The Haunted Monster Actor - Chapter 63
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Episode 63
Im Jin-han placed the bubbling ramen on the table.
It was a little awkward eating ramen at the table after such a long time, but there was nothing I could do about it.
Because Hyunsoo took away the ‘old guitar’ that I used as a ramen stand.
Phew— phew—!
Im Jin-han, who was holding a spoonful of ramen, muttered while looking at the empty seat across from him.
“Hey, I hope you’re doing well.”
I’m not worried about Hyunsoo’s acting.
A ‘small performance’ I saw a while ago.
It was because I wanted to see that performance… … again.
‘Band Rising Dive, hello!’
Ji Yu-han’s guitar skills, which he had only practiced for about a month, were naturally awkward, clumsy, and sloppy.
“But why… … .”
Seriously, it was a mess of a performance that didn’t remind me of ‘that guy’ at all.
“Why did I think of you?”
Showing off his shabby guitar skills, Jiyuhan spoke to the members.
no.
He spoke to Im Jin-han.
‘Let’s do a band again…!’
The two eyes looking at him were twinkling like stars that didn’t know where to go.
Wherever that star takes you, it will surely be a delightful place.
Seriously… … this is definitely going to be an awesome show!
“… … .”
Im Jin-han, who had put down his chopsticks, stared into the empty space.
If only the empty seat across from him wasn’t as empty as it is now.
If that’s the case, you too… … .
“Did you say the same thing?”
* * *
At that moment when Im Jin-han was questioning his old friend, Kang Ji-hoon was unable to continue his line.
Shin Jung-hyeok was unable to answer Ji Yu-han.
‘… … Okay. Let’s do it again, band.’
It’s just a line that takes less than 5 seconds to utter.
But Kang Ji-hoon’s mouth showed no signs of closing.
Right now, all of Kang Ji-hoon’s attention is focused on his eyes, which are locking eyes with Kim Hyun-soo, rather than his mouth, which is supposed to be delivering his lines.
‘Just by looking at your eyes… … I know.’
Jiyuhan’s eyes are speaking to him.
I know it even if you don’t answer.
Of course you, we… … ‘Rising Dive’ will be back on stage!
‘… … Huh? Did I just say the following line?’
“Actor Kang, what are you doing?”
“……yes?”
“Aren’t you going to say your next lines? Surely you’re not thinking of something else during the script reading, are you?”
Kang Ji-hoon shook his head with a bewildered expression at the stern voice of his senior, Jo In-soo.
“Oh, no, that’s not it. It’s the eyes… … .”
“What about your eyes? At that age, you probably can’t see very well.”
Kang Ji-hoon, who was about to say something to the actors who were bursting into laughter, soon closed his mouth.
Because I couldn’t make the ridiculous excuse that I couldn’t continue my lines because I was overwhelmed by the other actor’s ‘gaze’ during the script reading.
“Sorry, I’ll focus.”
Kang Ji-hoon, who said that, turned his head slightly and looked at Hyun-soo.
‘Oh, is that the same person as before?’
Even when he was reading the twenty-year-old Oh Yul instead of Jeong I-shin, Kang Ji-hoon did not understand at all why Choi Ui-jeong cast Kim Hyun-soo.
Kang Ji-hoon only encountered Kim Hyun-soo’s acting as the dark Lee Ji-woon.
‘That was a completely different performance from Jiyuhan from Rising Dive.’
With his decent acting skills, he was also a hot topic at the end of the year.
But that alone is not enough to justify including it in Choi Ui-jeong’s work.
Yes, that’s right.
Kang Ji-hoon never once thought that Kim Hyun-soo was cast because of his ‘acting’.
And that thought remains unchanged even now.
What do you mean?
‘With acting… … there’s no way something like this is possible.’
For just a moment, Kang Ji-hoon felt as if his soul had been stolen by Ji Yu-han’s gaze.
Yeah, it’s like… … ‘being possessed’.
‘… … I guess I was absent-minded for a moment.’
[Intense acting that overwhelms the opponent with just a look!]
These phrases are just simple adjectives created by copywriters to promote movies… … .
“Wow, actor Kim’s eyes are killing me.”
“… … ?”
“What, I thought I was watching Kang Ho-jin? There was a reason why Ji-hoon missed his lines! I almost said the wrong lines, right, writer?”
Ji-hoon’s eyes widened as he looked at Song Ah-jin, who had a look of utter disgust on her face toward Hyun-soo.
Oh, it wasn’t just a simple modifier.
* * *
Clear vocalization and cheerful resonance that resonates throughout the room.
As Kim Hyun-soo read each line, the actors let out small exclamations of admiration.
‘Whew – that energy, what’s that? I thought he was just some dull guy… … Where does that strength come from all of a sudden?’
As a member of Choi Ui-jeong’s team, Jo In-soo is also well aware of her criteria for selecting actors.
Jo In-soo, an excellent veteran actor, has an outstanding ability to observe people.
The secret to his longevity is that he was able to catch details that others did not know and actively utilize them in his acting.
In Jo In-soo’s view, Hyun-soo was definitely not an actor with the ‘temperament’ to match Ji-yu-han.
I was definitely sure of that.
‘Is that your real personality? Or is that the seemingly indifferent personality you had until now just acting? Haha, that’s ridiculous.’
At that age, he is acting in a way that confuses even his own powers of observation… to the point of confusing his original personality?
‘I finally understand why it’s not Jeong-i-shin but that guy Ji-yu-han. Seriously, you brought that ridiculous guy.’
The actors, including Jo In-soo, watched ‘Kim Hyun-soo’s Ji-yu-han’ with similar thoughts.
The same goes for Choi Ui-jeong, who played a major role in casting Kim Hyun-soo.
‘Yes, this is it.’
The reason Hyunsoo was cast in the role of ‘Jiyuhan’ is simple.
‘Anyone who looks at those eyes can’t help but think the same thing.’
Me too, with Jiyuhan, with the band Rising Dive… … .
‘I want to go up on stage and see you!’
There is an indescribable ‘attraction’ in Kim Hyun-soo’s eyes that goes beyond simple acting.
Choi Ui-jeong began to look forward to the day when Ji Yu-han’s sparkling eyes would meet the eyes of the viewers.
* * *
Since Kim Hyun-soo’s Ji Yu-han appeared, the actors have begun to fully immerse themselves in the world of ‘Rising Dive’.
In the first place, the character Jiyuhan itself could be said to be the beginning of Rising Dive, so this could be said to be natural.
First, although it was immersive, it was not conducted in a stiff, tense, or intense atmosphere.
“Ah! But if we’re going to do a band again, there’s one very, very serious problem we have to solve… …!”
Yoo Han, who has a very serious expression on his face as if he were in the ambassador’s office, and his eyebrows are drawn together.
Junghyuk also waits for Yoohan’s next words with an unusually serious expression on his face.
“… … A serious problem? What is it?”
“I don’t have a guitar! And I don’t have any money!”
“… … .”
“Hehe, I have friends instead!”
“… … This consistent shamelessness. You really are Jiyuhan.”
The actors and production crew burst into laughter every time Ji Yu-han’s lines were spoken.
Author Choi Ui-jeong did not necessarily try to restrain this kind of reading atmosphere.
This is because the atmosphere of laughing and chatting freely was exactly what she had envisioned as ‘Rising Dive’.
and.
There is another aspect to the ‘Rising Dive’ stage that Choi Ui-jeong intended.
The back side of Rising Dive.
Yes, that’s right.
Now, it was soon time for the ‘Thirty-Five O-Yul’ to appear.
‘If actor Jeong In-shin had come, it would have been more interesting to see… … Well, I guess I’ll be satisfied with seeing actor Kim Ji-yu-han today.’
The other actors, including Choi Ui-jeong, continued the script reading without much expectation about the appearance of Oh Yul, another turning point in the play.
And so, soon, Hyun-soo’s ‘one-man story’ began.
“Hey, O-Yul. Why are you standing in the corner with such a gloomy face? I always tell you, you’re a guy with a really cool smile!”
Oh Yul, who is 35 years old and stands in stark contrast to Ji Yu-han, who has a 20-year-old soul, answers.
“You… are Jiyuhan?”
“Yeah, can’t you tell by looking at this amazing guitar work?”
“… … I can’t admit it.”
As Hyunsoo recited Ohyul’s lines, he pictured a person in his head.
That is the image of Jeong Eui-shin performing with musicians on the stage in her dream.
Every night, Hyunsoo stood on stage with Jeong-in in his dreams.
And, the emotions felt from Jeong-i Shin’s expression on stage… … .
‘Sadness? Anger? Frustration? No, it wasn’t that.’
Hyunsoo shook his head inwardly.
‘Why is Jeong-in… … no, why is Oh-yul standing on the musician’s stage?’
In this way, Hyun-soo, while reading Oh-yool’s lines, began to immerse himself in another main character in the play without even realizing it.
Immersed, immersed, and immersed again.
So the place we finally arrived at was… … .
‘hole?’
It’s a big black hole.
The being crouching inside that huge hole is none other than…
“… …Who are you?”
“Me? A musician!”
“Musician? Haha, that’s funny. You’re a musician?”
“Yeah, not just me, all of us… … .”
“……nothing.”
“… … ?”
“You, the musician who died 15 years ago without ever accomplishing anything? You, the one who disappeared from our sight without ever getting to stand on stage once? You’re wrong. You… … We—!”
Bam!
It was then that the door to the script reading site suddenly opened and someone appeared.
“I, actor Jeong-in, have arrived!”
Following in, actor Jeong Ee-shin.
But everyone’s eyes are still fixed on Kim Hyun-soo, not Jeong In-shin.
‘What was… just now?’
It was just a reading of lines that was ’emotionless’, no different from when he read the twenty-year-old Oh Yul.
Nevertheless, before they knew it, the actors were holding their breath and falling for ‘Kim Hyun-soo’s Oh Yul’.
Author Choi Ui-jeong also had blank eyes.
‘I definitely felt like something… something more was going to come out.’
Even though it was just for a moment, there was definitely ‘something’ contained in the performance of Oh Yul that Kim Hyun-soo showed.
But I can’t figure out what that something is.
Choi Ui-jeong was usually sensitive to the ‘feelings’ that her intuition brought her, but this time, she couldn’t figure out what Hyun-soo had just shown her.
“I’m really sorry for being late. I’m shameless, but I came to see you all in person and apologize.”
And Jeong Eui-shin couldn’t read the mood.
Continued in the next episode 
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