The Haunted Monster Actor - Chapter 56



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Episode 56

The judges’ strange gazes are now turned towards Kim Hyun-soo, not Jeong In-shin.

‘Just for a moment, from Kim Hyun-soo… … .’

‘I saw Jiyuhan.’

Lee Jin-soo smiled inwardly, finding it amusing.

‘… … Indeed, is it really not a coincidence that I became a hot topic with my first supporting role in a drama?’

During dozens of auditions, only one actor, Kim Hyun-soo, was able to successfully answer Lee Jin-soo’s pressure questions.

Now, Kim Hyun-soo’s name is engraved more deeply in the minds of the three judges than any other actor.

“Okay, before we get into the actual acting, I’d like to explain the part that the actors found most confusing during this audition.”

At Choi Ui-jeong’s words, the actors’ eyes were focused on her.

They also know very well what the strange part of what she said was.

Perhaps that was clearly the key point of this audition.

“There was no designated acting role, and each person was only given a script to prepare for the audition, right?”

The actors nodded.

“The reason is simple. In this audition, we will only look at free acting.”

“……yes?”

“step.”

“… … ?”

“You can use the script for the situations and lines you use in free acting. The order of acting, the role, and which line you act on which page don’t matter.”

“What that means is… … .”

“Yes, you can just play the band rising dive freely.”

The actors’ faces were filled with confusion.

Only then did Hyunsoo realize exactly why they had made four people enter the audition room at a time.

‘As expected, you’re a former entertainment writer.’

As expected from a master of reality entertainment programs, it has a rather unconventional format that breaks away from the stereotypical audition format.

This was why the actors who had previously auditioned had a look of embarrassment on their faces.

‘Jung Ee-shin guessed that the audition would go like this.’

As Hyunsoo had thought, Jeong I-shin, who had been through a lot in the acting industry since she was a child actor, had a sense of how the audition would be conducted from the moment she was given the script.

That is why he maintained his composure without wavering at all even while Choi Ui-jeong continued speaking.

In contrast, the rookie actor sitting next to Jeong Eui-shin asked Choi Ui-jeong a question with a face that could not hide his embarrassment.

“Well, then, which role among the four members will you freely perform as… … .”

“That’s right. It depends on who strikes first. In that sense, Kim Hyun-soo is very lucky.”

“… … ?”

“Jiyuhan’s acting has already started.”

“……ah.”

Hyun-soo, who heard Choi Ui-jeong’s words, felt relieved inwardly.

To be honest, it is true that Hyunsoo only focused on the role of Jiyu in this audition and immersed himself in it.

What if you auditioned for a role other than Ji Yu-han?

This audition must have been a more difficult hurdle for Hyunsoo than he thought.

“Well, luck is also a skill.”

One of the new actors, who heard Lee Jin-soo’s muttering, opened his mouth with a slightly aggrieved look on his face.

“Well, but shouldn’t auditions be viewed as fairly as possible… …”

Before the new actor could even finish speaking, Jinsoo Lee answered with a cold face.

“The actor’s luck.”

“… … ?”

“It comes from earnestness. And for an actor, earnestness is skill.”

As soon as Lee Jin-soo finished speaking, the actor sitting on the far left began to look around.

Which role among the characters in the script should I play to better show my acting as an actor?

The new actor, who had completed his judgment, began acting soon.

“Are you really… Jiyuhan? No, that’s ridiculous. Yuhan died in that accident back then.”

The chosen role is Shin Jung-hyeok of the drums.

Since he is the first character to meet Ji-yu-han in the play, his role is significant from the beginning of the play.

In that respect, it could be said that it was a very smart decision to preempt the role of Shin Jung-hyeok.

“Yeah, that’s right, I’m Jiyuhan. Can’t you tell by looking at my amazing guitar skills?”

“Ha, but… … .”

But that was only for a moment.

Hyun-soo, who played Ji-yu Han, came in and received Shin Jung-hyeok’s lines, but the other actor was unable to properly continue his lines.

The reason was simple.

He also couldn’t memorize his lines properly because he was so focused on his limited role.

Looking at that sight, Jinsoo clicked his tongue inwardly.

‘Tsk tsk… This isn’t a version where you memorize the lines and just say them out loud.’

We are not asking you to memorize the entire audition script.

This audition is to see the harmony, or chemistry, of the four unique members.

‘How much energy can the band members of Rising Dive show?’

If I had read the entire script and studied the personality of each character, I could have easily gotten out of the situation just by ad-libbing.

‘That guy was wrong.’

When the new actor who had been given the role of Shin Jung-hyeok seemed to be holding back his lines, Hyun-soo quickly noticed the situation and continued his lines.

Hyunsoo’s gaze turned to the actor sitting in the second seat.

“Hey, you idiots!”

“… … ?”

“I know it’s hard to believe. It’s hard for me to believe this situation, having met you all again. But I’m definitely… … the Jiyuhan you knew. The Jiyuhan who used to roam the streets of Hongdae all day, playing music, drinking, and making jokes while making noises!”

The judges were inwardly amazed by Hyunsoo’s impromptu response.

When the opposing actor fails to continue his lines, he quickly switches roles with the god.

Changing scenes means changing emotions.

Kim Hyun-soo transformed the emotions of the character Ji-yu Han in an instant with surprising stability.

‘As expected from a rising actor, he’s giving quite an impressive performance. But… Is that all?’

Certainly, Kim Hyun-soo’s acting is of a level that would place him in the top tier among the audition participants.

‘One, there are plenty of actors who can act at that level.’

And with that kind of acting, he would never be able to be Jeong I-shin’s opponent.

In this way, the free acting audition went smoothly under Hyun-soo’s leadership, and thanks to him, the other two rookie actors were able to regain their composure and show off their skills to some extent.

“I had a dream last night that Yuhan came back.”

“It’s not a dream, it’s reality.”

“……what?”

“Yuhan, our dream… has returned to reality!”

Choi Ui-jeong nodded inwardly as she watched the chemistry between the two new actors who had now found their feet.

Choi Ui-jeong’s gaze is turned towards Kim Hyeon-su.

‘That guy knows how to work with his co-stars.’

It goes without saying that there are a whole truckload of actors who left the scene without being able to properly show off the acting they had prepared for in the unconventional audition format.

Kim Hyun-soo appropriately intervened and led the scene whenever other actors missed their emotions or lines.

He is literally ‘tuning’ the entire play.

‘I was able to figure out exactly what kind of character Ji Yu-han was just from the audition script. How on earth did you get into it?’

Although Lee Jin-soo described Hyun-soo’s preemptive takeover of the role as ‘earnest,’ Choi Ui-jeong’s thoughts were a little different.

Kim Hyun-soo from the beginning.

‘It was just Jiyuhan.’

In this way, the three judges evaluated the actors’ performances according to their own standards.

“Maybe, maybe we can make music again.”

“Is it really possible…? Is that possible?”

“Yeah. Now that Yuhan is back… … .”

“Of course it’s the revival of Rising Dive!”

The eyes of the two members looking at Jiyuhan, who is talking while pounding his chest, begin to tremble with anticipation.

Looking at that sight, Choi Ui-jeong’s heart also started to pound a little.

‘This group is quite interesting to watch.’

Under Hyun-soo’s leadership, the stable synergy of the three actors was showing a quality almost like a rehearsal before the actual filming.

And now the eyes of the three judges were turned towards Jeong Ee-shin.

What’s interesting is that even though the three actors started acting, Jeong In-shin just watched them and remained silent.

‘The only thing left is the base rate. It’s become quite an unfavorable situation.’

In a way, it was natural that only the error rate remained.

In some ways, Oh Yul is the least important of the four members.

Of course, it doesn’t have a small role in the narrative, and it literally has the least dialogue.

And the fact that there are only a few lines of dialogue means that each and every one of the short lines must encapsulate all of the character’s emotions and actions.

Therefore, Oh Yul could be seen as the character that requires the most difficult acting skills among the four members.

‘Jeong-in… … When are you coming out?’

It was at that time that Hyunsoo was thinking those thoughts to himself.

Suddenly, Jeong-i Shin got up from his seat roughly and walked forward.

“… … ?”

Jeong I-shin, who had walked forward, was holding in his hand a demonstration guitar he had prepared for the audition.

“Huh? The performance demonstration isn’t there yet… … .”

Kkwajijing!

Before Lee Jin-soo could even finish speaking, Jeong-in, no, Oh Yul, knocked over the guitar in front of him and stepped on it, breaking it.

“… … !”

“What the… … now?!”

At that time, not only the judges in front but even the actors performing were so surprised that they were speechless.

“They are playing.”

A dark echo that constantly weighs down on the interior of the audition room.

Jeong-i-shin. No, the emotions contained in Oh-yool’s voice were so heavy that they instantly covered up the ‘light’ that the previous three members were trying to bring.

Actor Jung Ee-shin, who overwhelmed the entire audition room with just one moment of acting, continued his acting.

“Dreams? What good is that now? Look at reality. We are no longer… … musicians.”

One of the actors who had come to his senses received Oh Yul’s lines.

“Ha, but now that Yuhan is back… … .”

“Ji Yu-han!!”

“… … ?”

“Dead.”

“… … .”

“At that time, our dreams also fell.”

Oh Yul is the one who comforts his friends with a smile no matter how difficult or challenging the situation is, and takes on the role of leader in place of Ji Yu-han.

He, who had never shown his emotions, no matter how sad or difficult the situation, exploded with anger as if he was releasing the resentment he had been suppressing for so long.

“Ji Yu-han should have been on that stage back then! Ji Yu-han who couldn’t get on that stage… … is not Ji Yu-han.”

Oh Yul’s eyes turned towards Ji Yu-han.

“That’s just a sordid part of our past that we can’t let go of.”

After saying that, Oyul got up from his seat and turned around to leave.

The boundless depth of anger and despair felt with each step taken.

What stopped that despair was… … .

Diriring!

“Hey, Oyul!”

“… … ?”

“Why have you become so gloomy when I haven’t seen you before?”

“… … .”

“No, come to think of it, it was a bit gloomy to begin with. Hehe―”

There were once two things that Oryul loved more than anything else in the world.

One of them was music and the other one was… … .

“I’m here?”

“… … .”

“Junghyuk and Wooram are still together.”

What Jiyuhan was holding in his hand as he spoke was a ‘broken guitar.’

All the strings have broken and it no longer makes a sound… … It’s just a piece of junk that can’t even be called an instrument anymore.

But there is clearly a guitar on Jiyuhan’s shoulder.

The ‘dream’ is tied up.

When I pick up the guitar, the musician’s presence feels bigger than ever.

The reason for a musician’s existence is the stage, and that was Jiyuhan’s dream.

No, actually it is… … .

‘It’s our collective dream.’

He held the shattered soundboard in his arms and picked up the broken strings one by one with his fingers.

I stroked it carefully.

Jiyuhan… …picked up his shattered dream and started playing again.

[RISING DIVE.]

The funny sound coming from the broken guitar begins to knock on Oryul’s tightly closed heart.

“Actually, you want to do it again too, right?”

Ji Yu-han, who appears in front of Oh Yul again after 15 years, still shines brighter than anything else in the world.

“Rising Dive.”

Jiyuhan’s shining eyes turn towards Ohyul.

Something sparkling appeared in Oryul’s reddened eyes.

Once again, the dream came true.

Continued in the next episode