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[title]Who is Mean?
Phiravich “Mean” Attachitsataporn is an actor who rose to fame when he starred in the Thai Boys Love drama Love by Chance in 2018. He’s now playing his biggest role to date as the lead in My Bubble Tea, a new rom-com series on One 31 and VIU.
What you probably don’t know about him
Mean likes to travel. He works a lot, so every two or three months, he takes a trip somewhere in Thailand, either alone or with friends or alone. If he has more than three days to spare, he travels abroad, usually to a country within Asia. He loves the beach and listening to the sound of the waves.
What’s the biggest misconception people have of him?
“My age. People think I’m older than I actually am,” Mean says. He is, in fact, only 22 and a fresh college graduate to boot. Apart from guessing his age wrong, people tend to think that his English is excellent. “People like to think that I speak fluent English because I travel a lot, but I can actually only speak a little bit.”
What he values in life
Stability is important to Mean who says it helps to be stable, especially in times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the young actor, he has his life all planned out. Right now, he is determined to build a new house for himself and his family by the time he’s 25.
He’s really into fashion
For Mean, fashion is what drives and connects the world. It’s also a way to explore the many facets of his personality. If he wants to be a certain kind of person on a particular day, he would dress a certain way. For example, if he gets a role as a high school student, then he would alter his dress style to help him connect to the character.
He has a Youtube channel
It’s called Meantrosexual (obviously from the word “metrosexual”) and it’s where he shares tips and tricks on fashion and beauty for today’s urban male. The majority of beauty bloggers are female so he wanted to create a space where guys can learn about dressing up and grooming from someone they can relate to.
Mean plays a delivery man named Light in My Bubble Tea
Light believes that people tend to judge others by their appearance—the attractive ones are more likely to get an extra advantage, and he doesn’t like it. Wanting to be evaluated for his personality rather than his looks, Light always hides his face under a motorcycle helmet.
Mean has come to understand more about his character
He uses delivery services all the time and has seen the hardships these delivery men have to face. Onset, he has to wear a mask and a helmet all day in hot weather, so he has an idea of how it really feels to work as a delivery man.
