“Since Tan Mui, or MC Chatrichalerm, had planned from the beginning that whoever was going to portray King Naresuan in his film had to be a real soldier, and since the set for the King Naresuan film in Kanchanaburi was built next to the military camp I worked in, I was sent to the casting team along with other 9th Infantry Division soldiers for a photo shoot,” Colonel Bird said. “My commanders told me to go there, so I followed their orders.”