I Want to Be a VTuber Chapter 62

"…."

The first day of filming the movie.

Seoyeon looked at the large pig's head in front of her and was dumbfounded.

"Alright, Ms. Seoyeon. It's your turn."

"Ah, yes."

Along with a few other actors, Seoyeon bowed deeply to the pig's head.

It is common to hold a traditional *gosa* ritual before filming a movie or drama.

A kind of event praying for the success of the movie or drama.

Since she hadn't experienced this when she appeared in before, Seoyeon found it refreshing inwardly.

'A pig's head….'

Looking at the pig's head staring back at her with a smiling face, Seoyeon felt an indescribable feeling.

It also brought to mind the creature she had seen in before.

'Perhaps I am easily frightened?'

Seoyeon had never thought her mental fortitude was weak, but the fear she felt for the first time in her life was such a huge shock that it lingered in her mind.

It would recover as time passed, but anyway, that's how it was right now.

"Seoyeon, are you feeling alright?"

"Yes."

At Manager Park Eun-ha's words, Seoyeon nodded.

Of course, to others, Seoyeon looked calm with no change in her expression.

Even though she was startled by the pig's head, it only caused her pupils to shake slightly.

'Definitely….'

Park Eun-ha stared at such a Seoyeon.

Actors were definitely a different breed.

Especially if they were a special actor.

Hwang Min-hwa, whom she had managed before, was like that too.

She had a different aura from Seoyeon.

A luxurious aura.

An overwhelming presence that dominated others.

So, perhaps that was why it was hard to carelessly speak up in front of her, and why one couldn't help but feel crushed.

As for Seoyeon's case.

"The filming might take long, so please rest in the van."

Contrary to her frosty appearance, she had a very affectionate personality.

The exact opposite of Hwang Min-hwa.

No, maybe not the opposite.

Since Hwang Min-hwa's image from the start wasn't exactly a friendly one.

'I thought Seoyeon would be similar.'

Park Eun-ha froze when she first saw Seoyeon.

A face with few changes in expression, making it hard to read her emotions.

A child like a doll.

Just as Hwang Min-hwa was.

No.

There was an aura beyond that.

A genius child actor.

As if proving that the title was by no means an exaggeration.

Seoyeon had a presence different from Hwang Min-hwa's luxurious aura.

Something overwhelming that stole one's gaze.

Probably, this was the greatest quality an actor must possess.

Furthermore, when she acted, that atmosphere changed in a flash.

The amazement she felt when she first saw Hwang Min-hwa up close.

But Seoyeon had something beyond that.

'That's why even Hwang Min-hwa couldn't act carelessly around her before.'

As actors who reached the top usually do.

Hwang Min-hwa had a good eye.

Those who would make it.

She could uncannily distinguish those who wouldn't.

In her eyes, Seoyeon must have clearly passed.

That was why she acted like a kind older sister.

Hiding her true self.

"It's okay, I'll be watching from here. Where else would a manager go?"

"Hmm, I don't think it matters."

"Just focus on filming."

Park Eun-ha said that and smiled.

, Seoyeon's first movie.

And its release date overlaps with the movie starring Hwang Min-hwa.

.

Just as the GH Group sharpened their knives for .

Utopia was also a movie backed by the capital of a massive conglomerate.

No, if anything, looking at capital alone, they would be superior.

Because even foreign capital went into that one.

The director's name value was superior on 's side, but looking at the actors alone, had more top-tier actors.

While wasn't small in scale by any means, was a super-sized blockbuster even larger than that.

'Still.'

Park Eun-ha looked at Seoyeon warming up and wished earnestly.

That she would definitely trample Hwang Min-hwa.

She believed so.

***

"Today's filming is the scene where Detective Im Seung-cheol, who happens to see the murderer fleeing, chases Cha Seo-ah."

The corresponding scene is Scene Number 30.

It is the scene where they encounter each other by chance during a night patrol, after Cha Seo-ah and the detectives crossed paths at the bus stop.

It is the first scene meeting Cha Seo-ah, the culprit.

'He's not the type to shoot in order.'

Hearing Scene Number 30, Seoyeon checked her physical condition.

She didn't expect to be running from the very first shoot.

Originally, every director has a different filming style.

Previously, Director Gong Jung-tae of was the type to shoot scenes in order.

However, Bae Jin-hwan of was the type to shoot appropriate scenes depending on the condition of the day.

Or to shoot the hardest scenes first if possible.

Probably, in today's case, it was the latter.

"Are you okay, Ms. Seoyeon? Are you sure you don't need a double?"

"I'm fine."

Generally, actresses often used doubles for scenes that required physical exertion.

Not just for action sequences, but to make the scene itself look pretty.

Especially for a chase scene like this where a sense of speed was important.

Cha Seo-ah of often wore clothes that easily hid her identity, like a hoodie or a raincoat, making it an environment where using a double was easy.

"Hmm, alright. If it's too hard, we can switch anytime."

"Yes."

Actually, even if it involves running today, it's not at a tremendous level.

The fourth murder case caused by Cha Seo-ah.

Detective Im Seung-cheol, who had been chasing that case, comes face-to-face with Cha Seo-ah just as she was slipping out of the scene.

"Oh my, shooting something intense right from the first day."

"The beginning is supposed to be hard, so it gets easier as you go, right?"

Someone must have been a staff member who spoke in a dialect, as such a voice was heard.

'She's going to have a hard time.'

The staff, well aware of Director Bae Jin-hwan's style, clicked their tongues as they looked at Seoyeon.

He was what you would call a perfectionist.

He had the scene he wanted and the picture he envisioned, so the scene had to match it as much as possible.

Because of that, when a scene requiring physical movement came up, even the actors who initially volunteered to do it themselves gradually dropped out on their own.

If physical acting is clumsy, it makes for a scene worse than having none at all.

A culprit who can't even run properly?

Naturally, Bae Jin-hwan couldn't accept that.

Moreover, late-night filming.

For Seoyeon, who had school, it was a welcome filming time slot, but for the other filming crew, it was hell.

'If things go wrong today, we'll be pulling an all-nighter.'

This isn't a matter of acting skills.

It seems like it would be better to just leave it to a double.

Such thoughts crossed their minds, but what could they do when the actress wanted to do it?

"Get the slate ready."

The junior assistant director grabbed the clapperboard that indicated the movie's scene.

It meant filming was about to begin.

The assistant director shouted, "Standby!"

Sound, camera.

They announced that they were ready in order.

Director Bae Jin-hwan's gaze scanned the alley, the filming set.

There were two actors appearing in this scene.

Joo Seo-yeon as Cha Seo-ah.

And Kim Dae-heon as Detective Im Seung-cheol.

'Finally.'

Director Bae Jin-hwan swallowed dryly as he looked at the two actors.

It wasn't that directors didn't get nervous either.

Moreover, the GH Group this time literally handed over all the full authority to the director.

Better actors.

They allowed him to form the cast with the actors Bae Jin-hwan chose, rather than actors with good careers and high price tags.

Kim Dae-heon was a talented actor, but one with not much experience as a lead.

Moreover, he mostly played villains, and was the kind of actor who often appeared as a general in historical dramas.

But Bae Jin-hwan believed his acting skills weren't all there was to him.

He was an actor with plenty of potential and latent talent.

Bringing that out was his job.

'And, Joo Seo-yeon.'

Her career was entirely child acting.

To be honest, she was an actor that even the production team, who had been given free rein over casting, talked about.

No matter what, they asked if it wasn't too much to give such a heavy role to an actor with only two credits to her name.

Even if her acting skills were acknowledged, the higher-ups speak in numbers.

Even the hit drama she appeared in was just for a mere three episodes.

The play was a huge hit, but the higher-ups would just sneer at that.

Sales.

How much money it could bring in—that was all the higher-ups looked at.

Ironically, it was only passed over because of the impact that had brought.

After all, it was the broadcast network.

To them, Seoyeon, who hadn't shot a single commercial, was just an unscratched lottery ticket.

'Right, a lottery ticket.'

It sounds nice, but lottery tickets have a low chance of winning.

It'd be great if it hit the jackpot, but ultimately, it had a high probability of being a dud.

'I trust my eyes.'

The acting of Hong Jung-hee she saw in .

And the acting of Seoyeon she saw at the script reading.

That flash of brilliance.

"Action!!"

S# 30.

The first chase scene.

.

The scene that most intensely represented its name.

The filming began in the late night under the moonlight.

Clatter!!

The sound of a pile of trash haphazardly piled next to the utility pole collapsing was heard.

Detective Im Seung-cheol, who was chasing the recent murder case, looked around urgently.

"Where. Where the hell are you."

He looked down at his old cellphone.

He checked the time the report came in.

It was a call that came into the police station late at night.

A terrified voice saying someone seemed to have broken into the house.

A scream rang out before they could even finish stating the address.

Without even time to wake his sleeping colleagues, Im Seung-cheol rushed out alone.

A dark alley.

The address the victim stated over the phone was definitely around here.

Mangwon-ro 49-gil.

Navigating through the countless rows of houses, Im Seung-cheol ran recklessly.

It had already been over 10 minutes since the report came in.

He might be too late.

He desperately shook his head to banish that thought.

And, when he turned the corner for who knows how many times.

"…"

He encountered someone wearing a yellow raincoat.

Someone wearing a raincoat even though it wasn't raining.

A small stature.

It was hard to tell the gender.

A presence that seemed to swallow the darkness.

Im Seung-cheol's eyes widened.

Because he saw the red blood soaking the yellow raincoat.

Whose blood was it?

That went without saying.

"You, bastard!!"

With a roar echoing in the alley, Im Seung-cheol ran towards the culprit.

Leaping over the trash scattered on the ground, the culprit turned their body at the sight of him charging.

The weapon had already been disposed of.

Seeing the huge difference in size, the culprit chose to run rather than fight.

And.

"…?"

Vanished in an instant.

Kim Dae-heon's feet—not the vigorously running Detective Im Seung-cheol's—came to a halt.

'Wait, how is she so fast?'

Ah, with feet that fast, no wonder they haven't caught her yet.

It was a run that made one think exactly that.

"Cut, cut, cut, cut!!"

Director Bae Jin-hwan hastily shouted.

He called out to Seoyeon, who had already vanished into the alley in a flash.

"Ms. Seoyeon."

"Yes."

"Um… please run a little slower."

Since she's the culprit, it's right to run away quickly.

But there's a limit to that.

"Did you do track and field, Ms. Seoyeon?"

"Ah, no."

Seoyeon denied it, but it was enough to make him think that.

There's a reason she didn't use a double.

The staff all had the same thought.

"Then let's do it in sync this time!"

Clap, clap. Bae Jin-hwan shouted loudly while clapping.

And the re-filming began.

Everyone was tense from the shocking run that had just happened.

"Wow, the shot came out great."

"This is it. The timing is spot on."

S# 30.

The filming concluded amidst everyone's praise.

In an instant, without even having to stay up all night.

The first chase scene symbolizing .

A smile hung on Bae Jin-hwan's lips at its successful start.