It’s a small world after all.
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While it’s one thing seeing our favorite Filipino stars hang out with each other, it’s another to see them meet, work, and even become friends with international stars. But that’s what we’ve been blessed with when it comes to interactions between our local faves and Thai stars. You’d be surprised by how big the intersection is in the Venn Diagram between celebrities from the Philippines and celebrities from Thailand. But as Southeast Asian neighbors, it honestly feels correct to see this SEA excellence. It’s like seeing the showbiz universe collide, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Let’s take a look at those Thai and Filipino moments that lowkey improved diplomatic relations between the two countries.
JANELLA SALVADOR AND WIN METAWIN
The power that Janella Salvador and Win Metawin have by starring in the same movie is enough to shift the tectonic plates. What seems like a fan casting you’d read on Wattpad is reality as Janella and Win are set to star in a new movie called Under Parallel Skies. Set and filmed in Hong Kong and produced by 28 Squared Studios, the movie will follow a man who tries to move on from his painful past. He soon discovers that a woman he knows is connected to his past. And the best part is that the film is supposedly directed by Kita Kita helmer Sigrid Andrea Bernardo.
NADINE LUSTRE AND GULF KANAWUT
Nadine And Gulf stans won with this. The two actors brought the looks when they attended the Gucci fashion show in Sydney, Australia late last year and were photgraphed together. If only we could have been a fly on the wall to hear what these two talked about.
GLAIZA DE CASTRO AND FREENBECKY
FREEN ANS BECKY REACTING TO GLAIZA SINGING A SONG FROM THE RICH MAN’S DAUGHTER GL TV SHOW#FreenBeckyAromagicare pic.twitter.com/7TAnIcWip8
— key 🌷 (@srchabecky_) April 24, 2023
Celebrities, they’re just like us. When they get the chance to meet their faves, they too can have a fangirl moment. Case in point, FreenBecky stan Glaiza De Castro getting her whole life as she got to meet, sing, and talk to the Thai GL power couple during their fanmmet in Manila earlier this year. And the fact that she’s a special guest at the duo’s grand fanmeet at Araneta Coliseum in July means the fangirling probably isn’t going to stop for Glaiza.
1ST.ONE WITH JEFF SATUR AND BARCODE
@1stoneofficial DumDum w/ Jeff Satur and Barcode 🤟🏻 #dumdumgangchallenge #jeffsatur #barcodetin #1stOne #WujuBakery #wujureporter ♬ Dum Dum – Jeff Satur
We would like to give our thanks to 1st.One’s Ace, Jayson, and Alpha for giving us main dancer Jeff Satur. We’re always here for these P-pop x T-pop moments.
BGYO WITH THE CAST OF CUTIE PIE THE SERIES
#BGYO | Our best boys with the cast of Cutie Pie the Series!
— BGYO_PH (@bgyo_ph) June 20, 2023
ขอบคุณ @cutiepieseries @domunditv @aplanbkk @wishusluckent @zee_pruk @cwrnew @natasittttt @tutorkrp @mynameis_yim @mmaxmaxxxx !@StarMusicPH #CutiePie1stFanMeetinginMNL2023#CutiePieTheSeries pic.twitter.com/6eu3FEw1nc
Did we ever imagine we would see the cast of the Thai BL series Cutie Pie meet BGYO? No. But are we happy this crossover exists? Absolutely.
LIZA SOBERANO AND LUKE PLOWDEN
Hi @lizasoberano , I've heard from many Filipino fans that I kinda look like a male version of you, I guess I can see that 🤔 pic.twitter.com/Ta8rVkbMOl
— Luke 石川 Plowden (@thelukevoyage) January 26, 2021
When you’re Liza Soberano, the boys go to her, not the other way around. Such is the case when Thai actor Luke Plowden tweeted that people have been telling him that he looks like the guy version of Liza. She then proceeded to reply to the tweet a sensible two days later, greeting her Thai twin.
ERICH GONZALES AND MARIO MAURER
Ah, who could forget this iconic team-up? Erich and Mario got the archipelago talking when they starred in Suddenly It’s Magic back in 2012. We really didn’t know what we had during this time.
AC BONIFACIO AND SORN
@camillezbonifacio Sorn is in the Philippines!!! LDR no more HAHAHHAA abangan natin ang pagkikita nila ni AC 🥰 #acbonifacio #sorn #clcsorn #fyp #fypシ @AndreeBonifacio @Sorn ♬ Forevermore – Jed Madela
AC has achieved many things in her life at just 20 years old. And she can add being IRL besties with a K-pop idol to her long list. In 2021, Thai idol and former CLC member Sorn went on an Instagram Live with AC. On it, she revealed that she kept on seeing AC and her friends’ dance videos on TikTok, and it impressed her so much that she followed them on social media. Sorn used to follow AC on Instagram for a time, but the two remain friends to this day, even linking up when the K-pop star was in Manila in 2022.
KHALIL RAMOS AND GABBI GARCIA WITH TAY TAWIN AND NEW THITIPOOM
ICYDK, Khalil and Thai star Tay Tawan are friends IRL and first established their friendship after appearing on the Japanese reality show, Find The Wasabi, in 2019. Since then, they’ve kept up their friendship even if they work in two different countries. The bond is still there, as exemplified when Khalil and Gabbi Garcia treated Tay and New Thitipoom to Filipino food when the two were in Manila for their fanmeet last year.
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