for help in finding out whether his father killed himself, or was actually murdered.
Oh says it is first 'adult' film role, after he played a teenager and a young musician in his two earlier movies, 2002's Mekong Full Moon Party (15 ค่ำ เดือน 11), and 2005's Horm Lorng (โหมโรง).
His forensic scientist character is slightly potty, which made performing the role extra challenging - as was the fact that he had to get used to wearing a wig.
Oh is proud of his two previous movie roles, as both films were defining moments in cinema. While the comedy Full Moon Party rekindled debate over whether the Naga fireballs which leap from the Mekong River each year are a genuine phenomenon, the period drama Horm Lorng revived interest among Thais in their own traditional music.
In that film, Oh plays a an intense young man with a passion for playing the renard (ระนาด - similar to a xylophone). Oh says he is still approached by Thais who had never left home to see a movie in years - but went to see that one, because it reached something of the Thai inside themselves.
After those movies, Oh went through a busy period when he appeared in a string of television soap operas. Eventually, they dried up, and Oh, a Grammy star, appeared to vanish from the public eye.
In July, he complained that entertainment giant Grammy had put the brakes on his plans for an album of dance music (Oh is a trained dancer) - and in an interview with Matichon newspaper the other day, said he thought the music label had passed him over in favour of young ones who, while they lack dancing ability, enjoy more media buzz.
Oh, who likes to speak his mind, says he detests the paparazzi, who he says are intent on portraying stars in the most unflattering light. He now refuses to talk to media about those persistent gay rumours which surround him, as he says reporters are just trying to goad him into losing his temper.
After those movies, Oh went through a busy period when he appeared in a string of television soap operas. Eventually, they dried up, and Oh, a Grammy star, appeared to vanish from the public eye.
In July, he complained that entertainment giant Grammy had put the brakes on his plans for an album of dance music (Oh is a trained dancer) - and in an interview with Matichon newspaper the other day, said he thought the music label had passed him over in favour of young ones who, while they lack dancing ability, enjoy more media buzz.
Oh, who likes to speak his mind, says he detests the paparazzi, who he says are intent on portraying stars in the most unflattering light. He now refuses to talk to media about those persistent gay rumours which surround him, as he says reporters are just trying to goad him into losing his temper.
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