Only the semifinals and finals of
Most people already had some idea of who the ultimate winner would be.
- Honestly, the winner is probably Ju Seo-yeon
- It's a fight for 2nd place
- They say if you make top 3, you get a casting request?
- Yeah, if the person wants to participate, they can
- Do they know exactly what role it is?
- Yeah
The GH Group side said they were discussing this with the director, but there was no definite answer yet.
So, even if they did appear, it might not be a role with much screen time.
However, if the ranking was high or they left a big impact, the influence would inevitably follow.
For a rookie action actor where every role was precious, this possibility alone held sufficient value.
Especially.
'I will definitely get the lead role.'
Narumi Sora, the actress who came from Japan, thought seriously.
Everyone says it's a fight for 2nd place.
There were many words saying so.
Sora also agreed with that to some extent.
How surprised was she when she saw the audition progress of Group A.
Especially Ju Seo-yeon.
The appearance she showed came as a huge shock to Sora.
Acting.
Her outstanding acting skills, unseen at that age, were impressive enough, but what stimulated her was the action.
'Reacting to paintballs and blocking?'
Dodging or blocking.
Being adept at both was ridiculous.
Even to the point of sometimes dodging just by hearing the sound.
Honestly, she wondered if it was staged.
But recalling what she herself had done, there didn't seem to be any manipulation involved, so it must have been her own skill.
'But still.'
Even so, Sora didn't want to lose.
This time, she planned to reveal all her secret weapons too.
In the interview conducted before the start of the match, Sora revealed such ambition.
"I will win."
Naturally, the community showed considerable interest in Sora's statement.
- Victory declaration right at the start of the interview!!
- Not "I'll win" but "I win" ㄷㄷ
- So who is Narumi Sora? I only watched Group A so I don't know
- She's the dark horse of Group D, her movements are definitely different
- They say she learned action alone in Japan while doing events and stuff
- Apparently a Hong Kong movie fan
- No but Hong Kong movies are from when
Because Narumi Sora had a relatively cute face, such resolute statements were often just received as cute.
Anyway, looking at appearances alone, everyone had a stern impression except Sora.
- Isn't she a hamster stuck among delinquents?
That's how much that kind of talk came out.
But Sora was fine.
Semifinals and finals.
This was essentially a one-on-one match.
A series of sequences unfolding in an abandoned building.
All of that was the evaluation criteria, and the result was determined solely by voting.
Not scores, but votes.
Sora checked her belongings and flinched at Seo-yeon's gaze continuously watching her.
'Why is she glaring at me like that.'
Could it be that she's also conscious of me?
Well, that could be.
The other two had already faced Seo-yeon and would know her skills to some extent.
She would have no choice but to be wary of me, who she's facing directly for the first time.
And Seo-yeon.
'I need to ask later if she watches VTubers.'
She definitely had to ask when filming ended.
She was in the middle of having such thoughts.
***
The semifinal groups that started afterwards were as follows.
Cho Seo-hee vs Ju Seo-yeon.
Min Do-ha vs Narumi Sora.
With that lineup, it could be said to be fairly balanced.
Anyway, looking at records alone, Cho Seo-hee was beating Ju Seo-yeon.
Min Do-ha and Sora both had superpower concepts using their bodies.
One was shooting, the other was physical enhancement.
Because they were simple superpowers, they would compete purely with their own skills.
But the result was quite anticlimactic.
Naturally, in a one-on-one matchup situation, there was no way Cho Seo-hee could beat Seo-yeon no matter what she did.
On the other side, Min Do-ha did perform well, but was easily subdued by Narumi Sora.
In this action acting where winning or losing didn't necessarily need to be determined, a clear victory and defeat was established.
- She used all the props in the abandoned building and still lost
- Honestly how would Cho Seo-hee beat Ju Seo-yeon
- No but why is Cho Seo-hee so sturdy
- She does have better endurance than expected...
Still, Cho Seo-hee's fierce fight became quite a topic.
Anyway, she brought items to their limits, and since preparation time was given before the start, she laid out all kinds of things prepared in the abandoned building like traps.
The rules were basically the same.
Receiving marks equivalent to major injuries, like paintballs, meant a 'death judgment'.
An opponent who reached that state couldn't continue acting, so it naturally led to victory.
Cho Seo-hee actively utilized this.
However.
「…….」
Seo-yeon, who was warming up while the preparation time ended, immediately moved upstairs to chase Cho Seo-hee.
As soon as she took a step, she felt something like a string catch her foot.
Not enough to fall over, something that easily snapped.
At the same time, consecutively fired bullets flying from both sides were avoided by her simply ducking.
- ?
- How is she dodging that
That was the beginning.
Cho Seo-hee prepared really hard.
Guns fired from all directions were all dodged, or destroyed by throwing sponge balls dropped nearby.
Pouring water.
Raining bullets.
Bombs made of water balloons.
Avoiding all of those, abiding by all the limits allowed by the regeneration ability, and breaking through, she crushed Cho Seo-hee.
- The Bae Deok-soo we were looking for is right here
- ㄹㅇㅋㅋㅋ This is what's normal
- But how would Cho Seo-hee beat Ju Seo-yeon???
- They need the same mom
- ?? Cho Seo-hee and Ju Seo-yeon have the same mom?
It was an expected result.
No one thought Cho Seo-hee would beat Seo-yeon.
"Still, there was a lot to see from both sides."
"Though we couldn't see acting, since that was already shown a lot going up, it seems they focused on action."
Actor Cha Min-gyu, who watched the semifinal fight, said so.
Announcer Yun Gyeong-deok, who served as MC, accepted with affirmation.
And if the semifinal between Cho Seo-hee and Ju Seo-yeon focused on action.
Conversely, Min Do-ha and Narumi Sora had a larger proportion of acting.
The action side was more bland than expected.
Because Min Do-ha was defeated too easily.
- Still, Min Do-ha was pretty good at shooting from a distance
- Once it got to close combat, she just got swept away
- No supercar scream this time?
- That only comes out when facing Ju Seo-yeon
Min Do-ha definitely had outstanding shooting skills.
Anyway, if she made it to the semifinals, no matter how much luck was involved, she couldn't be without skill.
Though not as much as Cho Seo-hee, she used props and shot diligently.
But was defeated by Narumi Sora who approached agilely.
- Narumi Sora dodges paintballs too???
- No, apparently she figured out a general countermeasure
- Seems to move when the gun muzzle is aimed
- Isn't that also really amazing???
It was a semifinal match where you could clearly see the action potential Narumi Sora showed.
Public interest focused on Sora, who advanced to the finals as a dark horse.
Naturally, talks about the finals between Seo-yeon and Sora started coming up here and there.
The two were essentially facing each other for the first time.
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[10% for the finals? The delightful rebellion of action actors in
Articles also started going up around that time.
Compared to before when it only circulated in communities and memes, this time the general public also started showing great interest.
"But, she definitely has something."
Cho Seo-hee, who was beaten up and down by Seo-yeon in action during the semifinals and dropped out, said so.
Though she was eliminated, Cho Seo-hee didn't really mind.
From the beginning, she couldn't even entertain the thought that she could win with action.
Cho Seo-hee herself wasn't the type who was good at using her body.
Honestly, if it wasn't for Seo-yeon, she would have been eliminated early in the preliminaries.
Rather, she found great significance in being able to act with Seo-yeon before
"The finals are decided in a single match in a place narrower than the abandoned building, right? Then individual action will be more important."
That was something Seo-yeon also agreed with.
She had seen Narumi Sora and Min Do-ha compete, but that alone left many parts unknown.
Above all, seeing Narumi Sora move quite extraordinarily, she didn't seem like an ordinary actress.
"It's surprising she was unknown. More than that, I don't know why she didn't work in Japan and came to Korea."
Cho Seo-hee muttered like that, then looked at Seo-yeon for a moment.
And.
"Now
"It wasn't completed? Ji-yeon said she was reading it."
"They said they wanted to revise some things. Probably around the time the audition ends, the script will go to you... You can decide whether to appear after seeing that."
Seo-yeon had quite positive thoughts about appearing in
'Early next year is going to be really busy.'
There was a high probability that three works would proceed simultaneously.
And if she won the finals and became the lead,
When that ended, there would immediately be an audition for Director Jo Bang-woo's movie as well.
'For now,
With the drama also being something she couldn't leave out, it might increase even more.
If it wasn't for the strong body Seo-yeon possessed, it would have been a quite overwhelming schedule.
"And... you're appearing on a variety show early next month?"
"Ah, yes."
"I'll make sure to watch it."
Cho Seo-hee said with a snort-like laugh.
Anyway, though it was brief this time, she felt it while filming
That acting ability was definitely real.
Next time, she wanted to film together with different acting, not action.
So
'I need to press the scriptwriter.'
If a proper script didn't come out, Seo-yeon might refuse.
'But.'
Cho Seo-hee glanced at Seo-yeon and moved her lips.
There was something she wanted to ask, but couldn't bring herself to ask due to the original sin of having continually betrayed her.
'Why does she only use formal speech with me?'
We're the same age.
Cho Seo-hee felt hurt.
***
Seo-yeon's time passed in an instant.
Well, it couldn't be helped.
There was just too much to do right away.
Filming for
Preparing for the fan meeting Cha Na-hee mentioned.
That alone ended a week.
At least
'Of course, since it's an audition, it feels like it's only beginning now.'
Of course, it wasn't to say she would unconditionally win the finals.
Seo-yeon recalled her finals opponent, Narumi Sora.
She only stood out in the semifinals, but both her acting and action were definitely real.
Though she was a Japanese actress, her acting style resembled Korean movie acting styles.
'But they say she's a Hong Kong movie fan, why Korea.'
That point was a bit curious, but Seo-yeon didn't really care.
She just had many other things she wanted to ask later if there was an opportunity.
Thus, the finals of
"Finally, the day has dawned. Right today! The place to determine the winner of
The finals MC, like the semifinals, was taken by the recently popular announcer Yun Gyeong-deok.
A noticeably larger audience.
The finals tickets sold out in just 10 minutes.
In that seat was Kang Tae-jin, director of the cultural business division of GH Group.
And Han Ye-geon, who was scheduled to be the director of
The two were looking at the finals stage.
"Who do you think the winner will be?"
"Well."
Han Ye-geon judged extremely objectively based on what he had seen so far.
"It will be actor Ju Seo-yeon."
"I think so too."
"So, I wonder if the finals even has meaning."
Han Ye-geon muttered like that and looked at the stage.
On the screen installed on the stage, the two's exploits so far were sequentially flowing out.
The lead role spot in the movie GH Group was investing in.
It was quite a flashy prize.
'It's not like it's a position with guaranteed success either.'
To be precise, it was a position with a high probability of success.
A lot of investment.
Powerful advertising, and the costs involved in filming the movie.
Since GH Group bore all of that, it was true that it had a higher probability of success than any other movie.
That's how audition programs usually were.
It seemed like it was over if you won, but that was where it began.
So honestly, when Han Ye-geon heard about this audition, he was lukewarm for that reason.
"…But. If something is shown here, it could be different."
"Who are you placing expectations on?"
"Both sides. Otherwise, there's no way it will be tasty. Honestly, I wanted Han So-yoo to come up."
"But she lost to Narumi Sora in the Round of 16."
"That's why I want them to deliver that much."
Otherwise, it would truly become a bland finals match.