The Haunted Monster Actor - Chapter 111



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Episode 111

While monitoring the footage they had just shot, the two actors realized why they had been so unimpressed by Hyun-soo’s acting.

‘There is no light in the eyes.’

From the moment Lee Woo-jin came to this house holding a flyer until the moment he mentioned the name ‘Lee Su-yeon’.

There was no light to be found in the eyes of Lee Woo-jin, played by Kim Hyun-soo.

‘Is this why I felt an inexplicable sense of anxiety?’

When people meet each other, everyone looks into each other’s eyes and talks.

Aren’t there some people who can’t look others in the eye properly?

The very fact that you can’t make eye contact is evidence that you are conscious of the other person’s eyes.

It’s not just eye acting.

Most of Lee Woo-jin’s ‘movements’, including his movements, posture, strides, and gestures, captured in the camera frame are vertical, horizontal, or diagonal to the camera frame.

This was why Jeong Dong-han and Oh Hwa-yeon felt a strange sense of discomfort with Hyun-soo’s acting.

“Lee Woo-jin is a psychopath, but he is also a soldier who has received advanced military training. However, because of that, he cannot be considered a completely socialized character. I thought that it would be more appropriate to focus on ‘posture’ rather than dialogue to express a character who is in this kind of ambiguous position.”

Jeong Dong-ha, who was listening to Hyun-soo’s words, muttered in admiration without realizing it.

“Huh, do young actors these days go that far in interpreting their characters?”

Hyunsoo looked a little embarrassed after hearing Jeong Dongha’s words.

It wasn’t because of the compliments, in fact.

‘As I acted according to director Bong Jin-woo’s advice… … .’

At some point, Lee Woo-jin’s character was created in this way.

‘Lee Jun-hyeok’s dream was opened to control Jang Ki-chun.’

The main aftereffect of Lee Jun-hyeok’s dream is also physicalization.

What’s interesting is that his occupation is also a soldier, just like Lee Woo-jin.

He is also a non-commissioned officer belonging to the SSU who has received advanced training for disaster relief.

This was the background for the character ‘Tae’ of Lee Woo-jin to come out like this.

Yes, that’s right.

Now, Hyun-soo had reached a certain level of skill in plausibly covering up the acting characteristics caused by dreams.

And Lee Cheong-beom, who was listening to Kim Hyun-soo’s story, just listened without saying anything with an expression on his face that couldn’t read his mind.

Lee Cheong-beom had no idea.

This is the limit of the talent of the young actor in front of you.

‘I don’t know about action, but I’m not at a level where I can give any direction when it comes to ‘character expression.’

And Jeong Dong-han and Oh Hwa-yeon also know the reason why Lee Cheong-beom has been nodding silently since earlier.

The two people continued to misunderstand the young actor in front of them for a long time.

‘I thought I won the award just because of the popularity of the drama… … That wasn’t it. Maybe I was jealous of younger actors without realizing it as I got older. It’s embarrassing.’

At that time, when Jeong Dong-han was reflecting on himself once again at such a late age, Oh Hwa-yeon opened her mouth to Hyun-soo.

Although his voice tried to appear calm, his face clearly showed that he was dissatisfied with something.

“Uh… … Junior? If you had such intentions in acting, shouldn’t you have given your seniors some advice? Acting isn’t something you do alone, right?”

Until just a moment ago, Oh Hwa-yeon thought Hyun-soo’s acting was plain and dull.

But when I monitored it like this and looked at the screen captured in the frame, the one who gave the most dull performance out of the three was none other than Oh Hwa-yeon herself.

The surprised expression Kim Hyun-soo made in the scene where Lee Woo-jin’s true identity was revealed wasn’t even acting.

I’m embarrassed to say this, but his expression was one of genuine embarrassment.

That was the reason why Oh Hwa-yeon felt inexplicably resentful.

‘But since it’s advice from a senior as good as the sky, I guess he’ll realize a little bit what he did wrong.’

After all, acting is a profession, and the filming set is society itself.

According to the rules of that society, there are rules that actors must follow among themselves.

At that time, while I was expecting Hyun-soo’s head to bow soon, I was thinking about what kind of ‘advice’ I could add as a senior.

“yes?”

Contrary to Oh Hwa-yeon’s expectations, Hyun-soo’s head was tilted sideways instead of forward.

“……yes?”

“Did you not show up for the script reading, senior?”

“Script reading? Isn’t it you who didn’t show up, not me?”

“Oh, I’m sorry. I thought you had explained everything to me, Director.”

“… … ?”

It was then that Director Lee Cheong-beom continued speaking to Oh Hwa-yeon, who had a bewildered look on her face.

“Actor Kim didn’t show up for the script reading… … I clearly told him during the script reading that I had him absent so as not to show how I would act as Lee Woo-jin.”

As Lee Cheong-beom’s voice tone rose slightly, Jeong Dong-ha stepped forward.

“Haha, Director Lee. Oh, it seems like Actor Oh is a little nervous because it’s his first time filming. Huh? Right, Actor Oh?”

“… … Yes. I blinked.”

A tiger doesn’t become a cat just because it loses a couple of teeth.

As Oh Hwa-yeon thought, there was strict law and order on the set, and the director was like a king there.

Oh Hwa-yeon, who knew how strict and scary the director was, backed down at Lee Cheong-beom’s one word.

“… … I’m sorry, Director.”

“Okay, let’s go and prepare for the next scene. Junior Kim, you worked hard too!”

“Yes, seniors, you’ve worked hard too.”

Jeong Dong-ha returns home, trying to appease Oh Hwa-yeon.

Lee Cheong-beom continued speaking to Hyun-soo, who was monitoring again as if nothing had happened.

“You, you’re surprisingly temperamental.”

“……sorry.”

Indeed, Lee Cheong-beom, who has been through a lot as a film director, immediately realized that Hyun-soo had intentionally brought up the script reading and his story.

“No, because what I just said was obviously a waste of time. Normally, I don’t mind standing up all the time. As long as you act like you did just now.”

In fact, if it was the usual Hyun-soo, he would have bowed his head as his senior(?) Oh Hwa-yeon, who was like the sky, wished.

‘I’m sorry. Thank you for pointing it out. I’ll be more careful next time.’

For the lead actor, Kim Hyun-soo, it wasn’t that difficult to say those three words to create a soft filming atmosphere.

The reason why Hana Oh Hwa-yeon didn’t get the answer she wanted was simple.

This was because the person who was radiating the strongest presence inside Hyun-soo right now was none other than ‘Jang Ki-chun.’

Even if Hyun-soo doesn’t know, Jang Ki-chun has no intention of just letting Oh Hwa-yeon’s stubbornness go.

“Oh, even though the actor has a childish side, if you let him go, he’ll let go without any lingering feelings.”

“I know what you mean.”

“Okay, then I’ll finish filming with you two in the morning, so you go to Director Park and stretch.”

“Yes, Director. Then I’ll see you later!”

* * *

“Thank you for your effort-!”

The assistant director’s voice informing that the morning filming with Jeong Dong-ha and Oh Hwa-yeon has ended.

Although it was worth exchanging a few words of appreciation for the hard work they had done while talking about the scene they had just filmed, the atmosphere on set began to become even more tense than before.

As I said before, full-scale action scene filming will begin soon.

“Actor Kim, although the scene inside the house is a relatively simple fight scene, since it was filmed in the dark, it will feel very different from when we were doing the demo. Let’s follow the movements while paying attention to this.”

“Yes, I understand, sir!”

At Hyunsoo’s strong answer, Iksang looked around with a slightly embarrassed expression and said.

That’s understandable, because it’s quite strange to see the lead actor calling the assistant director, who isn’t even an action director, “senior.”

“… … Actor Kim, I told you not to call me senior on set.”

“Oh, then should I call you teacher?”

“Are you doing this on purpose?”

“Yes? What do you mean, sir?”

Hyunsoo is now smiling brightly towards Iksang.

Yes. Hyunsoo had already come to know the reason for Iksang’s endless affection for her after spending the past four months with the men.

“If you call me senior, what do you call me?”

“… … Yes, how can a powerless assistant director of a martial arts team defeat the lead actor? Call me whatever you want. Actor Kim Hyun-soo.”

“Yes! Senior!”

Ik-sang, who seemed to like Hyun-soo’s bold answer, was smiling softly.

The surrounding stunt crew members also burst into laughter at the sight.

Even Park Jeong-hoo, who rarely smiles (especially on set), was barely able to calm down the corners of his lips.

That warm atmosphere only lasted for a little while.

“evil!”

Iksang, who was tightly fastening the belt of the full-body protection equipment worn under Hyunsoo’s clothes, opened his mouth in a serious voice.

“What if there is action?”

“… …we must be here.”

“Don’t get hurt, ever.”

Iksang, who got up from his seat, raised his voice like a tiger to the entire stunt team.

“If anyone gets hurt, there’s going to be twenty round trips back to Hell’s ABC Course waiting for you! So everyone, keep your wits about you and get moving! Got it?”

“yep!!!”

The main character of the movie Bad Weather… … no.

The development of 「S#32」, where the first action of the ‘main characters’ begins, is simple.

This is a scene where the enemies come for revenge under the cover of night, after the first battle in the “S#27 Gambling Hall” that has not been filmed yet.

Although it was the second action scene in the movie, it was the first action scene for Hyun-soo standing in front of the camera.

Here, Hyun-soo must act out a bloody battle in the dark, relying on a blurry silhouette.

Hyunsoo thought under the opaque lighting that had been installed in advance.

‘Kim Young-cheol is a man who puts everything into action.’

The dream narrative has nothing to do with the content of the film.

‘But that’s why you could say this movie is his dream itself.’

To show the ‘coolest action’ to a man she admired.

Kim Young-cheol’s dream is ‘action’.

S#32. A House Without Sooyeon (Night)

A skirmish in the dark.

Sound.

camera.

Three, two, one.

READY― Action!

* * *

‘What the director ordered from the action team was simplicity.’

There is no flashy or stylish action.

Focus solely on neutralizing your enemies with the best efficiency.

As soon as Woojin discovered the intruders who had broken into the house, he walked forward.

What Woojin is holding in his hand is a pair of ‘single-blade scissors’, which are kitchen scissors that have been disassembled and sharpened.

The grip is excellent and it stays in your hand without slipping out even during intense movements.

Woojin holding a pair of scissors.

I approached with a movement that was neither fast nor slow.

A split second when the other person senses something strange.

Rather, he cut in half a breath ahead and plunged a sharp pair of scissors into her Adam’s apple.

“Ugh.”

A short conversation was heard, but there was no need to worry about the old man and Seohee waking up.

Because he was already drunk on the medicine that Woojin gave him and was asleep in a safe place.

The same goes for the assailant who stabbed her with the scissors.

He collapsed to the floor in a single, irreversible sleep.

“What, what is it?”

Before the assailant’s colleague could even turn around, something hot entered his side and lodged itself in his ribs.

Fit, fit, fit.

A sharp pair of scissors blades that strike one after another, targeting only the vital points of the neck.

“What is it, what is happening!”

Woojin snatched the sashimi knife that the assailant was holding and threw it towards where the voice was heard.

Put it right into the forehead.

Pfft!

The situation inside the room is revealed when the lights come on.

“You little punk… … What is your identity?”

There is already tape and transparent plastic everywhere without a single gap, and Lee Woo-jin is looking at the stranger who turned on the light without changing his expression.

The assailant’s eyes filled with indescribable shock as he noticed the tape and plastic wrapped all over the place.

“We knew we were coming… … !”

Hoong hooong – bang!

As the other assailant throws the sashimi knife he was holding with an invisible movement, the light button becomes embedded in the wall along with the knife, and the lights go out again.

“What the heck! What the hell is going on inside!”

Immediately afterwards, a dozen or so men who had been waiting outside roughly opened the door and rushed inside.

The hallway lights, dimly blinking due to dead batteries, intermittently illuminate the horrific sights inside the building.

The expressions of the villains soon become distorted.

“… …Kill him!”

In the narrow living room, the silhouettes of Woojin Lee and the assailants wielding sharp weapons begin to intertwine like snakes.

Ugh!

Kreuk!

Phew!

The scissors in Woojin’s hand were doggedly targeting only the widest blood vessels protruding from the surface of human skin.

Pfft!

Wheaaaaaaaaa!

Blood flowing under high pressure through the arteries in accordance with the heartbeat spurts out like a fountain following Lee Woo-jin’s trajectory.

Knock knock.

Knock knock knock.

Knock knock knock knock knock knock.

The red blood on the vinyl ceiling, which had been finished in advance, falls like raindrops, unable to overcome gravity.

Yes, that’s right.

It’s bad weather.

“Yes, you… … What do you want? You, aren’t you curious about who we are? T, right. You must have a reason or purpose for messing with us, so let’s talk first… …! Oh, don’t come here, don’t come here, you monster!”

Whoosh, whoosh! Chaeng!

Before I could even perceive what was happening, the sashimi knife in the assailant’s hand flew and lodged in the wall next to me.

When I turned my head again with blank eyes.

Before he knew it, Woojin Lee’s dry eyes were staring at him, his face right in front of his.

“I, I will tell you everything.”

Knock, knock, knock.

“say.”

“Uh, us too… … Actually, we didn’t come here knowing anything, we just wanted to cut off a limb from each person in this house… … No, what I meant was, we weren’t trying to kill them… … !”

Even as the guy continues talking, Woojin Lee reaches for the knife stuck in the wall.

“No?”

Knock, knock, knock.

“No, we said that only your mother and your aunt would be there… … We really didn’t know that you would be there?”

I look around to see if the tip of the blade pulled out of the wall is damaged.

“Haha… … You little punk, you have no intention of letting me live, do you? Okay, fine. If you touch me now, you’ll be in real trouble. If you knew where we signed our business agreement… … .”

“know.”

“huh?”

“I know.”

Knock, knock… … .

“… … You knew? You knew and you messed with us?”

“huh.”

“ha ha ha…….”

What the fuck.

Fit, hooded sweatshirt.

dump.

Knock knock knock.

Knock. Knock.

Stop.

Cut.

okay!

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