"Oh, what's with the vibe?"
"Aren't they just trying to sync up before the action scene?"
All eyes focused on the space where Seoyeon and Doha were practicing before shooting the action scene.
Shooting a single action scene requires considerable preparation.
Not only must their synchronization be perfect to prevent accidents, but using a set also requires appropriate setting adjustments.
Naturally, rather than perfectly shooting a scene today, it was practice.
And tomorrow would be the full-fledged filming.
"It feels like Actor Min Doha caught the emotion first, and Actor Ju Seoyeon matched her."
"Perhaps because they're young actors, they're full of vigor."
Everyone sent interested glances and spoke thus.
However, the person in question, Min Doha, couldn't easily laugh and say that.
Full of vigor?
What nonsense, what vigor?
'It's quiet.'
Min Doha looked at Seoyeon, desperately trying to calm her trembling heart.
Seoyeon, no.
'Jin Yeonseo' looked similar to the appearance she had seen in
To be exact, more like her appearance in the 'preliminaries' than in the 'finals'.
The finals had a more emotional tendency, but in the preliminaries, Seoyeon was consistently expressionless.
At the time, since her characterization wasn't perfectly established, she was simply a character with dull emotions, but now it was beyond that.
Not dull, but 'doesn't know'.
Even though she was clearly making an expression, no emotion was felt.
"Her acting is a bit awkward, isn't it?"
"My dear man, it's not awkward. It's supposed to look awkward. Didn't you come to the previous shoot?"
"Pardon?"
"When we filmed with that fellow from Hollywood, the director said so. He said she has to act mechanically, like a person who doesn't know emotions."
A veteran actor said that to a junior actor whose career was still shallow.
He was the actor playing 'Park Hoonmin', the foster parent of the protagonist Jin Yeonseo in this movie.
Although he hadn't played the lead in a drama, he was an actor who appeared like a reliable supporting role in various movies.
Therefore, he had often filmed movies with many famous actors.
"She's acting as if she's learned emotions. Because she doesn't know them, she just imitates them plausibly."
So, just looking at it gave a bizarre sense of discomfort.
The subtle discomfort people often feel when watching bad acting is similar to this.
The discomfort coming from forcibly mimicking human emotions.
However, even though Seoyeon wasn't forcibly mimicking expressions, and her movements weren't awkward, that peculiar discomfort was felt.
'If I face that head-on, I might not even be able to speak properly.'
Kwak Daecheol looked at Min Doha, who stood facing Seoyeon.
And then, he saw Narumi Sora staring at Seoyeon like that as if it was natural.
It seemed she was very familiar with Seoyeon looking like that.
'Young actors these days are scary.'
Did they say Jo Seohee also appears in this movie?
The young Hollywood actor over there, and Jo Seohee too.
He thought he might suffer a big blow if he didn't keep his wits about him.
And.
With everyone's attention focused, Seoyeon, who was facing Doha, tilted her head.
"Aren't you coming?"
Towards the frozen Doha, Seoyeon spoke with a 'feeling' of puzzlement.
Seoyeon, already in a near-method state, had every single one of her actions resembling Jin Yeonseo.
Seeing that, Min Doha clenched her chattering teeth.
She didn't even have the presence of mind to act properly.
In the first place, there was no need to act.
This was practice.
Ju Seoyeon was just acting as she pleased.
Simply matching the timing of the action Professor Kim Hongbaek had just shown.
'Yeah, Min Doha, what are you scared of? Is she really going to kill you?'
She was confident in acting that actually used her body.
Until she met out-of-standard individuals, she thought she was the best at action acting among her peers.
'First the right arm, then the left arm. Finally, as I get hit by the front kick, I throw my body backward.'
Having simulated the scene in her head, Min Doha swung the plastic three-section staff in her hand towards Seoyeon.
'Oops.'
She should have said she was swinging first since it was practice.
Out of tension, she ended up attacking abruptly.
However, it was only the other actors around who were surprised by her action.
Professor Kim Hongbaek, who was the action advisor, just stood with his arms crossed and watched, and Narumi Sora, who had directly sparred with Seoyeon...
...and had been with Seoyeon in Japan for a while, didn't even blink.
'If it's Seoyeon, it'll be fine.'
Roughly that kind of feeling.
And, as the three-section staff was actually swung, Seoyeon's pupils moved.
'These eyes.'
Once, Min Doha had seen this kind of appearance.
When Seoyeon deflected the paint round with her arm in
Seoyeon's eyes moved following the trajectory of the projectile.
Having witnessed that right before her eyes, Min Doha lost her will to fight from then on.
Bang!!
The plastic staff collided with Seoyeon's arm.
'First hit.'
Then, 'Jin Yeonseo's' arm bounced to the left and drooped down.
A sign that the arm was broken.
At the same time, Jin Yeonseo's left arm stretched out towards Doha.
Seeing that, Doha swung the staff towards Jin Yeonseo's elbow half a beat later than originally planned.
A moment where she almost got grabbed by the collar by Jin Yeonseo's hand right then.
'M-mistake.'
But it couldn't be helped.
Because she was momentarily flustered by the sight of 'Jin Yeonseo' approaching head-on.
'Because she really looked like Jin Yeonseo.'
Generally, action acting is difficult because of fear.
The difficulty of the action itself was one thing, but there was also the fear of getting hurt from a minor mistake.
What she was swinging now was a plastic staff, but it still hurt if hit.
If hit, it hurt quite a bit.
Isn't it painful even when hit by a plastic ruler?
Even with such minor pain, the body unconsciously shrinks back.
However, Seoyeon didn't have that.
When she took the hit to her right arm, she didn't show any change.
'Surely, when I hit her right arm just now, I must have put force into it.'
It was an attack launched reflexively out of nervousness.
Naturally, much more force went into it than planned.
Normally, Seoyeon, who took the hit, would get angry, or receive a remark to take it easy since it was practice.
But the moment she hit, a shock came back to Min Doha's grip.
Terrified once again by Seoyeon's motionless figure, Doha's subsequent action was half a beat later than planned.
'But I deflected it.'
Smiling a sigh of relief at that, Min Doha saw Seoyeon's leg stretching out towards her.
Right, the next scene was getting hit by that leg and flying away.
"……!!"
In an instant.
She thought it was a moment close to a split second.
The moment Jin Yeonseo's foot approached, emotion seemed to pop out of her temporarily.
Killing intent.
She saw the red eyes staring at her widen for a moment, and a small smile form at the corner of her mouth.
'That's right.'
It's not that she 'can't' feel emotions.
She's just unfamiliar because she hasn't learned them.
So, depending on the situation, they burst out instinctively.
Receiving two attacks first.
The moment both arms were broken, unlike her quiet mind, her flesh instinctively harbored killing intent towards Min Doha.
That was this single attack.
Probably, the moment she faced Jin Yeonseo's first 'emotion' for the first time in this research institute.
Min Doha's body couldn't help but freeze.
Like a person facing a charging truck unable to move.
Her mind went blank.
And.
Thump~
Pushed by Seoyeon's foot, Min Doha fell on her backside.
"……Why aren't you acting?"
Seoyeon looked at Min Doha with puzzled eyes and said.
Not Jin Yeonseo, but Seoyeon.
"Huh?"
"No, when you get hit by the foot, you have to act like you're kicked and sent flying. I can't just push you with my foot."
"Ah, yes. T-that's right. Right."
Min Doha thought she was going straight to the next world from being kicked by that foot just now.
"Ah, th-that was just because I was so immersed in the moment."
"Um, that can happen."
Seoyeon nodded at the acting Min Doha had just shown.
At Seoyeon's appearance, Min Doha looked down at her body and breathed a sigh of relief.
'I'm fine?'
Was it just purely the pressure of acting?
Min Doha recalled the moment she was pushed down by Seoyeon's foot just now.
It just felt like being pushed down by a normal woman's foot.
'H-ha, of course this is natural.'
Suddenly, Min Doha wondered if she had been too scared.
Thinking about it, Seoyeon had never shown anything particularly special in terms of muscle strength in
It was just purely her fast reaction speed.
Waving her fists around earlier was a bit suspicious, but... maybe it was all just her delusion.
'R-right. That's right. Geez, me falling into weird delusions.'
It felt like she had weird thoughts for no reason because of the image of Seoyeon she saw in
Around the time Min Doha's tension was easing like that.
Seoyeon looked at such Min Doha and recalled the scene they had just synced.
'It was quite good.'
A sudden attack as if reenacting a scene from the movie.
Because she was immersed in the acting, a bit of force went in, but Seoyeon's skin wouldn't have gotten a single scratch even if it were a sword instead of a three-section staff, so it wasn't a problem.
...Of course, it's a guess since she had never been hit.
'Above all, it was very natural.'
Deflecting the arm twice, and even showing a sign of relief, was perfect.
At first she thought it was strange, but thinking about it a bit, that was actually more natural.
Only after barely blocking an attack could one smile in relief, right?
'It's good?'
Calmly having both arms broken and then smiling in relief is awkward if you think about it.
Unless she was sneering, that is.
At the excellent sync (?), Seoyeon felt greedy.
The greed to shoot a better scene!!
"Professor."
"Yes, Miss Seoyeon."
"Wouldn't it be more natural for me to directly push with my foot rather than the one getting hit falling backward on their own?"
"Hmm..."
At Seoyeon's words, Professor Kim Hongbaek sent a glance to Doha, who was looking up this way after falling on her backside.
"Ah, w-wouldn't that be okay?"
Min Doha nodded, recalling the kick she received from Seoyeon just now.
She thought it would be fine if it was just a bit stronger than that.
Above all, since everyone kept praising her, Min Doha felt her lost confidence returning.
"Well, then let's do that. Certainly, that would be more natural."
That was real action without CG or wires.
If they captured the shot well, it would produce quite an impactful scene.
"What do you think, Director?"
"...Is that possible? Even if she gets pushed by the foot and falls, I don't think it'll be much different from now."
Han Yegun, who had been quietly watching the situation, was flustered by Professor Kim Hongbaek's words.
"Wouldn't it be more natural to use CG or wire work instead?"
"Wires are probably awkward to use in such a scene. CG costs unnecessary amounts of money."
It's good to save where you can.
At Professor Kim Hongbaek's words, Han Yegun pondered for a moment.
Honestly, he thought it wasn't a scene possible with a woman's leg strength, but the Professor Kim Hongbaek he knew was not a man who spoke nonsense.
"Let's try it once first and then decide."
Once Han Yegun's permission fell, Professor Kim Hongbaek stacked a bunch of soft cushions behind the mat.
To prevent injury when flying backward.
'Huh?'
Of course, it was a scene that started while Min Doha was gathering her wits.
"Then Miss Doha, you can come and stand here."
Having confirmed that the previous scene was already perfect, there was no need to see more.
They just needed to capture the feel of the final kicking scene.
"It's not kicking, it's pushing with the foot."
"Yes."
"You must not kick."
"Of course."
At Seoyeon's appearance, speaking full of enthusiasm, Kim Hongbaek was inwardly worried.
Because he recalled the recent sight of Seoyeon riding around on a bear.
The scene where, when the bear's head was hit, the bear let out a mournful cry.
The bear's head snapping back every time it was hit.
Kim Hongbaek knows.
That a beast's, especially a bear's head does not snap back so easily.
"Miss Doha, you just need to entrust your body to Seoyeon's foot from here. You must not put strength in your body or anything."
"Yes, sir."
Min Doha said in a much more relaxed voice.
Because Seoyeon's foot was lighter than expected just now.
'Yeah, it was all my delusion.'
Like that, the two actresses stood facing each other.
The sight of them checking various safety gear was quite busy.
"Hah."
Arthur, who was quietly watching that, let out a scoff.
What kind of farce that was.
"Hmm."
But unlike him, his close friend Oliver was watching the situation with very interested eyes.
"...It's novel that you're showing such interest. Is that useless circus quite a sight?"
"Probably, Arthur, you'll find it interesting too if you watch."
"Hmph, what nonsense..."
The moment he was saying that.
"Kyaaaah!!"
A scream was heard, and Min Doha flew.
She flew a good several meters and landed on the cushion.
For a moment, silence fell on the set.
"……."
"?"
Arthur, who lost his words at the scene just now, sent a flustered look to Oliver.
Because it seemed like things had happened just as his friend had said.
"The East is truly mysterious, Arthur."
At Arthur's gaze, Oliver just shrugged his shoulders.
***
While preparing for
Fortunately,
Once that preparation progressed to a certain extent, the shooting of scenes would also proceed.
'I feel a bit sorry for Doha unnie.'
After being sent flying once, Min Doha was visibly flinching whenever Seoyeon appeared.
Of course, after being thrown a few more times, she became fine.
Probably, she had adapted.
"That's giving up, Ju Seoyeon."
Lee Jiyeon said as if she couldn't believe it.
The only person who would go through that several times and be fine is someone like Jo Seohee.
Jo Seohee was undeniably the person with the strongest mentality among the people Lee Jiyeon knew.
Otherwise, it would probably feel similar to an ordinary Min Doha.
"That's too harsh."
"Isn't the one being too harsh not me, but you...?"
Jiyeon expressed her condolences to the actors who would film
Probably, due to the nature of
'Still, it feels like she doesn't overdo it too much in action acting.'
Honestly, Jiyeon thought Seoyeon might cause accidents out of excitement when filming the movie.
But except for certain scenes, she seemed to act normally.
'...Something, her gaze feels unpleasant.'
Of course, Seoyeon, receiving such a gaze from Jiyeon, inwardly thought it was too much.
She wasn't some beast, and she didn't run wild anytime.
Even in action acting, she acted just like a normal person, no more, no less.
It was just that, in Min Doha's case, it seemed like the scene would come out pretty.
Seoyeon had no intention of specifically utilizing her physical abilities in acting.
"More importantly, Lee Jiyeon."
"What."
"You're nervous, aren't you."
"...."
When she said that to Jiyeon, who was needlessly scolding her, Jiyeon looked at her with stern eyes.
"Today is just an interview before the premiere, you don't need to be too nervous."
"...I know."
Her needlessly reproaching herself was probably to forget her own nervousness.
Above all, the interest in it was close to unprecedented.
The premiere date had been announced, and a brief interview was conducted before that.
"Make sure to handle the questions from Actor Lee Sangsoo well."
"I know."
At Jiyeon's pointlessly blunt reply, Seoyeon smiled softly.
Because looking at Jiyeon's appearance right now, it reminded her of her own appearance during the premiere of