Stronger Together

Causing social media frenzies and garnering seven-figure views per episode on Youtube, hit thai drama 2gether: the series made instant stars of its two young leads, Vachirawit Chivaaree and Metawin Opasiamkajorn, paving the way for a bright future.

- Wittawat Siripokakij.

One’s an easy-listening pop song that everyone loves, the other is a groovy electronic tune that gets you tapping your feet. That’s how Thai actors of the hour, Vachirawit “Bright” Chivaaree and Metawin “Win” Opasiamkajorn, describe each other in BAZAAR’s interview with them. While fans might disagree with the choice of music used to depict their two favourite stars, what’s undeniable is that their chemistry in 2gether: The Series, in which they had starring roles, has sent the Thai rom-com drama straight to the top of the charts: The series caused a frenzy on Twitter and Facebook upon airing on Thai television channel GMM 25 (it’s currently also on Netflix), and each episode racked up millions of views on YouTube (the first episode, posted this February, currently has over 13 million views). BAZAAR finds out more about their roles as Sarawat and Tine, their views on love and their next steps in showbiz.

How did you land the roles and how did you prepare for them?

Vachirawit Chivaaree (VC): The network thought that our characters were a good fit and asked us if we were interested to take on the roles. We didn’t have to do much to adjust to each other—it’s generally easy for two guys to work together. Plus, Win and I have a lot in common, and we play games together; when you have similar interests, you get along.