I Was Mistaken as a Monstrous Genius Actor - Chapter 199
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Los Angeles International Airport.
In the midst of Kang Woo-jin’s screen test, a Korean filming team occupied many seats on an airplane.
It was the ‘Our Table’ team.
Just before returning to Korea. Perhaps because of this, the atmosphere in the seating area where the production team of ‘Our Table’ was crowded was very excited.
“Ah- I’m finally back!”
“Oi, if anyone hears it, they’ll think the filming is over, hahaha.”
“I know? You know that when we go back, we take two days off and go straight to hell, right? Editing the filming is also editing, so prepare for the next filming! More than anything, the end of the year is just around the corner.”
“Uh… I guess I’ll just have to spend the rest of December with year-end events, parties, and award ceremonies.”
“At this time, the entertainment industry around the world is the same. The film industry must be in a frenzy with preparations for the awards ceremony. I heard that PD Yoon is preparing for a pilot broadcast?”
“still! I just like going back to Korea!”
The atmosphere recalled was the same for PD Yoon Byung-seon, the head of ‘Our Table’, the production team, and the writers. However, rather than raising a fanfare, they had a meeting about editing the shoot first.
“Ah- Come to think of it, I couldn’t get an interview with the reporter who posted the story of ‘Our Table’ to the local newspaper.”
“Oh, I think I should go back and make a phone call. Even if it’s a voice, what’s up?”
Then suddenly Kang Woo-jin’s story came out.
“But why did Woojin stay in LA? Didn’t she get on the plane?”
Producer Yoon Byung-seon, who was looking at his phone, answered quickly.
“Oh, I didn’t. Choi Dae-pyo said there was still work to do, but I don’t know.”
“huh?? What do you have to do? Ahh- Are you going to take a day off while sightseeing while you’re in LA?”
“I don’t know.”
“Well… Woojin-sshi will be really, really busy when he goes back to Korea. It’s like entering a work, and preparing for film festivals and awards ceremonies. ah? But Hyeyeon was on a plane, right?”
“Hyeyeon must have a schedule.”
At this time, the main writer smiled and interjected.
“By any chance, Woojin, didn’t you have a Hollywood-related meeting scheduled?”
Other writers responded immediately.
“A- no way. Woojin-sshi is really, really amazing right now, but no matter how he does it… he’s already a little out of Hollywood.”
“that’s right. Besides, aren’t there a lot of works that Woojin is waiting for right now?”
“Right, aren’t there a lot of incidental schedules with advertisements and You Tube?”
“But if you just auditioned for a real Hollywood movie, it’s a big surprise!”
“If you have Woojin’s personality, don’t you think that would be the case even after passing the audition? ‘Ah- that doesn’t work for me.’”
“Imagine. But even Woo-jin, that’s wrong.”
In front of them, An Jong-hak, the seat where the cast of ‘Our Table’ gathered, listened to the writers. Soon after, he put an eyepatch on her head and asked Hyeyeon Hong.
“What is Woojin doing while remaining in LA? Hyeyeon, don’t you know anything?”
Hong Hye-yeon, wearing a hat over her long straight hair, shrugged her shoulders as she lowered her cell phone.
“I don’t know, neither do I.”
“Did you really go through a Hollywood audition?”
“No way.”
“You’re not in the same agency as Woojin.”
“Maybe not? No, it’s the agency that only talks about it, but honestly it’s rare to see each other’s faces.”
“What- do you?”
It was An Jong-hak who took it lightly, and Hong Hye-yeon, who let out a small sigh, was grumbling inwardly.
‘What the hell are you talking about, leaving me alone, the two of you… in a mean way. Or is there something really important?’
Hong Hye-yeon really didn’t know about Woo-jin’s situation. First of all, it was because Choi Seong-gun was silent. Anyway, the seat next to her, Hwarin, who was wearing big glasses, was also thinking of her favorite Kang Woo-jin.
‘I can also put off the tidying up for a day and stay. This week… has gone by so fast. Seeing Woojin-nim every morning was really gracious.’
Ha Kang-soo, who was looking at something on his cell phone, opened his mouth as if he remembered something.
“Ahh- I heard that Woojin is studying abroad? I guess I went to see something because of the memories back then.”
As a result, his words gave the highest possibility. Even Hong Hye-yeon, who is in the same agency, acknowledged it inwardly.
‘is it? Hmm, if it’s related to acting, maybe LA is right? Hollywood auditions are so crazy.’
But regardless of her curiosity.
‘Ha- I wonder. What the hell!”
The plane gradually began to rise into the sky.
At the same time, ‘Last Kill 3’ studio.
The studio where numerous foreign staff gathered, where intense martial arts came and went through a screen test until just now, is quiet.
“·······”
“·······”
Director George Mendes, who is in charge of this test, and executives from the film companies around him, a team of casting directors behind him and leader Megan Stone, a tall black producer who for some reason holds back laughter, Joseph Felton, the key staff who handle the camera, and so on. Everyone is looking at the Korean actor standing in the center of the studio with a confused face.
To be precise, seeing Kang Woo-jin in a suit.
Most of the time, shock and absurdity were mixed in their eyes, but Kang Woo-jin’s face displayed on the monitor was unmatched.
About this.
“Ba, what did that actor just say?”
Dozens of foreign staff who had been dazed started whispering as if they had managed to come to their senses. Little English is spit out. There were too many unfamiliar scenes. A Korean actor with martial arts skills that can crush Chinese actors, director George who suddenly announced his acceptance letter to him, and Kang Woo-jin, who rejected him in just 5 seconds.
“Did I hear correctly?”
“Surely……is it difficult? Did I say it was hard?”
“that’s right. I said it’s hard. Like, see you next time.”
“Next chance? next chance? I already got my chance in Hollywood, so what next?”
“I must have said it wrong. Didn’t you understand what the director was saying?”
“For that kind of thing, that actor’s English is really good.”
“It’s hard to see a role being accepted through a screen test, but I’ve never seen someone turn it down on the spot.”
The concentration of shock deepens among the foreign staff. Director George, who resembles Santa, also asked Woo-jin again while sitting at the table, wondering if he had a similar mind. His voice is full of bewilderment.
“Did you really hear what I said?”
Kang Woo-jin replied calmly in low-toned English.
“Yes, Director. Filming will begin around June of next year, and the role I tested today will join the team in August.”
“yes. But before that, I have to practice action fusion with the team, and personally, I said that I would be grateful if you stick with me from April…”
“I also remember that you said that this role suited me well and was perfect.”
Director George, who narrowed his eyes slightly, took a look at the executives of the film companies around him and spoke again.
“that’s right. My current role is a minor/secondary role, but it is not a small role. That’s why I had to go through a meeting after the test, and if there were a lot of additional 2nd tests, it was planned to be decided after the 3rd test. However, the fact that he said he would let Woo-jin join without such a process is that he was finally accepted. Are you sure you understand?”
“yes. I consider it an honor.”
“But you said it would be difficult, didn’t you?”
“Yes, sorry.”
Director George Mendes lowered his head slightly and frowned. A face that is difficult to understand. He was the same as the executives of the film companies around him. At this time, behind the director, Joseph, a tall black producer whose lips were still twitching, who had been holding back his laughter, joined.
“Woojin Kang, I am Joseph Felton, the producer of ‘The Last Kill 3’. The answer is impressive, I’ve been working in Hollywood for a long time in my own way, but this is the first time I’ve heard of it. He passed the test of ‘Last Kill 3’ straight, so may I ask why it was difficult for him to join?”
Since he was so tall and big, Woojin was aware of Joseph.
‘The person was right. Wow- man, each one is really big. Look at your hand size? If I get slapped by that person, my head might be pulled out.’
Woojin, who was admiring inwardly, raised his voice even more.
“The time is not right.”
“······This time?”
“yes.”
“Then you refuse because the time is not right?”
It was also far from the usual answer.
“Yes, there are works that I have already participated in, and there are also works that have been promised.”
“in korea?”
“you’re right.”
“Are you full until next year? Are you sure all contracts are complete?”
“There are things that have been done, and there are works that have only been promised.”
Here, director George Mendes got hooked again.
“promise? Doesn’t that mean that scheduling is also possible? But… are you really rejecting it? Even throwing away the opportunity you seized?”
Black Joseph added an explanation.
“Yes. Coordinating appointments or schedules is common. It is not an opportunity that will come easily.”
Kang Woo-jin’s answer was firm and callous.
“Because it’s a promise.”
For some reason, Joseph puts on a smile again.
“Ah- a promise. okay. It’s important.”
At this moment, Kang Woo-jin’s feelings were calmer and simpler than he thought. She wasn’t particularly complicated, unfair, or terribly proud. she was just that simple.
‘I’m sorry, but what can I do? The legs don’t fit.’
I don’t know the skills of the Chinese actors who preceded me, but the Hollywood director who resembles that Santa chose Woojin at once. So, I got first place after all the tricks, and the desire to win or the desire to win that I had before the test was resolved.
‘I can go back to Korea and stretch out and sleep.’
The tension and trembling that soared in front of the unfamiliar environment and Hollywood’s famous characters disappeared, although I don’t know when. In the first place, this test itself was enough for Kang Woo-jin to do or not to do. A crazy idea that you can have because you are Kang Woo-jin.
Injecting it with mind control over and over again.
Hollywood? not great Just looking at the quality of this studio was ignorant.
A camera I’ve never seen before, the size of the audition hall, props I don’t know what it is, and foreigners who look like they have a force. I have a vague feeling that it is an enormous opportunity. However, in this screen test attended by many Hollywood celebrities, Kang Woo-jin grasped the ‘level’ and ‘degree’. It was not intended. It just felt natural after all the tests were over.
The conclusion reached was one.
‘It’s eaten. I can dig through it enough.’
It’s Hollywood, it’s nabal, and it’s not particularly difficult. It’s just that more expensive equipment is used, lines are spoken in a different language, actors are foreigners, and the system is quite different. Of course, what Woojin saw right now must be the tip of the iceberg.
Still, it was clear that this was a filming location that was no different.
Above all, the concept quality works well.
‘No, rather, it seems more comfortable than Korea? I also like the American Mind.’
No one knows Kang Woo-jin. Is it the advantage of a foreign country? The openness of America was also a plus factor for Woojin. Here, Kang Woo-jin himself did not clearly recognize it, but Woo-jin learned something that even top actors in Korea cannot easily have.
experience and pride. In other words, it was pride. or self-esteem.
He developed a strong belief in himself, and as a result, his gaze toward the lofty world of Hollywood changed. Worth a try, nothing scary at all. My smoke is eaten and martial arts are useful.
Therefore, Kang Woo-jin can afford it.
The vague accident became flexible and many parts were recalled. From ‘The Island of Disappearance’ being filmed, works being prepared, Youtube schedules, advertisements, and the ‘beneficial evil’ promised to PD Song Man-woo before coming to the United States.
To be honest, it wasn’t impossible to coordinate the schedule.
For ‘Last Kill 3’, if you cancel the verbal promise ‘Beneficial Evil’ and cause damage to other works, you can somehow make time. However, Kang Woo-jin shrugged.
Why?
‘Well, I’m still being eaten by Hollywood, but it’ll be even better when I grow up a bit later.’
It was not good to mess with all the Korean connections to get a small role in Hollywood. So what is the remaining answer? only refusal Director George Mendes, who had no way of knowing Kang Woo-jin’s intentions,’s face hardened.
Then he asked Woojin again in a calmer voice than the first time.
“I know very well that there is a prior agreement. Then why are you here?”
What are you saying, Grandpa Santa? Woojin answered lowly.
“It was the director who called.”
“ah.”
When I heard it, I was right. Director George Mendes laughed involuntarily as if he was slightly speechless. Then, he let out a small sigh and recited to Kang Woo-jin.
“I see. It’s a pity, thank you for your hard work.”
“thank you.”
“You may go.”
Kang Woo-jin, who was wearing a suit, was given permission to leave. It is a very rare situation. I passed, but the Korean actor turned down the role. If the Hollywood press got this, it would probably be ridiculed, and the executives at the film companies around Director George didn’t like it.
“It’s nice to go, but today’s screen test will be nothing to each other. You know?”
meaning to be rude. He probably made all the staff in this studio watch their mouths. In other words, today’s test is unknown whether it is Hollywood or Korea.
However.
“All right.”
Kang Woo-jin, who leaves the studio with a calm answer, has quite a lot of harvest. For example.
“Kang Woo-jin.”
Stunt coordinator Gary Peck, who called Woo-jin to leave, said that.
“Do you do social media?”
“yes.”
“Today, Woojin’s martial arts was very impressive. I want to see Korean works taken, and I look forward to working together in Hollywood later.”
Kang Woo-jin is deeply embedded in the memory of a famous stunt coordinator in Hollywood, who is the equivalent of a martial arts director.
“Thank you, I look forward to it too.”
after a while
Kang Woo-jin, who left the studio, brushed off the remaining dust on his suit.
-Sue.
glance behind you
‘Ugh- crazy. It somehow ended.’
dizzy. I remember what I was doing in that studio, but not everything was detailed. Anyway, Kang Woo-jin returned to the waiting room with the staff’s guidance. Chinese actors and their staff were not visible in the large waiting room.
just one person.
“Woojin! What happened?!”
Only Choi Seong-geon with a ponytail with a flushed face welcomed Woo-jin. Kang Woo-jin, who saw him approaching at once, scratched his chin. Well, it would be right to be honest here.
Soon, Kang Woo-jin told all the core of what happened in the studio.
Choi Seong-geon’s eyes widen as he listens to Woo-jin’s calm explanation. I mean, what I’m hearing right now is like a fairy tale. really? did that happen?? Kang Woo-jin then finished the explanation in a low tone.
“I said see you next time.”
Choi Seong-gun, who looked at Kang Woo-jin in front of him stupidly.
“······next time?”
“Maybe I made a mistake.”
Suddenly, he gasped and burst into laughter.
“Hehe, next time? what lottery is it? It’s a joke, it’s a joke You really are the only actor in Hollywood who refuses like that.”
“Is that so?”
“Oh, clown. ha, well done It’s not just today. To be honest, since I’m with you, I don’t even know what it is. In the past, Hyeyeon took me to several Hollywood auditions.”
“·······”
“Still, those Chinese things you put on are cool inside. I was a bit annoyed at staring at you earlier.”
“Ah- I’ll keep today’s test a secret.”
Choi Seong-gun nodded as if he already knew.
“Uh, okay. When I was testing you, the staff came and wrote a secret contract. It’s a pity, I don’t know about anything else, but it would be a mess if only the Chinese things you won were published in the media.”
Soon, Seong-gun Choi checked the time and gestured to go.
“We have some flight time left, so let’s eat and look around the area. See some of the big movie companies around here.”
So, Kang Woo-jin and Choi Seong-gun took the elevator and came out to the lobby on the first floor. The van I was riding was in a nearby parking lot and I had to wait for about 5 minutes. Thanks to this, Kang Woo-jin and Choi Seong-gun looked around in India, where many foreigners pass by.
At this time.
“Kang Woo-jin!”
Someone called Woojin from the building behind him. Looking back, a group of people were approaching Kang Woo-jin. Leading the way was Joseph Felton, a tall black producer.
He smiles deeply.
“Did we say hello for a while upstairs? This is producer Joseph Felton.”
I handed Kang Woo-jin a business card.
End