The Haunted Monster Actor - Chapter 3



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Episode 3

Hyunsoo was walking.

One step, another step.

I walk with steady strides that are neither light nor heavy.

With every step I took, the surrounding scenery changed.

The scenery that started as a dark alley in black and white became a bright and rugged forest, then a narrow and gloomy room, and soon the stairs of an underground parking lot with a damp, fishy smell.

The countless changing scenery does not give any inspiration.

only.

Only the being standing at the end of this monotonous walk.

It can bring inspiration to your world.

There are only two things you need to get inspired.

Something sharp.

A fragile thing.

Boohoo.

When you tear apart the black and white landscape, red flowers appear between the cracks.

This sound always makes me feel good.

Only then did Hyunsoo feel like he could breathe a little easier.

* * *

“… … Huh!”

Could it be because the tension at the scene and the aftereffects of the accident came at once?

Hyunsoo, who had been dozing off on the waiting room sofa, sat up, taking in a breath of air.

“Did you have a nightmare?”

“… … ?”

“I was just about to wake you up.”

Hyunsoo’s hazy eyes turned to the owner of the unfamiliar voice.

Pink jumper with jeans.

She was a plain beauty who looked to be in her late 20s or early 30s, with long black hair tied up tightly and a face without any makeup.

Curious eyes, half-hung by the round metal frames of his glasses, gaze down at the sleepy Hyun-soo.

“For someone who turned the scene upside down, you seem to have a pretty good fate?”

Hyunsoo tilted his head toward the woman with a sleepy face.

“who……?”

“This is Eun-ju Ko.”

Eun-ju Ko?

It’s a name I’ve heard a lot.

“I tend to be a bit impatient, so I’ll just ask right away.”

Eun-joo Ko, who said that, asked with a look of genuine curiosity.

“What on earth… … were you thinking when you acted like that?”

“yes?”

“What were your thoughts and feelings while you were acting like that earlier?”

performance?

By the way, this was the performers’ waiting room.

But who on earth is this woman that’s curious about my acting?

‘Eun-ju Go, Eun-ju Go, Eun-ju Go… … .’

Eun-ju Ko?

As soon as he remembered who the owner of the name Go Eun-ju was, Hyun-soo felt himself wide awake and jumped up from the sofa.

“Eun-ju Ko… … Author?”

“Yes, that’s right. Are you awake now?”

Eun-ju Ko.

South Korea’s rising star writer.

A dense plot that keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.

A crime portrayal with vivid detail.

And the depth of the characters that live and breathe within it.

Go Eun-ju, who made a huge hit with her thriller debut last year called ‘Memories of Murder’, is currently the hottest new writer in South Korea.

She is like that… … .

“Hello, author! My name is actor Kim Hyun-soo!”

He was also the main writer for the drama “When You Are Dyed in Darkness,” in which Hyun-soo is currently appearing as a supporting actor.

Eun-ju Ko continued her story while handing over cold water from the water purifier next to her.

“Okay, come to your senses. Now… … can I hear the answer to my question?”

Hyunsoo thought back to the question he had just heard.

‘What were you thinking when you acted like that?’

Only then did Hyunsoo begin to understand the situation.

While he was sleeping in the waiting room, it seems that PD Yoo Jong-seok sent her the footage.

I don’t know the details, but Eun-Joo Ko saw something there and ran to the scene in one go.

So the reason she is here is… … .

‘It’s because of me.’

Hyunsoo felt inwardly troubled as he looked at Eunju Ko’s sparkling eyes waiting for his answer.

‘What were you thinking when you acted like that?’

I was just about to fall asleep while thinking about this.

From the moment PD Yoo Jong-seok stopped filming… … no, even while acting, Hyun-soo sensed a sense of discomfort within himself.

‘Certainly, something was different than usual.’

Acting is concentration.

No matter what type of acting you do, the moment the cameras come on, an actor must focus solely on the emotions of his or her character.

So this time I knew for sure.

I am talking about the heterogeneous ‘something’ that is coiled inside you.

‘That… what was it?’

It feels like emotions that aren’t yours are suddenly surfacing.

‘No, that wasn’t something like a feeling.’

It was more of an ‘experience’ than an emotion.

As actor Kim Hyun-soo, he felt as if the unfamiliar trajectory of his life, something he had never felt before, was distorting his existence.

That ‘distortion’ transformed his acting into ‘something completely different’.

‘Regardless of my will… … the thoughts and emotions of the character appearing in my dream were swept over me during the performance… … should I say that?’

Hyunsoo, who had been thinking for a moment, shook his head inwardly.

If you say something like that, you might end up in a mental hospital instead of a filming set.

‘If things have come to this, there seems to be no other answer than a head-on attack.’

Hyunsoo, who had gathered his thoughts, continued speaking to Eunju.

“I wondered what kind of person ‘Murder Suspect 2’, who was arrested without any crime, was.”

“……yes?”

“What kind of person would be arrested before a detective on the charge of ‘murder’ rather than any other crime?”

Jo In-ho could have been just an innocent, good guy who was wandering around his ex-girlfriend’s house because he really missed her.

Or, he may not be the real culprit the detective is chasing, but a petty criminal with a minor criminal record.

And maybe.

“I thought maybe… … he might have committed another heinous crime unknown to the world.”

“… … .”

His own acting was clearly different from that in the script.

No matter how I think about it, this is the best explanation for this.

Eun-ju Ko, who had been thinking about something with a blank expression for a moment, suddenly burst into laughter.

“… … What? Haha, this guy is really funny? His approach is fresh and interesting, but… … .”

But unlike her lips that draw a sharp line, Eun-ju Ko’s eyes are sharp.

“Are you a writer?”

Eun-ju Ko continued speaking, her face looking briefly taken aback.

The expression of initial curiosity was nowhere to be found, and he now looked very angry.

“So now… … you’re saying that our actor gave the character a personality of his own? Completely ignoring the writer’s intentions?”

Hyunsoo nodded coolly.

“Yes, that’s right.”

Admitted his mistake.

The reason PD Yoo caused a fuss in the first place, and the reason Eun-joo Ko, who should have been busy writing the script, rushed here all at once was because there was something wrong with her acting.

And that’s entirely Hyun-soo’s fault for acting.

Even if you try to hide it, your acting says it all, and the PD and writer are the ones with the insight to see that.

Telling lame lies to avoid a situation won’t work.

So, here, it is better to properly admit your mistake rather than making lame excuses.

“Ha, since you’re coming out so confidently, I have nothing to say.”

Eun-ju Ko, who had been thinking about something for a moment, nodded and then continued speaking.

“Okay, fine. Of course, that scene from earlier won’t be going to the editing team.”

What she meant was simple.

Just like the filming the other day, that short scene was cut on set before it could be shown to the world.

This was the natural result for a supporting actor who dared to challenge the writer.

“Did you hear that, PD?”

PD Yoo Jong-seok appears from behind the waiting room door in response to Go Eun-joo’s question.

He had been listening to Hyun-soo and Go Eun-joo’s conversation from behind the door.

“Can we scrap the scene 34 we shot today and ask for another actor? And can we ask you to do a camera test right away? I’m too busy to come back to the set.”

Camera test?

What does this mean?

“Is that okay? Yes? Is that okay?”

PD Yoo, who had been expressing embarrassment, soon shrugged his shoulders with an expression of ignorance.

I don’t know about the movie version, but in a drama, the writer has the power to go toe-to-toe with the production company.

Rather, PD Yoo nodded with a look of secret amusement.

“Haha, it was a camera test during filming. Well, it’s unprecedented, but if that’s what Writer Ko says, a powerless PD has to follow orders, right? What else can he do?”

“I know you’ve already prepared everything. You were planning this from the beginning, right?”

“As expected, I can’t stand up to a writer who has worked as an assistant for 10 years. His intuition is even sharper than that of some veterans.”

In the meantime, Hyunsoo looked back and forth between the two with an even more confused expression than when he was half asleep.

“What do you mean, camera test? Wasn’t that supposed to… get cut off?”

Eun-ju Ko burst into laughter at Hyun-soo’s words.

“Huh? Have you seen the writer running to the set to cut the extra actor?”

“then……?”

“Well, strictly speaking, I guess you could say it was cut, right? In the role of ‘Murder Suspect 2’.”

It was then that Eun-joo Ko’s expression changed.

“Hey, Mr. Kim Hyun-soo.”

“……yes?”

“I really hate people like you. Unlucky people who live off the pleasure their talent gives them, without any awareness of teamwork.”

Talent? Taste?

From one to ten, these words did not apply to Hyunsoo at all… …but he nodded anyway.

“But, even though I dislike such unlucky people, I don’t hate them?”

“What is that… … ?”

“You know Jin Mi-young? She’s the main character in this drama.”

Hyunsoo nodded.

Detective Jin Mi-young.

A reckless fool who runs out of a meeting even in the middle of one if he hears news of a crime.

A passionate detective who will eventually solve any case, no matter how terrible or how unsolvable the mystery may be.

She is a fighter for justice who does not yield to any injustice or external pressure.

“Do you know who the model was that helped you the most when creating Jin Mi-young’s character?”

“Who… … are you?”

“It’s me.”

“yes?”

“Oh, I’m not saying that I’m as righteous as Jin Mi-young, but the other side is like that.”

“The other side?”

“A fighting cock. He’s the type that doesn’t avoid fights he’s already started.”

fight.

Yes, that’s right.

Strictly speaking, the current situation was one where Hyun-soo, as an actor, was fighting over writer Ko Eun-joo’s script.

Originally, it would have been dismissed as a desperate attempt by a supporting actor to catch the eye, and it would have been sorted out by PD Yoo… … .

“Anyway, once you start a fight, it’s right to see it through to the end, right?”

Eun-ju Ko wanted to confirm it until the end.

I came here because I wanted to see with my own eyes the ‘something’ inside Kim Hyun-soo that could not be properly confirmed on a digital screen.

It goes without saying that there will be no fighting between actors and writers.

Eun-ju Ko took out her weapon and handed it to Hyun-soo Kim.

“It’s a brand new draft that I haven’t even shown to the PD yet.”

“… … ?”

“With this… … let me try to convince you.”

And, the actor only has one weapon.

“Show me Mr. Kim Hyun-soo’s acting.”

Continued in the next episode