Johnny Anfone?


This may seem like an ignorant question, but is Johnny Anfone really Thai? He looks like Johnny Depp a little. Seems a bit odd to have a falong in the movie about Thai history and also to have a falong assume the throne.

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He's an actor in the Thai film industry. He speaks fluent Thai and he's married to another actress. I think he's a Thai citizen. Perhaps his dad's a westerner which would explain his surname. Lots of Thai actors are half Thai and half Western. They tend to be very good-looking.

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yep, the luk krung ("half children", the thai phrase for people who are half thai) tend to be gorgeous. ;-) he doesn't look even half thai, though, i thought... but oh well.


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Johny is half Thai and also famous actor in Thhailand, in this movie he acts as lord Voravongsa that came from U-thong dynasty , if i don't misunderstand this dynasty have an indian-blood so the director chose him for this character (he look like half Indian too). So lord Voravongsa is not falong(foreigner).If I wrong so sorry.

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I am listening to the director's commentary right now. He said that Johnny is half Thai and half Filipino. Maybe the Filipino half had some Spanish/Farang in it.
Some of Thailand's most popular superstars are mixed parentage.
Half Thai and almost any other nationality does tend to make some beautiful folks.
I am partial to Thai/Chinese, myself (me being a farang).

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