The Haunted Monster Actor - Chapter 119



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Episode 119

After filming the last action scene, the silence that followed for a while was brief.

After filming the final scene, everyone on set sat down on the floor as if they had made a promise.

“Wow… … It’s really over?”

“Everyone, everyone, thank you so much for your hard work!!”

Soon, all the on-site staff were cheering and clapping.

“The last action, wasn’t that a joke?”

“Something was different from the usual Lee Woo-jin… … Well, what should I say, so his actions were even more like Lee Woo-jin? I don’t know what I’m saying, but anyway, that’s how it was.”

“But I thought you’d express more emotions at the end. It seems a bit bland?”

Kim Hee-woon, who had been listening to the staff members muttering, shook his head with a dumbfounded expression.

‘You just said it was bland… … ?’

If he heard such words from staff who witnessed the scene, it means that Kim Hyun-soo maintained restraint in his emotional acting.

‘But what was it that I felt?’

In the eyes of Lee Woo-jin, who was rushing towards him, there was a deep resentment that could not be expressed in words.

Even though it was just a few seconds, time felt like it was passing slowly.

In a word, Kim Hee-woon was overwhelmed by Hyun-soo’s actions.

Kim Hee-woon, who had just been interpreting the flow of emotions that had crossed in the scene, nodded his head.

‘Lee Woo-jin is set to be able to read emotions even if he can’t feel them. I see. So, did he express the emotions of those who were sacrificed to the Tongcheon Church through his eyes and actions?’

However, this interpretation alone is still insufficient.

“But how… … .”

‘How was it possible to keep such emotional lines hidden for the past few months of filming?’

The acting and action that Kim Hyun-soo had just shown was something that Kim Hee-woon could not understand with his common sense.

Before he knew it, Kim Hee-woon’s gaze turned to Lee Cheong-beom.

‘There’s no need to waste energy on acting.’

‘… … I understand why the director said that.’

In Lee Woo-jin’s final blow, literally all the action scenes from this movie were filmed up to that point.

And director Lee Cheong-beom, who filmed all the action himself, also had an expression no different from Kim Hee-woon.

Although his face looked as if he was indifferent as usual, he was actually quite shocked.

It was the same for Park Jeong-hoo, who was standing next to him and looking at the master monitor together.

“… … .”

“… … .”

There was no word between director Lee Cheong-beom and martial arts director Park Jeong-hu for a while.

“The emotions contained in actor Kim’s acting just now… … were in direct conflict with the Lee Woo-jin portrayed in the movies so far.”

“The action lines I drew weren’t that slow and rough either.”

Originally, he should have stabbed General Choi in the neck with the dagger as quickly, swiftly, and concisely as Lee Woo-jin usually did.

Hana Hyun-soo instead climbs onto the bastard’s struggling body.

Slowly raise the dagger.

He thrust the dagger deep into the body.

To the extent that the hilt of a model dagger was clearly visible on Kim Hee-woon’s neck.

“The action of stabbing the dagger… … I felt strangely out of breath.”

The story was that it was a breathtakingly good scene.

The sight of Woojin Lee inflicting his final slaughter while being hit by a fountain of gushing blood, bearing the resentment of the victims.

It was definitely the perfect scene to mark the end of this movie.

“The movie’s endlessly swirling action seemed to come together at the end.”

It was at that moment that Lee Cheong-beom and Park Jeong-hu’s eyes crossed as they were talking like that.

‘Just like us.’

“… … I hope we can work together again next time.”

Park Jeong-hoo coughed in vain in response to Lee Cheong-beom’s words.

“Ah, ahem. Well, that story… … I guess we’ll decide based on this movie’s box office performance.”

“What? This guy Park Jung-hoo, you’ve become so vulgar in the five years I haven’t seen you? After becoming successful, is making money more important to you now?”

“You’re getting rude, what are you talking about? You’re the one who’s getting rude, you’ve become even more rude than you were five years ago! You still only know action!”

“What? Are you stuffy? Are you done talking?”

“No, if you say something like that, it obviously means that this movie will be a box office hit. What are you talking about, yakbak or something… .”

“Oh, really? Do you really think it’ll be a hit?”

“Oh, of course! Our men are in a martial arts team, so wouldn’t it be even stranger if it didn’t do well?”

Misun made a bewildered face as she watched the two bickering like children.

“… … Hey, the directors are weird.”

Iksang smiled and said after hearing Misun’s words.

“Haha, those two have been like that from the beginning, so don’t worry about them.”

“Huh? From the beginning?”

“Yeah, those two were the ones who bickered the most on set. They’re both very timid and shy, so I guess the awkwardness between them has finally eased up.”

“No… … It’s already been almost half a year since we started filming? Isn’t that already beyond the level of being timid?”

Yes, it’s not that directors Lee Cheong-beom and Park Jung-hoo don’t talk much, but they were awkward around old friends they hadn’t seen in a long time, so they couldn’t open their mouths.

“Ugh… … Anyway, from now on, Action School will be noisy one way or another.”

Since the relationship between the two has become so good, Director Lee Cheong-beom will continue to knock on the door of the real man’s school with an action script whenever he gets the chance.

“Ah, anyway, senior! Could you please unzip the back of this suit?”

Misun, who played the role of ‘Suyeon’ among the members of ‘Team Bad Weather’, is currently wearing a combat suit all over her body.

Iksang looks embarrassed at Misun’s request.

“Uh, yeah? Me, me?”

“Then, who else is here besides you, senior?”

“Ugh, uhm. Okay.”

Soon, Iksang’s timid(?) hand reached out to Misun’s back, and not long after.

“Oh my gosh, I’m dying of suffocation! Hyunsoo oppa! Please put this down for me!!!”

Timidity was common to both teacher and student.

“Yeah, just a minute.”

Knock knock.

The zipper went down cleanly, as if it had sent General Choi down in one blow.

For a moment, he was looking at Hyun-soo’s neat actions with an expression of admiration, but soon, an indescribable gratitude began to appear on Ik-sang’s face.

‘The last team to be deployed was the bad weather team… … Originally, they were all dressed in combat helmets and masks.’

However, due to Hyun-soo’s suggestion, all the team members acted as members of ‘Team Bad Weather’ with their faces exposed.

Of course, stunt doubles don’t always act with their faces hidden.

‘But what if this movie is a box office success and a sequel is produced? … … ?’

Perhaps, this time, the stuntmen who were assigned to Team Bad Weather could open the way for them to make their official debut as actors.

“No, it will definitely be like that.”

The movie, even in bad weather, will definitely be a box office hit.

“But didn’t this filming end too quickly for an action movie?”

“It must have been because actor Kim Hyun-soo and the action team had such great chemistry.”

“Ha, I want to work in a field like this again… … .”

As the staff members talked like that, their gazes suddenly turned to the entire action team, all of whom were undressing and covered in red paint.

“Well, shouldn’t we be able to show it from now on, not just with words? Everyone, once again, a round of applause for the martial arts team actors!”

Wow – clap clap clap clap!

“Our action actors―! You worked so hard!”

Amidst everyone’s cheers and applause, the entire Sangman Action Team gave their thanks with shining eyes.

Some team members shed tears of emotion as they felt that their hard work and dedication was being rewarded.

They were all ‘action actors’ who deserved to shed such tears.

* * *

At that moment, everyone in the action team was once again receiving applause from the center.

Sangjin was organizing the action team members’ luggage in the corner.

A smile naturally appeared on Sangjin’s face as he heard applause and cheers while he was organizing.

“Haha, those juniors… … Such an awesome scene from their first movie. It seems like they’ll never stop doing action scenes again.”

‘I did a stunt for that taste.’

Even though it didn’t make it to the front of the screen, I was proud of creating cool action scenes that would grab people’s attention.

He was a man who threw himself into creating the coolest scenes in the world.

Sangjin, who was thinking about that, looked down at his left leg with a slightly bitter expression.

‘They say he started rehabilitation, but… … .’

Perhaps the day will never come when I will stand in the middle of that again.

‘Well, still. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a really fun experience… … .’

“Sangjin-ah.”

Sangjin suddenly woke up from his thoughts at the sound of a voice coming from next to him.

The person who approached Sangjin was none other than martial arts director Park Jeong-hu.

“Now stop being so stubborn and come back.”

“……yes?”

“You’re the one who never came to the gym even once, even though I told you so many times. The reason you came here is because something changed in your mind, right?”

“Director… … .”

For some time now, the Sangnamja members, including Park Jeong-hoo, have been urging Sangjin to officially return to Action School.

but.

“… … Don’t you know? Stunts are impossible with legs like these… … .”

“Of course it would be impossible.”

“… … ?”

Ik-sang, who suddenly appeared next to Park Jeong-hu, accepted Sang-jin’s words.

“But while you were gone, this action scene has changed a lot. We’re not just people using our bodies anymore.”

As we saw during the demo video shoot earlier, the martial arts team is no longer limited to simply creating the film’s action sequences.

Understand the narrative and emotional flow of the work and ‘design’ the detailed action sequence based on this.

Perhaps the design of these actions was even more important than the physical action in the increasingly technologically advanced film industry.

“When you and I were originally together, wasn’t it your job to plan the action scenes, Sangjin?”

Park Jeong-hoo nodded and accepted the words.

“I’ll start with small scenes, but I’m thinking of sending Iksang as a director starting in the second half of the year. But for some reason, he keeps refusing.”

“That’s… … It’s a bit burdensome to be the only director. As you know, even though I’m physically good, my head doesn’t work as well as it should.”

The two people’s unwavering gaze is directed at Sangjin’s eyes, not his legs.

“… … .”

Soon, Iksang’s smiling gaze turns to Sangjin.

“In times like this, it would be less of a headache if I had a smart and articulate assistant. What do you think?”

“Han Ik-sang… … .”

Iksang’s playful expression disappeared, he placed a hand on Sangjin’s shoulder and spoke in a serious voice.

“Sangjin, welcome back safely.”

“Well… … you’re the kind of guy I can’t live without… … .”

As Sangjin spoke like that, hot tears began to flow from his eyes.

“Huh… …? Of all the places, is one of the Sangnamja members squabbling in the field right now? This kid was talking about the Tang Dynasty troops or something… …!”

“… … Wipe away the tears flowing from your cheeks and then speak, Iksun.”

Park Jeong-hoo’s gaze, which was happily looking at the two people bickering like before, turned to Kim Hyun-soo, who was standing in the center.

‘Thank you, Actor Kim.’

The current scene originated from the moment when Kim Hyun-soo decided to do action.

‘Although it may not have been intentional, the action that actor Kim showed me in this movie… … .’

It was hotter than any action he had ever seen.

Continued in the next episode ▶