Official poster for Vice Versa, the 2022 Thai BL series from GMMTV

Vice Versa

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What happens

Talay finally lands his dream job as a colorist, and the universe celebrates by throwing him into a different one. Vice Versa (รักสลับโลก, Rak Salap Lok) is the 2022 GMMTV fantasy romance starring Jimmy Jitaraphol and Sea Tawinan, about two strangers from Bangkok who wake up inside other people's lives.

After an accident in the water, Talay opens his eyes in a world that looks almost like home and is not. He is now living as Tess, played in his original form by Ohm Pawat, and a nurse named Phuwadol explains the rules. People who cross over can return only by finding their "portkey", the one person who can send them back once they finish what their new body set out to achieve.

Talay decides that his portkey must be Tun, Tess's cold and serious friend. Tun wants nothing to do with him. Then a car accident changes everything: Puen, a famous actor from Talay's own world, wakes up inside Tun's body. Puen treats the new life like a holiday and ignores Tun's work, so Talay has to coach him back on track, and the two end up writing a film script together.

Tess and Tun had a dream, a small film team called Friend Credits with their friends Up and Aou, and finishing their projects becomes the mission. Kita and Fuse help along the way. Flirting starts as a joke and stops being one, birthdays make Puen attached to a family that is not his, and a premiere brings the hint that their time in this world is running out.

The last stretch moves back to the original world, where Talay has to reach a celebrity who may or may not remember what they built together. Twelve episodes, each named after a colour, chart the way there and back.

CONTENT DETAILS

Native Title
รักสลับโลก
Original Title
Vice Versa
Also Known As
รักสลับโลก, Rak Salap Lok
Adaptation
Novel Vice Versa by JittiRain
Themes
Key Themes
Parallel worldBody swapFilmmakingFameFriendshipFinding the way home
Country
Language
Thai
Networks
Seasons
1
Episodes
12
Duration
About 60 minutes
Aired Start
Aired End
Release Year
Production Co

Before You Watch

  • Twelve episodes: aired on Saturdays at 20:30 from 16 July to 1 October 2022.
  • Source: adapted from the novel Vice Versa by JittiRain.
  • Director: Nuttapong Mongkolsawas, for GMMTV, with Sataporn Panichraksapong as executive producer.
  • Episode length: about 60 minutes each.
  • Screenplay: Nichakorn Pairachwatin, Pongsate Lucksameepong and Pratchaya Thavornthummarut.

Reviewed by Renkaze

8/10

Uff, a romance where the leads spend most of the series in the wrong bodies, and somehow the chemistry still lands on the right people. Vice Versa is GMMTV in a playful mood, and it rewards anyone who enjoys a premise with rules.

The colour code

Every episode of Vice Versa is named after a colour, from Ocean Blue to Crystal Clear, and that is no random styling choice. Talay is a colorist, the person who decides how a film looks, so the season is literally graded through his eyes. Forest Green, Deep Magenta, Midnight Black and Real Red follow the mood of each hour, and it is a lovely structural joke for a story about making movies.

Jimmy and Sea

Jimmy Jitaraphol plays Puen as a star who is very good at being charming and very bad at being responsible, and Sea Tawinan gives Talay the earnest focus of someone who finally got the job he wanted. Vice Versa came a year before Last Twilight and three years before My Magic Prophecy, and the easy rhythm of those later series already shows. Yes, there is a portkey. No, it is not a teapot.

The other bodies

The clever casting trick is that Ohm Pawat and Nanon Korapat play Tess and Tun, the original owners, so the people around Talay and Puen keep reacting to faces you barely get to see. Neo Trai and Aou Thanaboon make Friend Credits feel like a real tiny studio, while Pepper Phanuroj and Boom Tharatorn fill out the friend group as Kita and Fuse.

Who made it

Nuttapong Mongkolsawas directed all twelve episodes from the novel by JittiRain. The film within the series gives the fantasy a working spine. Friend Credits succeeds and fails like a real small team, which keeps the stakes human.

Fair warning

The middle episodes slow down to let the filmmaking plot breathe, and the return home in episode eleven changes the tone completely. Stay for it, because the final hour gives the romance its proof.

My tip: note the episode colours as you go and guess the mood before you press play.

Final Score: 8/10

Best Scenes

Spoilers ahead. Episode numbers and outcomes are named, so come back after watching if you want to keep it fresh.

Episode 1 (spoilers): Ocean Blue. Talay achieves his dream of becoming a colorist, has an accident and wakes up as Tess in a familiar world that is not home, where he learns he must find his "portkey".

Episode 2 (spoilers): Forest Green. Convinced that Tun is his portkey, Talay chases him, and Tun stays cold until a car accident brings Puen into Tun's body.

Episode 3 (spoilers): Soft Blush. Puen treats Tun's life as a holiday until he lands in trouble with the police, and Talay coaches him back so the two can write a new script together.

Episode 9 (spoilers): Midnight Black. Tun's birthday celebration shows how attached Puen has become to his new family, and he admits he is afraid to go back.

Episode 11 (spoilers): Real Red. After a month of waiting, Talay returns to his own world, where reaching a famous person like Puen turns into a new challenge.

Themes and Messages

Vice Versa is about finishing someone else's dream and discovering your own in the process. Talay and Puen can only go home after they complete the goals of the people whose bodies they borrowed, so empathy is the price of the ticket. Filmmaking gives that idea a shape, since Friend Credits is a team that only works when everyone shows up. The romance tests whether a bond formed in a borrowed life can survive the return to the real one.

Behind the Scenes

GMMTV produced Vice Versa, directed by Nuttapong Mongkolsawas with Sataporn Panichraksapong as executive producer, from the novel by JittiRain. The screenplay is credited to Nichakorn Pairachwatin, Pongsate Lucksameepong and Pratchaya Thavornthummarut.

Did You Know?

  • GMMTV presented the trailer at its GMMTV 2022: Borderless event on 1 December 2021.
  • Panoth Khunprasert, Noth of the band Getsunova, wrote, composed and produced The Key.
  • In Japan the series streamed on TELASA from 31 July 2022, and in Vietnam it ran on TrueID Vietnam alongside the Thai broadcast.
  • Force Jiratchapong and Book Kasidet appear in episode one as a pair of grooms.

OFFICIAL TRAILER

OFFICIAL OST

Episode guide: Vice Versa

12 / 12 episodes aired · Completed
EP 1
16 Jul 2022
Aired
EP 2
23 Jul 2022
Aired
EP 3
30 Jul 2022
Aired
EP 4
06 Aug 2022
Aired
EP 5
13 Aug 2022
Aired
EP 6
20 Aug 2022
Aired
EP 7
27 Aug 2022
Aired
EP 8
03 Sep 2022
Aired
EP 9
10 Sep 2022
Aired
EP 10
17 Sep 2022
Aired
EP 11
24 Sep 2022
Aired
EP 12
01 Oct 2022
Aired

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who plays Talay and Puen in Vice Versa?

Sea Tawinan Anukoolprasert plays Talay and Jimmy Jitaraphol Potiwihok plays Puen.

Who plays Tess and Tun?

Ohm Pawat Chittsawangdee plays Tess and Nanon Korapat Kirdpan plays Tun, the two people whose lives Talay and Puen take over.

Where can I watch Vice Versa legally?

It aired on GMM25 in Thailand and streamed at the same time worldwide on the GMMTV OFFICIAL YouTube channel.

Is there an official trailer?

Yes. GMMTV released the official trailer on its YouTube channel on 28 June 2022.

Who sings the Vice Versa OST?

Sea sings Have I Found (เป็นเธอใช่ไหม), Jimmy sings By My Side (มีเพียงเธอ), and the two sing The Key together.

What other series do Jimmy and Sea appear in together?

They also appear together in Last Twilight, My Magic Prophecy, Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist and Peach and Me.

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