The Haunted Monster Actor - Chapter 36



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Episode 36

The acting lectures under the guise of drinking continued for several days after that.

It goes without saying that as the alcohol level increased, the conversation between the two men strayed farther from the acting lecture.

“Brother, should I try to guess?”

“Yes. I don’t know what it is, but try to guess, hyung.”

Hyunsoo poured soju into Bae Geumsik’s glass with a croaky voice.

“Do you think that everything I’m saying now… is all just empty talk?”

“Huh? Why would I think that, brother?”

“Well, when I tell this to my colleagues and juniors, they all think I’m an idiot. Well, there’s nothing I can do about it. I’m still an unknown actor who doesn’t know anyone even at this age.”

Bae Geum-sik’s eyes, which had been sparkling brightly until just now when talking about acting, begin to turn black as if they had never been like that.

“Why are you suddenly complaining about your situation after everything was going well… ?”

Hyunsoo shook his head and poured himself a drink, thinking about the repertoire he had experienced several times over the past few days.

“I’m unemployed starting today.”

“… … .”

As Baek Geum-sik said, today was the day of filming the last scene featuring ‘Chonbu’.

“In the past, I was happy just by being an actor… … But now that I’m getting older and the kids are growing up, it just feels like a burden. I really feel like maybe I was on the wrong path from the beginning, like people say… … .”

“… … .”

“But I was always the top student in theory subjects when I was an undergraduate! Do you know Kang Ho-jin? He never beat me in theory subjects either!”

A look of surprise appeared on Hyun-soo’s face when he heard the name from Bae Geum-sik’s mouth.

Kang Ho-jin.

A rising star who rose to national stardom after becoming a scene-stealer in a supporting role in his first film, and has maintained that status ever since he began to enjoy his prime in the early 2000s.

He is a great actor recognized by all, having won the Grand Prize and Best Actor awards at several film festivals over the past twenty years, and recently becoming the first Korean actor to win the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival.

In a word, he was a person whom everyone did not hesitate to call a ‘great actor’.

“Senior, are you a graduate of Daehan Institute of Arts?”

The best comprehensive arts school in Korea, modeled after the Juilliard School, the world’s top art school.

In the arts and physical education department, it is a place where so-called ‘geniuses’ gather, and in such a place, even though it is only ‘theory’, you have never failed to become the top student?

‘You’re a genius.’

Although Hyun-soo had always believed that there was no significant correlation between one’s academic background and acting, he couldn’t help but feel that the drunken senior in front of him looked different.

“No, it’s not like I’m going to brag about my academic background in front of my successful juniors. It’s just… … I’ve been there too. There was a time when I thought I was the main character.”

The food has no personality.

“Height, build, and face are all average. What good is it if you only understand the theory inside? This is the body that can express it.”

The voice of Bae Geum-sik speaking like that contained decades of resentment that Hyun-soo could not even fathom.

“What… … I have to do it anyway. This is all I’ve learned.”

Hyunsoo couldn’t find anything to say to the self-deprecating words he muttered with a bitter smile.

I just quietly poured soju into my senior’s glass.

“Anyway, that’s it for today’s lecture.”

“Huh? I just ordered one more side dish.”

“If you want to hear more, come back tomorrow.”

Baek Geum-sik never intended to go up to Seoul early.

* * *

Hyunsoo went to see Bae Geumsik every day, whether or not he had filming, to listen to his lectures on acting.

Sometimes it was a discussion, sometimes it was a small talk, sometimes it was just two men getting drunk.

The lectures on acting that came out of his slightly drunken mouth were top-notch lectures that could not be heard for just a few tens of thousands of won on alcohol.

At the same time, it was also a life of fasting.

A look into Bae Geum-sik’s high-level acting theory and his life as an actor come together… … .

‘It feels like I’m hearing something completely new.’

It goes without saying that no matter how great a lecture you hear, you still have to invest a lot of time and effort in training to acquire it.

But just listening to his lectures and doing some ‘posture’ and image making from time to time.

‘There is definitely a change.’

Of course, there was no significant change in acting right away.

The change that Hyunsoo was talking about started from within him.

‘Kim Hyun-soo’s posture.’

Setting default values ​​for posture and sensation had the effect of helping us become aware of Hyun-soo’s presence in our dreams.

Beyond easing the sense of oneness with the dream, it has allowed us to take a bird’s eye view of Lee Jun-hyeok’s experiences.

This means that.

‘I’m starting to be able to control the aftereffects of my dreams, little by little.’

It is not that he disappears completely, but it is possible to partially collect and recall the existence of ‘Lee Jun-hyeok’.

Here, Hyunsoo realized an important fact that he had not thought of.

‘During that time, the dream’s presence grew or shrunk according to my acting.’

Important information gained from this sermon.

The dream trigger is not simply ‘acting’.

‘Dreams… … vary in size depending on my ‘ego’.’

When I’m acting, I immerse myself into the role.

Being absorbed in something other than oneself meant that the size of one’s self changed in some way.

In short, as Hyun-soo’s ego grows or shrinks, the presence of his dreams also changes accordingly.

This was an important mechanism related to dreams and important information for objectively observing and controlling one’s own condition.

Now Hyunsoo figured out what the aftereffects of the dream meant.

“If you become too immersed in your dreams.”

The more you reduce Kim Hyun-soo’s existence and self, the more it diminishes.

‘You could be eaten up by a dream that has become relatively large.’

First, ‘immersion’ is an essential element in acting.

The point is, we must keep to the middle ground.

And the meal plan shows us what the ‘standard’ is for maintaining that middle ground.

‘Maybe in the future, Senior Bae Geum-sik will… … .’

“You might be the person I need.”

“Need it? What do you need? If you need anything, just tell me.”

A familiar voice suddenly came to Hyunsoo’s ears while he was lost in thought.

The person who appeared in front of Hyun-soo, who was waiting to film, was none other than Woo Ji-yoon.

“Sir? How did you get here without even contacting me…?”

“I told you, I’ll be going down to the filming set soon. Has everything been fine since then?”

“Yes, there wasn’t any.”

“I saw you filming earlier. Actor Kim, your acting has improved a lot in the meantime.”

Go Geon, who was standing next to Woo Ji-yoon, answered with a look of disgust on his face.

“Don’t be ridiculous, sir. My brother, even on days when he doesn’t have any filming, he doesn’t let go of his script all day long. Even when I tell him to go out for a walk in the evening, he doesn’t even play with me because he’s going to take some kind of acting class or something.”

Jiyoon tilted her head with interest at the words that came out of Gogun’s mouth.

“Huh? Acting class? Can you tell me what that is?”

“Yes? You can ask me that… … .”

Gogun’s embarrassed gaze soon turns to Hyunsu.

Before she knew it, Woo Ji-yoon’s eyes were filled with interest as she looked at Hyun-soo.

‘It’s been less than two weeks since I came down to Taean. But in that time, my acting skills have matured so much? There must be something there.’

“I think something happened?”

Woo Ji-yoon had a duty to know in detail about the big and small things that happened on site.

* * *

#New Number 72, Two Men and Women in a Freezer

“I saw it all.”

“……what?”

“Where you went back to. What happened there. And… … .”

“… … ?”

“Why did you come back here?”

Geon-hoo speaks in a calm tone.

Yuseol’s eyes begin to tremble as she looks at him.

I didn’t want to get caught.

Gunhoo already knew everything.

“Yes, that’s right. Just like you said, I came here to go back.”

“……where?”

“To you.”

What it meant to return to Gunhoo was simple.

From the beginning, this trip was meant to put an end to the journey without Gunhoo.

“That’s not going back. That’s running away.”

Yuseol couldn’t refute Geonhoo’s words.

In reality, the two were currently running away.

Waiting for Yoo Seol, who had returned to the pension after leaving Gun-hoo behind, were the detectives who had been dispatched to investigate the suicide scene.

Yuseol avoided the detectives who were coming to question her.

‘I ended up stepping on the border. What can I do? My feet have reached that place.’

With the help of the village chief, he managed to escape with Gunhoo.

I was able to hide in the cold storage of a small restaurant on the outskirts of town.

The old owner of the restaurant hid Geon-hu and Yu-seol without saying a word.

That means, from the beginning, the people of this town… … .

‘I knew of the existence of the ghost.’

Yuseol soon recalled the village chief’s warning she had heard when she first arrived in the village.

‘Never go out to the beach at night! If you happen to encounter any of the ghosts wandering the sea, never come back here… . . ‘

“Because I can’t come back.”

Not coming back.

Going back to you.

That was what Yuseol had hoped for from the beginning.

Yuseol asked Geonhoo.

“Are you here to take me away?”

Geon-hoo answered Yuseol.

“huh.”

I don’t know where they are taking me.

But it doesn’t matter where it is.

Even if it was a colder and darker place than here, I would be happy anywhere as long as I was with Gunhoo.

“Before that.”

“… … ?”

“Isn’t tomorrow Sunday?”

Geonhoo, who was suddenly smiling brightly.

After looking puzzled for a while, Yuseol soon realized what Geonhoo was talking about.

Geon-hoo, who worked as a lifeguard at the beach, would come up to Seoul to see Yoo-seol as soon as he finished his shift on Sunday mornings.

There is a cafe where Yuseol always waits for him.

“Now… … should we go to Seoul?”

In short, Gunhoo was now asking her out on a date.

“Cut! Okay!”

As soon as Maeng Jong-ho gave the okay sign, the filming crew in the cold storage started moving busily.

To ensure the realism of the scene, filming actually took place inside a warehouse with air conditioning equipment operating at minus 20 degrees Celsius, and the withdrawal had to be done as quickly as possible to prevent any possible damage to the equipment.

Seo-i opened her mouth with a bewildered expression as she closed the coat brought by the assistant director who had come before she knew it.

Her face, with white breath gushing out every time she opened her mouth, looked as if she was surprised by something.

“Senior, just now… …what did you do?”

“what?”

“What are you saying, senior? It’s minus 20 degrees here right now? How can you… … .”

“How can you not be bothered by anything, Actor Kim?”

Maeng Jong-ho, who had come up to me without me noticing, also had a surprised expression on his face.

Even though he was acting in a freezer at minus 20 degrees Celsius, his body did not tremble, and his voice did not waver at all.

“Actor Kim, is this also calculated acting?”

The image of Lee Seo desperately enduring the cold in the freezer and Gunhoo looking calm as if the cold is a part of him.

Although it was a drawing I had been drawing, I never thought it would be done in one take.

“Oh, I don’t really feel the cold.”

Of course not.

The fact that such acting was possible just now was only possible because of special training with Bae Geum-sik.

Thanks to him, Hyunsoo was able to control the ‘dream aftereffects’ at will, so to speak.

‘This means that the opposite is also possible.’

In the previous performance, Hyun-soo maximized Lee Jun-hyeok’s presence and thanks to that, he was able to be relatively less affected by the cold.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that you don’t actually feel the cold at all, but that you can feel it relatively less.

It was a very small difference, but acting is something where small details can make a huge difference.

In this way, Baek Geum-sik’s teachings can be applied in many ways throughout acting.

“Wow, it seems like actor Kim was born to play the role of Gun-hoo.”

Maeng Jong-ho shook his head as if he was tired of being surprised anymore.

And it wasn’t just Jong-ho and Seo-i who were surprised by Hyun-soo’s acting.

“You… …what on earth did you teach that guy?”

The person who asked Bae Geum-sik, who was looking dumbfounded, was none other than Seo Yeo-ok, who played the role of the restaurant owner.

I sent it to fix the movement being hindered by excessive emotional immersion, and the result was ridiculous.

Seo Yeo-ok could tell.

That was just a performance with complete control over his own body.

Controlling the body’s effects from cold or heat is something that any experienced and skilled actor can do to some extent.

But until just a few days ago, Kim Hyun-soo was a child who couldn’t properly control his emotions.

But now, not only was he able to control his emotions, he was also able to control his body quite well.

“How… how could something like that happen in just a few days?”

In response to Seo Yeo-ok’s surprised words, Bae Geum-sik muttered with a bitter expression on his face.

“Well, I guess that’s what you call a genius.”

Bae Geum-sik’s impressions of Hyun-soo’s acting were simple.

Now, there is nothing more for him to do on site.

“Are you going up?”

“Yes, sir. What’s the point of just sitting here? I have to look around here and there again.”

It was at that moment that I said that and turned around to leave.

There was a person blocking Bae Geum-sik’s path.

“Are you actor Bae Geum-sik?”

“Yes, but who are you… … ?”

Bae Geum-sik, who was bewildered by the appearance of an unfamiliar person he had never seen before on the scene, was presented with a business card.

“If you don’t mind, could you talk to me for a moment?”

Continued in the next episode