However, the ones who were dumbfounded by the sudden request for an action scene were the stunt actors playing Rosalyn's bodyguards.
It was only natural.
Action acting inherently requires a considerable amount of time to coordinate the choreography.
Otherwise, the scene won't come out clean, and accidents might happen.
'She was certainly a bit strong, which was surprising, but action acting is different. In the first place, a girl like that...'
The actors in charge of Rosalyn's guard were white actors brought over from Japan.
Naturally, they considered being sent flying and knocked over by the small Seo-yeon as a simple coincidence.
Or they thought it was due to their own carelessness.
"Actor Ju Seo-yeon will be able to shorten that time considerably."
Of course, the Korean staff who had seen
The Japanese staff had slightly perplexed faces.
Although Seo-yeon had crawled around in the variety show, she had never shown anything in terms of action acting.
"And, Ji-yeon-ssi."
First, after roughly setting up the composition of the scene like that, Director Baek Min called Ji-yeon.
"Ad-libbing is fine, but please stick to the script properly."
"Ah, yes."
"I'm not saying don't do it at all, but if you do that, what's the point of the script?"
Director Baek Min's words weren't particularly sharp.
However, Lee Ji-yeon felt a sting of guilt and had no choice but to lower her head.
Because that statement was a hundred percent correct.
At least this time, only the tone of the acting was slightly different, and since the dialogue itself was exactly as in the script, it felt like it passed.
If even the dialogue had been entirely ad-libbed this time, she might have gotten a severe scolding.
'I need to be careful.'
Thinking that, Lee Ji-yeon let out a sigh and stared in the direction where Stella was.
'But, I couldn't help it.'
To receive and play off Stella's acting at that moment, it was unavoidable.
It was like the sensation she felt when she witnessed Seo-yeon's proper acting.
When facing it head-on, she would freeze up without realizing it.
Originally, Ji-yeon didn't use ad-libs to this extent in other dramas either.
'I need to find a way to properly digest the script...'
Around the time Ji-yeon was agonizing over her acting.
«We're going to shoot the scene in a long take while moving down this hallway.»
Stella said that to the stunt actors.
To properly convey the Korean, Stella, who could use both Japanese and English, was the right person for the job.
«For practice. Um, they're saying let's just try it once first? Hmm, is it really okay?»
At Stella's words spoken with a smile, the stunt actors also became worried.
«Could you tell that young lady that doing action carelessly can lead to injuries?»
At the white actor's rather polite words, Stella tilted her head.
As if she had heard something strange.
«My, you must not watch YouTube.»
«Excuse me?»
«Haha, it's nothing. Well, experiencing it directly is faster than watching a video, right? But weren't you thrown by Seo-yeon earlier?»
«I wasn't thrown, I was pushed down hard. My legs got tangled up badly.»
As if his pride was hurt, the white actor spoke forcefully.
Knowing the tendencies of American men, Stella realized that his pride was considerably hurt right now.
«Look at my physique. How could I be thrown by a girl like that? She was definitely stronger than expected, so my legs got tangled, but that's all.»
Apparently, he had quite a bit of experience as a stunt actor.
Moreover, it seemed he thought it was nonsensical that he was thrown by a small Asian girl.
It didn't particularly show in his words, but his gaze and expression said it all.
That thought was underlying his attitude.
Stella knew that better than anyone else.
It was a gaze she had constantly seen since she was young.
Stella placed her index finger on her lips and smiled faintly.
'This is what real racism is.'
Hehe, Stella laughed.
Well, if this macho actor insists.
"Seo-yeon."
"Yes?"
"The action actor says it's fine, so he wants you to do your best."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah, so work hard. He seems to be looking forward to it."
Seo-yeon nodded at Stella's "kind" translation.
Since she had put a little too much strength in her hands earlier, she was worried about what to do if the actors refused, so this was a relief.
'It seems like he's learned some sports.'
They aren't muscles built from gym workouts; did he do something like martial arts?
Seo-yeon nodded at the stunt actor's quite impressive physique.
Seeing such practical combat muscles, Seo-yeon naturally wanted to learn martial arts too.
She'd have to look into it later.
"First, if you come in like this, I'll dodge like this and..."
Seo-yeon lightly coordinated her movements with them.
The rough movement lines of the action.
It was so rough that the stunt actors' eyes furrowed.
This couldn't be called proper action.
Still, adding an action scene in a situation without an action director was nonsense in the first place.
"Roughly, like this? Let's just try it once."
"?"
Seo-yeon had been explaining diligently but couldn't think of anything else to say, so she said that.
No, they only roughly decided on the movement lines?
Didn't they not even decide how to dodge or how to counterattack?
«Since it's practice anyway, she says let's just try it once.»
Stella translated Seo-yeon's words.
At Seo-yeon's words, which seemed to make light of action, the white actor at the front furrowed his eyes.
«Okay, then let's do it. It would be really nice for us too if action acting were that easy.»
Those words of the white actor...
«He says it's nice that action acting is so easy.»
Stella translated it like that.
"Is that so?"
It's not particularly easy.
Because while performing action, one must also reveal the character's emotions.
'Was my explanation a bit lacking?'
That was true.
However, setting aside her physical abilities, Seo-yeon had already learned proper action acting for a long time at Cheonghong Action School, Korea's top action actor training academy.
In other words, a rough indication was enough for her to get it.
"Then I'll go."
It was practice anyway.
However, since it wasn't a practice with that much leeway, Seo-yeon decided to give it her all.
She exhaled.
Standing at the entrance of the hallway, the actors blocking the way to Yeonseonye.
She looks at Rosalyn's bodyguards.
Slowly, she closes her eyes.
Seo-yeon was already deeply immersed in the role of 'Kasugayama Yuina'.
In other words, having once deployed method acting.
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Then, falling into the emotions of that role was very easy.
Because she only needed to reconnect the emotions that had been severed.
Therefore.
Slowly.
"……."
She opens her eyes.
Her bright red pupils, at the end of the hallway where the lighting barely reached,
sparkled and shone in the darkness.
"!!!"
The stunt actors who saw that felt their bodies freeze for a moment.
It was different from the look Seo-yeon had shown earlier when she burst through the door.
At that time, it felt like her emotions had been broken, but now, to anyone looking, she was Kasugayama Yuina.
'Should I... act?'
Unintentionally.
The sensation of truly becoming Rosalyn's bodyguard.
Even though it was just an act to coordinate moves, it was acting that made them hesitate whether they should perform their roles.
That girl's acting was definitely not ordinary.
They had been active in Japan for a long time, but they had never seen such acting.
One step.
Another step.
Yuina walks toward them.
The actors were professionals nonetheless.
They were flustered, but they moved along the predetermined movement lines.
What Seo-yeon had said was simple.
Which direction each would move.
How they would attack first. What they would do next.
She had simply set those things simply for each actor.
She also told them how she would dodge, but would it be as easy as it sounded?
However.
The hand of the first bodyguard reaching out toward Yuina sliced through the air.
Yuina dodged it lightly, and as if brushing past, tripped him with her leg.
Next, the one who charged in swung a short sponge rod.
A dagger, so to speak.
Yuina deflected it with an equally sponge-wielding rod in her hand, spun her body half a turn, and struck the opponent's side with her elbow.
It was clearly acting, and even though no force was put into it, the body flew and fell with a breath-choking impact.
And the following bodyguards who charged in swung sponge rods that were supposed to be Japanese swords.
She dodged that lightly too, and by the time they realized something was swishing around, they were flying through the air.
'Huh?'
The actor who crashed to the floor without even having time to perform a proper breakfall looked up at Seo-yeon blankly.
Seo-yeon, having arrived at the door where Rosalyn would be, had a strangely dissatisfied face.
"This isn't it."
Lying collapsed on the floor, the actors looked up at Seo-yeon.
The action Seo-yeon had just shown.
That movement having moved exactly along the movement lines.
No, putting that aside, their bodies just hurt too much.
It seemed like she just casually swished around, but what on earth was this?
"It looks like we'll have to do this a few more times."
They didn't know Korean.
But looking at Seo-yeon's expression and face, they could roughly guess what she had said.
«She seems to be thinking of doing it until she's satisfied?»
«Oh, Jesus...»
Seeing the actor's face fill with fear, Stella chuckled, then...
'Wait? But doesn't this end with me getting slapped by Yuina at the end?'
She felt a chill run down her spine.
Just like Seo-yeon, Stella, whose strength was emotional acting, knew the disadvantage of that acting very well.
If one falls too deeply into a role, emotions would be loaded into the movements.
For example, when striking the opponent's cheek or performing similar actions.
A punching machine briefly came to Stella's mind.
"Hmm~, Director. If it's okay, could we change the last scene?"
"No."
At the firm answer, Stella had no choice but to feel tense for the first time in a really long while.
***
"Great work on today's filming, everyone!!"
It was very late at night when filming ended.
It was inevitably because a considerable amount of time was delayed coordinating the action choreography.
In the first place, it was only astonishing that they filmed it in one day when there was action acting.
"Seeing her today, I want to see Seo-yeon perform proper action acting."
"Won't she show it properly in
"Is that being released on OTT next year?"
"Right. Thank goodness it's not a movie. Isn't the GH Group sharpening their knives for that?"
"Come on, our movie doesn't pale in comparison to others anymore. The actress making a cameo is Stella, right?"
"That's true. That expensive actress... ahem. She really worked hard today."
Stella was slapped at least five times today.
Very fortunately, if Seo-yeon was aware that she was 'hitting', she generally controlled her strength well.
Therefore, Stella's head, upon being slapped, didn't fly off like a baseball hit by a bat, and she remained safe.
Of course, getting hit is getting hit.
"...Hmm, did you intentionally cause an NG?"
"That's not it... I'm sorry."
For reference, it was Lee Ji-yeon who apologized.
The one who caused the NG in that scene was neither Seo-yeon nor Stella, but Ji-yeon.
Still, the scene itself eventually came out well.
Stella's cheek, which looked strangely swollen, was covered with a cold ice pack.
To think this is what happened from just making a cameo appearance.
"Hehe, it didn't go as well as I thought. I wanted to do it like you."
Stella had intended to tease her a bit, like Seo-yeon did in the drama, but it felt like a failure.
Apart from that, it was somewhat enjoyable.
It was the first time in her life she had done the 'acting' of being slapped like this.
"Are you going back now?"
Seo-yeon asked Stella.
Since she had slapped her quite a bit, she was a bit concerned.
She was a fairy of the century, after all.
"Yeah, of course. Are you disappointed?"
"No."
"Haha, what, that's too mean."
Stella laughed like that and briefly gave a glance to Cho Seo-hee.
Because it seemed like Seo-hee had something she wanted to say since earlier.
"I'm looking forward to when today's scene comes out in the movie. Still, it was quite fun."
"That... I feel the same. I learned a lot."
"Really? That makes me glad."
Stella said so and looked at Seo-yeon for a moment.
As expected, the more she saw her, the more she and herself resembled each other.
At the same time, she felt something different.
But even at this moment, the only one she could see clearly was Seo-yeon.
The rest, after doing the 'acting' together, she could slightly distinguish them, but they weren't clear.
"If we get close through today's filming... I had some more things I wanted to ask, but should I ask later?"
"Yes?"
"Um, no. More than that, I'll get going then. My dad is waiting. Ah, of course, after talking with you who seems to have something to say to me."
Only then did Seo-yeon realize Cho Seo-hee looking at Stella.
Why was Seo-hee looking at Stella with such a face again?
"It's nothing big, I just have a few things to ask."
Seo-hee said that and disappeared along with Stella, who was waving her hand casually.
What on earth did she want to ask?
Perhaps Lee Ji-yeon was also curious about that.
"Ju Seo-yeon, did you hear something from Cho Seo-hee?"
"Not at all."
"During today's filming, it felt a bit like that from the middle onwards."
"Seo-hee was definitely quiet during this shoot."
"...I can't get used to you speaking casually to Cho Seo-hee."
"I still use honorifics. I just call her name comfortably."
The two shared that conversation and looked in the direction where Stella and Seo-hee had disappeared.
It was inevitably a somewhat meaningful part.
"Ah, Seo-yeon-ssi."
While they were having such a conversation, Director Baek Min approached the two.
To the two who hurriedly bowed.
"No, it's fine. Ji-yeon-ssi was also good today. Certainly, ad-libbing is Ji-yeon-ssi's specialty, but please keep in mind that valuing the script is more important."
"Yes, sir!"
"And... Seo-yeon-ssi has practically shot almost everything she needs to shoot today."
"Ah, yes."
"Only the last bloody struggle with Actor Lee Sang-soo remains."
At those words, Actor Lee Sang-soo, who was a little distance away, flinched.
Seeing today's filming, his worries were only growing.
"So, during the remaining filming period in Japan, Ji-yeon-ssi and Seo-hee-ssi will mainly take the lead. Seo-yeon-ssi can just take a rest, but... I doubt the people around you will leave you alone."
The very reason they came to Japan for location shooting was to film snow-covered landscapes.
Plus, there was something in Japan that perfectly suited 'Michiko's' mansion.
In other words, everything happening in Michiko's mansion was scheduled to be filmed in Japan.
Since Seo-yeon's role, 'Yuina,' had no business entering Michiko's mansion in the first place, there was nothing else to shoot.
"First, Ji-yeon-ssi, you also need to prepare properly now. Because it's an important scene now."
"An important scene?"
Seo-yeon asked that and scanned the script in her head.
She had to think about what scene Ji-yeon and Cho Seo-hee would shoot from now on.
"I mean the kiss scene."
Countless universes unfolded behind Seo-yeon at those words.
Because in that instant, her consciousness was sucked into a black hole.