F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers
F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers (; ) is a Thai television series starring Tu Tontawan Tantivejakul (Tu), Vachirawit Chivaaree (Bright), Jirawat Sutivanichsak (Dew), Metawin Opas-iamkajorn (Win) and Hirunkit Changkham (Nani). Based on the Japanese "shōjo" manga series "Boys Over Flowers" by Yoko Kamio, it serves as the Thai counterpart of the franchise from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and China. Directed by Patha Thongpan and produced by GMMTV together with Parbdee Taweesuk, the series was first announced during GMMTV's "New & Next" event on 15 October 2019. The cast was confirmed by September 2020 through a teaser  clip, and a mock trailer was later released on 3 December 2020. The series is airing on GMM 25 every Saturday at 20:30 (8:30 pm) ICT replacing the Saturday rerun slot of "Our Skyy" starting 18 December 2021. It is also simultaneously streamed internationally through GMMTV's official YouTube channel and on the streaming media platform Viu. Synopsis. Gorya is a typical high school girl who works part time at a flower shop with her best friend Kaning to support her family's impoverished situation. And it seems her life is as simple and regular as that, until she passes  the entrance exam of a prestigious, crazy expensive high school, turning her into the family's only hope out of poverty. But the elite high school life, to Gorya, is simply artificial and absolutely annoying. And for that, she decides she will be the most unremarkable nobody, an aspiration no one in this whole school strives to ever be. At this school, Thyme, Ren, Kavin, and MJ make up the notorious senior group known by the name F4. These handsome boys are heirs to the country's richest billionaires, and they sparkle with looks and influences. All eyes are on  them at all times, even if these guys are secretly the school's biggest bullies who are ready to shove anyone they don't like around through aggressive pranks they call "receiving the Red Card". Nobody can stop them, worse still, the students even look up to them and their arrogance. It is as if the whole world is in the palm of their hands, and Gorya despises them for it. Gorya is the only one that stands up to their bullying ways, leaving all the boys in awe, especially Thyme, the group's leader. Almost instantly smitten by Gorya , Thyme romantically pursues her, but she has no interest in him because of first impressions. She then falls for his best friend Ren, but Ren is in love with his childhood love, Mira (Yongwaree Anilbol). In all the chaos of school, Gorya can't help but find herself falling for Thyme because of his generosity to her and her family, and his change of character. An ordinary girl like Gorya is about to become the center of everything. It is when she learns that life in this part of the world is not very easy. And this is the story  of a little girl going through her glorious teenage years along with the most popular young men. They go through obstacles, mistakes, friendship, encouragement, happiness, sadness. And most importantly, they get to learn the meaning of love and the process of learning to accept it before they all step into the real world called adulthood. Cast. Below are the cast of the series: Production. After it was announced on 15 October 2019, several names were suggested online by Thai netizens on who should play the main roles. On 16 September 2020, almost a year since it was announced, GMMTV officially  revealed the artists who would be taking the main roles of the said series. Current GMMTV artists Vachirawit Chivaaree and Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, who recently starred in the boys' love series "" and "Still 2gether", will be playing two of the F4 members, joined by new faces namely Tontawan Tantivejakul, Hirunkit Changkham and Jirawat Sutivanisak in the said series which is expected to air in 2021. After the announcement of Vachirawit and Metawin as members of F4 Thailand, some online fans expressed their surprise with their new fictional roles but some see it as an "opportunity to grow as an actor ." On the reason why GMMTV decided to acquire the rights of creating the Thai television adaptation of "Boys Over Flowers", Sataporn Panichraksapong, who serves as GMMTV's managing director, said that the series has received positive reviews and contains social issues that are currently relevant to the Thai society. He also said that Parbdee Taweesuk will be tasked to produce the series as they have worked with them on several projects already. Parbdee Taweesuk's projects include the trending 2018 television series, "The Gifted".