The formula for a sensational cover story this month is simple: dancing flames, still waters (that run deep!), and Thai superstar, Tor Thanapob. Wearing Cartier&rsquo;s signature Trinity pieces, the actor and friend of the Maison emerges, intensifying the heat by telling L&rsquo;OFFICIEL HOMMES SINGAPORE about his upcoming projects and plans for the future.

A celebrated actor in Thailand and the region, Tor Thanapob comes with 12 years of acting experience and he&rsquo;s dead serious about his craft, declaring &ldquo;I want to focus on acting more than anything else because in my heart now is acting&rdquo;. Yet he&rsquo;s certainly at complete ease posing up a storm on our busy set &mdash; flames, water ripples and all. He quickly reminds us that he &ldquo;was in Nine by Nine, the first T-pop boyband in this era&rdquo;, and loves to try new things despite his first love, acting. Below he tells L&rsquo;OFFICIEL HOMMES SINGAPORE about his two upcoming shows, which in true artist fashion, are as different as fire and water.

L'OFFICIEL HOMMES SINGAPORE — June/July 2024

Hi Tor! We saw you briefly in Bangkok, at the beginning of February, for a boutique event held at Siam Paragon. Could you tell us what you&rsquo;ve been up to in these past four months since then? 
Oh! In this period, I have been working on my projects. I have one drama with Channel 3 in Thailand, called My Cherie Amour. I play a judge and this project is in a period style. It&rsquo;s the first period-style piece of work that I&rsquo;ve done in my life. It&rsquo;s also my first full romantic comedy. My co-star is Yaya Urassaya. I really respect her &mdash; even before this project, I saw her movies, her dramas. I&rsquo;ve also met her at a lot of events in Bangkok. I was so happy when I found out she was going to work on this project, and that we would work together on this project.
The last television show we saw you in is Midnight Museum, which was released in March of 2023. What else can viewers expect from you this year? 
This year, I can reveal, I have two big projects. After My Cherie Amour, I have a series called Spare Me Your Mercy. It&rsquo;s my first boys&rsquo; love drama. And the story touches on euthanasia. I think it&rsquo;s a fascinating story that talks about death, and it&rsquo;s definitely worth watching.

The last television show we saw you in is Midnight Museum, which was released in March of 2023. What else can viewers expect from you this year? 
This year, I can reveal, I have two big projects. After My Cherie Amour, I have a series called Spare Me Your Mercy. It&rsquo;s my first boys&rsquo; love drama. And the story touches on euthanasia. I think it&rsquo;s a fascinating story that talks about death, and it&rsquo;s definitely worth watching.
During this busy period, how do you make time for yourself and relax? 
I believe in work-life balance, but I also think that different people see work-life balance differently. I think that I can manage my time very well because, well, I&rsquo;m still 30, and my first priority is work. I want to work a lot because this is my dream, and I know that I can do more. But I don&rsquo;t work too much as well, because I know myself. And after each project, I do have time for myself to release my emotions and stress. I try to find the time to go to the beach, sea, mountains (laughs), and things like that.

&ldquo;THE T-WAVE IS A GREAT SIGNAL THAT MAKES ME FEEL THAT WE ARE GROWING AND WE CAN SEND OUR WORK OUT TO PEOPLE. AND OF COURSE I&rsquo;M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE LOVE MY WORK. I HOPE EVERYONE KEEPS SUPPORTING OUR WORK &mdash; NOT JUST MY WORK.&rdquo;

It&rsquo;s been really warm in our region recently. What&rsquo;s your idea of the perfect mid-year holiday? 
First thing, social detox. Next, I would find some mountain or something you love. Go back to listening to yourself. And this is just my opinion, now, almost everyone in society forgets to listen to ourselves. We always listen to the surroundings, but why do we not listen to ourselves?
You&rsquo;ve won multiple acting awards thus far. Do you have any personal goals for the next few years? 
Actually, I have had my own special plan for two years. I&rsquo;m not sure when [they will be realised] but I do have some special plans for myself. I can&rsquo;t tell you or my fans anymore because I don&rsquo;t know what exactly the next step is, but I would like to do this &mdash; my new direction, my new position, and I hope everyone will wait for me.

Besides acting, you&rsquo;ve dabbled in music and hosting. What do you like most about each? Will there be any music-related work from you in the near future? 
Actually, what&rsquo;s in my character is I like to try something new. I think that&rsquo;s why I can model, act, sing and dance &mdash; a little bit, you know, because I was in Nine by Nine, the first T-pop boyband in this era. During that period, I had so much fun but every time I tried, I couldn&rsquo;t answer myself about what I love the most. Now, I love acting the most. I love to be an actor, yet I can do more than just acting. And everything that I did, I loved because of the interaction with my fans. That&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m happy in every job. As for plans, it could be &mdash; I think I could do music if it&rsquo;s related to my [acting] projects. Because now, I don&rsquo;t think of being a singer, and I can&rsquo;t possibly be the best in both areas at one time. I want to focus on acting more than anything else because in my heart now is acting.

Photography NUCHA JAITIP Creative Direction and Styling MILE SUPAKASEM Production GOY VARALUK Hair RITZ_ANGEL_XX Makeup GEMSSTONE Photographer assistants VIWAT RIMVAREEKUL, PIRIYAPONG PROMMOUNWAI, NARONGRIT&nbsp; THONGSANMUANG, and ANAWIN DITSUNGVORN Styling assistants PASSAWEE AREERUG and MAETAVUT WANGYO

Tor Thanapob wears Trinity Necklace and Trinity  Bracelet, Extra-Large  Model in white gold, rose  gold and yellow gold by CARTIER, Top, belt and pants by SAINT LAURENT.

Cover Story: Through Fire and Water with Thai Star, Tor Thanapob

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