The Haunted Monster Actor - Chapter 72



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Episode 72

Hyun-soo, who had been filming nonstop even after the trailer aired, was only able to make an appointment with Jeong-in when filming for Episode 4 was almost over.

When the appointed time arrived, the two people met at the entrance of a shabby shopping mall.

“… … Where is this place?”

Hyunsoo answered Jeong Ishin’s question as he entered the basement stairs where there was an old poster.

“This is where I practiced my instruments and studied the script while preparing for Jiyuhan.”

“… … .”

“You asked me to choose the location. It won’t collapse, so don’t worry and come in, senior.”

The place that Hyun-soo and Jeong-in went to for the script reading was none other than Imjinhan Studio.

‘Huh? Can I use the studio? Haven’t you seen the Marie kids coming and going like it’s their own house? I left the key where it’s always been, so open it and come in.’

Of course, I received permission from Im Jin-han.

‘Oh, I enjoyed the trailer. I don’t know who taught you how to play it, but the guitar sounds pretty good.’

By the way, I also received compliments.

These days, Jinhan seems to be staying in a recording studio all day to help with Goldmary’s new album.

This place is equipped with musical instruments and you can even play them, so there is no better place to do a script reading for Nineties Dive.

“Hmm… … .”

Jeong-i Shin, who followed Hyun-soo in, began to look around the studio with shining eyes.

Jeong I-shin, who was looking at the musical instruments freely placed throughout the Taekwondo gym(?) and the music textbooks densely packed on the bookshelf, opened his mouth with an interested expression.

“Did you come to this place on purpose?”

“I found out about this place through the CEO’s introduction.”

Jeong-i-shin nodded after hearing Hyun-soo’s words.

“Sir, you have great abilities.”

“yes?”

“No matter how I look at it, doesn’t this feel like the guitar school where Ji-Yoo Han learned guitar during his school days?”

“… … .”

“Setting up the optimal environment for actors. I think you can tell what kind of person the CEO of Pieroreum is just by looking at this place.”

… … I think you’re seriously mistaken about something right now.

“No, it’s not that. The teacher here knows our president… … .”

“Then why are there only ‘Other’ textbooks on the bookshelf?”

“… … .”

“There are many different types of instruments, but aren’t all the textbooks guitar textbooks? Like… … .”

Like a place prepared for Jiyuhan.

In fact, what Jeong-in is saying now is something that Hyun-soo had already noticed.

It is true that Woo Ji-yoon made efforts to select the best place to learn guitar.

But even she wouldn’t know that this place is related to Hyun-soo’s ‘dream’.

In short, the reason I came here is.

‘I guess I should see this as a result of my dream of becoming a musician.’

It wasn’t unreasonable for Jeong-in Shin to have such a misunderstanding.

Jeong Eui-shin, who had been looking around the studio for a while, soon seemed to lose interest and sat down at the table, placing the iron briefcase he had brought on the table.

“Then let’s get started. In order to continue the discussion about Jiyuhan’s character that we had before, I will organize the relationships between Jiyuhan and the rest of the members… … .”

“meal.”

“… … ?”

“Have you had breakfast?”

“… … No, not yet. Food is fine, so let’s talk about the work first… … .”

“I am hungry.”

“… … .”

“I know how to cook ramen amazingly. Should we eat rice first, sir?”

Hyunsoo is suddenly smiling brightly.

“Mr. Im’s signature ramen. If you don’t try it, you might really regret it.”

“… … If that’s true, then I understand.”

Hyunsoo started cooking the secret recipe for ramen that he had learned from Im Jinhan in front of Jeong Inshin, who had a sullen expression.

widely.

“Come on, let’s eat before it gets too hot.”

“If you get full before reading, it will be difficult to breathe through your stomach while speaking your lines… .”

“So, you’re not going to eat it?”

Sniff sniff.

Indeed, no matter how much affection he had for her, he couldn’t help but pick up his chopsticks when faced with ramen after skipping breakfast.

Jeong I-shin, who had an indifferent expression when she picked up a single chopstick, soon began to put noodles in her mouth with a serious expression.

“What is this…? If you don’t mind, could you tell me what the secret is?”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can reveal the recipe without the owner’s permission… … .”

“Well, I guess I can understand if it tastes like this.”

“Is mixed coffee okay?”

“I will drink it gratefully.”

Jeong-in is helpless against the ramen and mixed coffee combo that Hyun-soo suffered from when he first came here.

At some point, he seemed to have become much more relaxed than when he first came here.

This is why Hyunsoo treated him so extravagantly.

Jeong Eui-shin always has an attitude that seems to be ‘vigilant’ about his surroundings.

So, we made sure to create private time together, like eating together and sharing coffee.

Hororok―

“Can I ask you the secret of your coffee?”

“… … That’s just mixed coffee.”

“It tastes good.”

Horok, hororok.

‘On set, he looks like a very sharp bird of prey, but now, how should I put it, he feels like a harmless hedgehog.’

He certainly has a rough side, but it doesn’t feel like he has a twisted personality or anything.

Even so, it would be impossible to know everything about the person in front of you just by having one meal together.

“Now that we’ve finished eating, let’s get started.”

As soon as he finished drinking his coffee, Jeong-i Shin revealed his true colors(?) again and placed an iron briefcase on the table.

A solid appearance, like something a 007 agent would use.

“… … I’ve been wanting to ask this for a while now, what’s that bag?”

Judging by the size of the bag, it doesn’t seem like it would be used for anything more than carrying a script.

“This is a script bag.”

“……yes?”

Knock, click.

When we opened the case, what we found inside was a script, just as Jeong-in said.

However, it was a ‘script that does not exist’ in this world.

* * *

Stella Adler, legendary American acting coach and actress, said:

‘Everything for acting is in the text in the script.’

Strasberg’s method acting is an acting methodology in which the actor directly empathizes with the character’s emotions and feelings.

She was an opponent who preached the dangers of these methodologies.

Actors believed that the only correct way to act was to ‘correctly analyze’ the situations and characters expressed in the text and then thoroughly shape them with the actor’s ‘imagination’.

And what Jeong-in Shin was now putting before Hyun-soo’s eyes was undoubtedly the result of following her methodology to the utmost and perfection.

-Twenty-year-old Oh Yul

―Why does thirty-five-year-old Oh Yul feel pain when he hears Ji Yu-han’s name?

―Jiyuhan under the stage

-Ha Young-woo? Ji Yu-han? Who are you?

-What on earth is Shin Jung-hyeok thinking when he’s drunk?

-Can Pastor Cha Woo-ram be established?

“This is… … a kind of transcript.”

The scripts that Jeong Ee-shin took out were in the form of a kind of dialogue record.

A format where you freely ask questions about characters that are not in the script as if you were a character in the script and were writing the lines.

For example, ask Jiyuhan, “What do you think about when you’re not playing the guitar?”

Or ask Shin Jung-hyeok, “Was he originally such a quiet person?”

Or how would it feel to have such a perfect talent for Oryul?

It was a question like that.

Ah, wouldn’t it be faster to ask yourself this?

anyway.

There were even cases where they would create specific situations, such as eating together during a conversation.

What’s funny is that there was a scene where Jiyuhan and Shin were sharing cup ramen and drinks at a convenience store.

Exactly, just like the situation just now.

‘Is that why you had that strange expression on your face earlier?’

This method certainly allows for a very detailed character analysis.

Reading the dialogue that Jeong Ee-shin took out, I felt like I was directly exchanging lines with the characters in the play.

He continues to give vivid answers as if he were a living, breathing character in Choi Ui-jeong’s manuscript.

‘… … This person is probably the only one who can analyze a script and characters in such an absurd way.’

In short, if Gold Marie has Marie, Nineties Dive has Jeong-i Shin.

Geniuses are not geniuses because they have extraordinary abilities without having to put in any effort.

A genius is someone who does the ‘effort that only a genius can do’.

There is a reason why he is called the next generation national actor of South Korea despite various controversies.

“But, is it okay to show something like this so carelessly?”

“Actually, this transcript contains my ‘subjective interpretation’, so it would be better for Actor Kim not to read it.”

“then……?”

“However, once the script reading starts, I will express my various opinions about Ji-yu-han… … .”

“… … ?”

“I want you to know that these are not just words I blurt out, but words that contain my own concerns.”

Soon, Hyun-soo realized what Jeong-in meant by these words.

“Are you keeping the story with actress Song Ah-jin in mind?”

“… … .”

Jeong Eui-shin didn’t bother answering Hyun-soo’s question.

“First, how about starting with a light script reading?”

“Yes, that’s fine, sir.”

* * *

Hyunsoo and Jeongsin exchanged lines for episodes 1 through 4, of which the manuscripts have been released so far.

“Actually, there is no problem with actor Kim Hyun-soo’s acting right now. Rather, he is acting more like Ji-yu-han than I had imagined. To be honest, I can’t even get a feel for how he interpreted the character.”

To be honest, Jeong-in felt a little confused.

Jiyuhan is a character with an unrealistic personality and individuality that does not exist in reality.

Of course, there are many characters like Ji Yu-han in dramas.

‘And in the same way, acting as an unrealistic character is bound to involve even a little bit of unrealistic exaggeration.’

Here, an unbridgeable gap arises between Kim Hyun-soo and the other actors.

Surprisingly, Kim Hyun-soo is acting as if Ji-yu-han is a ‘real person’.

‘Is it really possible to create such a character using only imagination?’

This is the reason why Jeong Eui-shin couldn’t help but be amazed every time she saw Kim Hyun-soo’s acting.

And at the same time, this was also a problem with Kim Hyun-soo’s acting.

“But… … if the drama continues like this, there will come a time when those unrealistic emotional lines will hold it back.”

Hyunsoo’s eyes widened in surprise when he heard Jeong Ishin’s words.

Problems arise in the emotional line later on.

That’s right.

“Senior… … do you know how the drama will progress in the future?”

As I said before, none of the actors know the ending of Nineties Dive yet.

But now, Jeong-in Shin is speaking as if Ji-yu Han’s current appearance is not everything.

“I don’t know the specific ending, but I have an idea of ​​how it will unfold.”

“… … Do you know what I’m missing, Senior?”

“As actor Kim Hyun-soo already knows… … I don’t really know how to have a normal conversation.”

“… … .”

“Instead, we can talk about other things.”

What Jeong-in Shin took out of his briefcase after saying that was a record of his conversation with Ji-yu Han.

-Where have you been for the past 15 years while your dreams have disappeared?

It was a scene where Oh Yul, left alone on a stage with the lights off, was talking to himself while looking at the ’empty space’ below the stage where there was no one.

At the same time, it was also a conversation with a friend who was now nowhere to be seen.

It is a muttering with ‘dream’.

Soon, Jeong-i-shin became a fool and started asking questions to the ’empty seat’ across the table.

“Jiyuhan. What was it that you wanted to give us?”

“Where should we go without you?”

“Dream? Reality? Hope? Despair?”

As Jeong-i Shin speaks like that, an empty emptiness is felt in his eyes.

He asks in a voice that feels like silence.

“What the hell… were you?”

“… … .”

It was then that, in Hyun-soo’s imagination, a ‘giant naked body’ rose from the black pit.

“I am.”

“… … ?”

“You’re not worth the trouble you’re having to go through to find someone worth your time.”

“… … !”

It was by borrowing Ji Yu-han’s presence that he appeared in front of Jeong I-shin.

“I am neither dream, nor reality, nor hope, nor despair.”

Become a musician.

“I am nothing.”

He wasn’t a musician.

Continued in the next episode ▶