However, there isn't really any part where they just fight.
People who died from gas leaks attack their surroundings like zombies, but there's no scene of fighting against them.
Mostly dodging, running away.
Hiding.
Reaching the goal and escaping in that manner is essentially the ultimate purpose of this movie.
The protagonists are not people who run around to solve incidents.
So there's less solemnity.
The fate of the world doesn't rest on them, or so it seems.
Ultimately, the military and police solve the incident anyway.
'But, in the end, that escaping action is important.'
So do the protagonists do nothing? That's absolutely not the case.
They help those around them, assisting countless people in escaping.
They fully show a heroic appearance that citizens can achieve.
The driving force that enabled the protagonists to do this was climbing.
In other words, wall climbing.
At the same time, there are scenes where parkour is also applied.
Seoyeon also had no resistance to such action.
It would have been troublesome if there were parts fighting zombies, though.
The reason she didn't hesitate about
Anyway, fighting action will come out endlessly in
"How is it, Ms. Seoyeon? Is it okay?"
Director Jo Bang-woo asked Seoyeon seriously.
If Seoyeon says she doesn't want to, they can just do a separate test anyway.
There was no need to accept Hwang Min-hwa's proposal.
'This is awkward.'
The reason Seoyeon smiled as if it was awkward wasn't for another reason.
'How much should I climb up.'
That was exactly the concern.
Climbing quickly is possible.
Honestly, without even climbing, just jumping might reach that level.
So the problem is at what speed, how to climb.
'Would it be enough to beat Hwang Min-hwa?'
She didn't know how good Hwang Min-hwa was in the first place.
Seeing her look so confident, she might be at a professional level.
Moreover, Seoyeon was in a state of being conscious about her recent image.
If her flying appearance gets captured and shown to the outside here.
'The riding a bear thing hasn't even aired yet.'
Then Seoyeon's image would become uncontrollable again.
Just looking at the post uploaded to Joo Seoyeon's fan cafe yesterday...
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...Such talk was still coming out.
She had worked hard to recover her image recently as magical girl Harara, so it stopped at just this level.
Moreover, it's not just Seoyeon's fans or viewers.
Seoyeon glanced at Park Jung-woo.
'I should also pay attention to the image around me.'
Sometimes she thinks.
What does Park Jung-woo really think of her?
Sometimes when playing games, Park Jung-woo seriously asks such things.
[Can you win if you fight against Eun Ganu in his prime?]
[Who is Eun Ganu?]
[A martial arts fighter.]
[....]
Well, she could probably win if they fought.
Eun Ganu wouldn't be stronger than a bear, right?
But apart from that, is it right to ask that?
What's really too much is that it's not a joke, he's asking because he's genuinely curious.
'When we met in "Looking at Past Memories," it wasn't like this.'
Didn't he show a cuter reaction back then?
She still clearly remembered how he couldn't even make proper eye contact and his voice trembled.
'The recent commercial shoot was similar too.'
What's the difference between Princess Yeonhwa Joo Seoyeon and just Joo Seoyeon anyway?
Seoyeon became unnecessarily sullen.
Of course, Seoyeon isn't watching Park Jung-woo's reactions.
But it's not just Park Jung-woo who sees her like that.
'The variety show PDs are also a bit suspicious.'
Therefore, Director Jo Bang-woo's gaze was a freshness she hadn't felt in a long time.
A gaze worrying about Seoyeon competing with actress Hwang Min-hwa.
To him, Seoyeon is the young Princess Yeonhwa from 10 years ago, no matter what she did anywhere.
Seoyeon didn't want to ruin that image!
No, there should be at least one person who sees her like that.
'Here too, one by one...'
Seoyeon knows herself; if she competes here, she'll definitely climb excitedly.
Then Park Jung-woo would probably say this again.
"Your appearance climbing the wall looked just like a cockroach."
"……."
"Is it because your hair is so nice? The glossy black hair looks just like..."
"……."
He might not say that much, but there's definitely a possibility he could.
Knowing that, Seoyeon couldn't help but hesitate.
So...
"My, are you not confident?"
"Yes, let's try it."
Seoyeon accepted Hwang Min-hwa's challenge.
***
"Hey, Actor Park."
Director Jo Bang-woo called Park Jung-woo in a small voice.
"Yes?"
"Isn't Actress Joo Seoyeon pushing herself too hard?"
"Excuse me??"
Park Jung-woo saw Seoyeon touching the climbing wall and just casually handling it.
Pushing herself too hard?
Well, if he had to say, it's not wrong.
It's not Seoyeon, but the wall seems to be the one being pushed too hard.
"I heard Actress Joo Seoyeon is good at sports, but right away there's a height difference too."
"It's fine."
"Hmm. You're quite peculiar. Sometimes you're really cold to Actress Joo Seoyeon. A man shouldn't be like that."
"……"
"How difficult must it be for Actress Joo Seoyeon. Actress Hwang Min-hwa is also good at action and sports among actresses, and being compared next to her..."
Park Jung-woo felt truly unjust.
How exactly is he supposed to worry about Joo Seoyeon there?
It seems that to Director Jo Bang-woo, Seoyeon is the endlessly fragile young Princess Yeonhwa.
Park Jung-woo thought.
He needed to correct Director Jo Bang-woo's thinking.
Actress Joo Seoyeon is a woman who can not only climb that wall, but also break it.
"Director. Actress Joo Seoyeon, you see..."
Park Jung-woo, who had spoken up to there, stopped mid-sentence.
Because Seoyeon was staring intently this way.
With her red eyes glowing at him.
"...She definitely has some fragile aspects. I've started getting a bit worried too."
Mainly about my life, that is.
Park Jung-woo smiled brightly at Seoyeon.
At Park Jung-woo's smile, Seoyeon only then turned her gaze away.
'Could she possibly have heard the conversation from here too?'
While thinking it couldn't be, she also thought it might be possible if it's Seoyeon.
"Since it's a test first, you don't need to be too hung up on winning or losing."
At the staff's words, the three actresses nodded.
Yes, three actresses.
'Why am I here.'
Kim Si-yoo, the actress grouped with Joo Seoyeon and Hwang Min-hwa, was gradually wanting to go home.
Since the two were competing, she couldn't just exclude herself, so she ended up joining in.
Why on earth.
"Then we'll begin. Ready..."
The three actresses looked at the wall and stiffened with tension.
Of course, Hwang Min-hwa was relatively relaxed.
'I'll climb up moderately, and watch the kids coming up.'
She didn't think about losing at all.
Being fooled by Seoyeon's image created through variety shows is amateurish.
Hwang Min-hwa knew well that while many are known to be good at sports, there are many who aren't.
Plus, look at Seoyeon's appearance.
Honestly, looking at just the exterior, there's no appearance more delicate and pure than that.
"Start!!"
With the staff's shout, Hwang Min-hwa vigorously reached her hand toward the hold.
Hold is the term referring to the protruding rocks on the climbing wall.
The moment she grabbed it and lifted her body up greatly.
Crack.
A strange sound was heard from the side.
Turning her head, she saw hold fragments in Seoyeon's hand.
Seoyeon looked at it with unusually flustered eyes, then subtly checked Director Jo Bang-woo's reaction.
'Hmph, no luck.'
That sturdy hold breaking. Even with bad luck, it shouldn't be that bad...
'But why did the hold break?'
That's really sturdy so it normally wouldn't break.
Hwang Min-hwa stopped climbing and looked to the side for a moment.
She saw Seoyeon starting to climb up belatedly.
'What, what. Why is she so fast?'
Even though her speed was slowed because the hold broke, Seoyeon instantly climbed to a similar position as Hwang Min-hwa.
Actually, rather than climbing the wall, it was closer to grabbing the hold and flying up like she was flying.
However.
Clank.
"……!!"
Seoyeon felt it the moment she climbed up.
'This is for kids.'
Looking at it, they clearly just brought leftover props.
Of course, being for kids doesn't mean the durability is weak.
Because accidents shouldn't happen.
But, this is clearly a cheap one at a glance.
Since it's for testing, there's no reason to use expensive ones.
Originally, it seems they didn't even intend to use it today.
There's no need to actually climb when testing athletic ability.
Just installed formally for the audition.
But even so, isn't it a bit much that the hold breaks just from her grabbing it?
Moreover, the problem isn't just the holds.
When Seoyeon tried to climb up, she felt the climbing wall fixed to the wall flinch slightly.
At the same time, she felt Park Jung-woo also flinch.
She could tell without even looking back.
'Wow, Joo Seoyeon. She weighs quite a lot.'
Such a gaze.
'No, I'm not that heavy!'
This time Seoyeon also felt unjust.
She does weigh a bit, but Seoyeon's weight is relatively human.
It's not even the weight of an obese person either.
Just heavier than she looks!
Creak!
"!"
She felt the holds on her hands and feet shaking.
No, even for cheap stuff, there's a limit.
In the end, Seoyeon had no choice but to climb up before the shaking holds got ruined.
And, when she reached the very top.
"Ah."
She realized belatedly.
The fact that when Seoyeon reached the top, Hwang Min-hwa hadn't even climbed half way.
***
"Oh my, this wasn't fixed properly. I'm sorry."
"……."
"How did you climb up holding onto this?"
It seems there was a mistake in the installation.
At the staff's words, Hwang Min-hwa became dumbfounded.
'She climbed that fast with that?'
Usually tests are done one person at a time, they didn't expect multiple people climbing at once.
So the climbing holds at the far end where Seoyeon was positioned didn't seem to be perfectly attached.
To think she grabbed that and climbed up.
Beyond dumbfoundedness, Hwang Min-hwa was simply horrified.
"Ah, it's okay. At least I didn't get hurt."
"Oh my, I'd appreciate it if you say that."
At Seoyeon's words, the staff repeatedly bowed their head.
Hwang Min-hwa burst with anger again at Seoyeon's attitude.
Losing to something like that is already 50% annoying!
If she were in that position right away, Hwang Min-hwa couldn't do what Seoyeon did, so she would have definitely gotten hurt!
"Hey. Is that all you have to say? What if you got hurt doing this?"
"Th-that's..."
"Saying it's for audition so it wasn't installed properly, what kind of excuse is that. And Ms. Joo Seoyeon."
"Yes?"
"You have to speak up clearly about things like this. If you just let it slide, you're not being nice, you're being a pushover."
At Hwang Min-hwa's words, Seoyeon blinked, then nodded.
At Seoyeon's attitude, Hwang Min-hwa snorted.
What she said just now wasn't particularly for Seoyeon.
She was just angry, that's all.
She couldn't help but know.
That she had completely lost this audition.
In both acting and athletic ability.
The acting Seoyeon did was also a part Hwang Min-hwa had struggled with.
But while Hwang Min-hwa played a more standard heroine that could appear in a Harlequin romance.
Seoyeon emphasized a lighter, sitcom-like aspect.
'The lead role seems to have crossed the river, so a supporting role...'
Hwang Min-hwa, who had thought up to there, shook her head.
No, absolutely not!!
"Anyway, we're done, right?"
"Ah, yes."
At the staff's words, Hwang Min-hwa strode out of the audition room.
It seemed she was really angry about having completely lost.
'But really, how did she climb up that?'
Hwang Min-hwa suddenly had that thought, but then turned off her mind.
Thinking that the variety show image wasn't entirely false.
"Honestly."
While looking at Hwang Min-hwa's back, Park Jung-woo approached.
"I thought you broke it."
"What am I, the Hulk, breaking everything I grab?"
"Cough."
Park Jung-woo felt unnecessarily embarrassed and coughed lightly.
Anyway, it's because it's Seoyeon that she was safe, it was really a situation where she could have gotten hurt.
Like Hwang Min-hwa said, it's a situation where she should be angry to some extent.
Director Jo Bang-woo also felt very sorry and apologized to Seoyeon separately.
Of course, Seoyeon understands.
'Truly, it seems the filming conditions are poor.'
If even this kind of equipment isn't properly managed.
It's close to evidence that the current situation of
"Well, it's okay. I expected it to some degree."
"...Really?"
"Yes. More than that, it seems the investors aren't spending money properly either."
"It seems so. They were worrying about the theaters right away."
Director Jo Bang-woo was having various conversations about the currently broken climbing wall and other problems.
'And the supporting role is a problem too.'
She thought while recalling Hwang Min-hwa who had stormed out in anger just now.
Anyway, Hwang Min-hwa had originally appeared in this movie.
But if she drops out, that position becomes vacant.
A supporting role.
But since she played a proper scene-stealer role in the movie, her role was by no means small.
'An actress who can moderately replace her, if not as good as Hwang Min-hwa...'
No one came to mind right away.
Lee Ji-yeon or Jo Seo-hee had a lot of
'Come to think of it.'
Seoyeon recalled the actress who had awkwardly left with Hwang Min-hwa just now.
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She was sandwiched between the two so it wasn't well highlighted, but her acting was...
"Hmm."
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing."
"How boring."
After having that conversation, Seoyeon parted ways with Park Jung-woo.
Since Seoyeon's audition was over anyway, it was ambiguous to stay in this spot.
The audition results announcement was a week from now.
She could only hope for good results then.
"Um, Seoyeon, how was the audition? I heard actress Hwang Min-hwa was there."
When she came out of the audition room, Park Eun-ha was waiting.
While Seoyeon came alone, she couldn't go back alone either.
"Yes, we were together."
"...Really?"
Park Eun-ha originally had bad blood with Hwang Min-hwa.
Since she was expecting Seoyeon to trample her, this audition result was quite satisfying.
If what she received from Park Jung-woo was correct, Seoyeon had effectively completely crushed Hwang Min-hwa's pride.
'Serves her right.'
When Park Eun-ha was thinking that.
"But, actress Hwang Min-hwa seemed like a pretty decent person."
"...?"
"She subtly took care of my image and looked after me."
She cared for her as a fragile actress, and didn't she also help at the end?
Seoyeon thought that maybe Hwang Min-hwa, despite her fierce personality, was unexpectedly a decent person.
Or maybe she took care of her because it's her? She also thought.
"You're being gaslighted!!"
Of course, for Park Eun-ha, it was quite a frustrating thing to hear.
Anyway, a few days passed like that.
The broadcast date of the Japanese variety show Seoyeon appeared in was approaching.