The filming of
The process of coming to know jealousy was remarkably trivial, but anyway, it was definitely helpful for the acting.
'...I can't bring myself to say it though.'
Jealousy, an unfamiliar emotion.
Come to think of it, feeling emotions is a natural thing.
It wasn't anything special.
It was only special to her.
Watching the people cleaning up the set, Seoyeon fell into thought.
In a way, her decision to become an actress was to learn about those things.
A place where various emotions appear and are expressed by fabricating them.
Perhaps this world, where masks once created to cover up displeasure became a profession, was comfortable.
'...Is my puberty not over yet.'
It was a strangely emotional day.
Maybe it was because she saw such a shocking scene yesterday.
Just thinking about it made her stomach boil.
Of course, it wasn't as much as yesterday.
Seoyeon herself also learned for the first time that she possessed such emotions.
She had even thought of herself as being like a plant.
But no. She was just a fool.
'Hmm.'
There are still many emotions she doesn't know.
Of course, in this life she feels emotions naturally.
It's just that because of the disconnect with her past life, she has to think once about what emotion it is.
When acting, she inevitably becomes conscious of it.
Just like how when a person becomes conscious of breathing, it feels needlessly cumbersome.
"Seoyeon-ssi."
Perhaps because today's filming was successful.
Director Bae Jinhwan approached Seoyeon with light steps.
"Yes?"
"Today's filming was really good. It seems like it'll be fine if we keep going like this. But..."
He trailed off, hesitating.
At Seoyeon's blank stare, he said what he had been pondering.
"The next shoot is a somewhat intense scene. You know? Kidnapping Han Yehwa, and during that process, you get into a fight with a police officer."
"Yes, I know."
"Looking at you, Seoyeon-ssi, you seem like you can handle using your body. Can you possibly do it?"
Can you possibly do it?
She stared at him, wondering what he meant.
"Didn't you hear? Action scenes are usually done by stunt doubles. You should have already heard that, Seoyeon-ssi?"
"Ah, I heard it."
Come to think of it, there was such a mention.
Stunt actors who take on action scenes are usually chosen to have a similar build to the actor.
The fact that Cha Seo-a often wears raincoats or outfits that hide her face is also because it makes it easier to use doubles.
Since physical fight scenes appear frequently in the work, they were planning to use doubles.
"But, the actor who was supposed to be Seoyeon-ssi's double reportedly injured his ankle. So we were thinking of finding a new actor... when it suddenly came to mind."
The first shoot.
The chase scene between Seoyeon and Kim Daeheon.
He remembered Seoyeon who had zoomed away then.
Of course, running and action using the body are different. But what if? That thought crossed his mind.
"If you're okay with it, there's an action school I know. How would you feel about it?"
Seoyeon didn't know, but this was a very special case.
Action school. Naturally, if it's an action school known by a director of Bae Jinhwan's caliber, it's practically synonymous with the most important 'action school' in Seoul.
Probably the place with the most renowned stunt actors in South Korea.
And, naturally, it's not easy to get into such a place.
It's not just stuntman aspirants, but actors who want to learn action also seek this place.
Naturally, you have to go through an audition, and the competition rate is very high.
'He has very high standards, but with someone like Seoyeon-ssi...'
For reference, Bae Jinhwan had a connection with Professor Kim Hongbaek who created that action school.
So he could sufficiently recommend a talented actor.
He thought someone of Seoyeon's level would be quite a good talent.
'If she learns intensively for a month or two, it should be fine.'
The action scenes in
It was originally a thriller movie, not an action movie.
However, this thing called action is very comprehensive, and even a moderately choreographed fight scene shows a big difference depending on whether one has learned action or not.
If anything, rather than an action academy, it should be considered 'all acting that uses the body.'
If she learns just the relevant scenes intensively, one or two months would be sufficient.
"How about you try it, and if you think it's okay, Seoyeon-ssi does it?"
At Director Bae Jinhwan's words, Seoyeon's response was:
"Yes, I want to try it. As an actress."
A calm answer.
At Seoyeon's words, Bae Jinhwan inwardly admired her.
Usually, female actors tend to avoid action acting.
'Very good attitude.'
She was still young, but very admirable.
While Director Bae Jinhwan was nodding with a pleased smile.
'Action acting!'
Seoyeon, who liked using her body, was simply thrilled.
She had always wanted to learn action acting.
***
Director Bae Jinhwan gave the address of the action school along with his business card to Manager Park Eunha.
Saying that if she mentioned she came by his introduction, they would take good care of her.
And so, the next day.
After arriving at school, Seoyeon felt a strangely busy atmosphere.
The excited faces of the students and the noisy atmosphere felt different from usual.
"Did something happen?"
Seoyeon, who didn't have any friends to ask about it, scurried over to the next class during the break after first period and asked Jiyeon.
"...You could at least ask the kids in your own class about that much."
"That's, a very difficult thing. That."
"What's so difficult about it."
Jiyeon sighed at Seoyeon's words.
Well, looking at the outside, she is an intimidating person.
Normally her reactions are weak, so you don't know what she's thinking.
Plus, Seoyeon had an aura.
The description 'her presence is different' suited her more than anyone else.
Well, if she would just smile, she could make friends easily enough, but with her being like that.
"It must be because of the school festival."
"School festival?"
Is there such a thing?
When Seoyeon looked at her with such eyes.
"It seems Yeonhwa High School holds the festival on a fairly large scale."
Yeonhwa High School is a school where students who are confident in arts and physical education rather than academics gather.
Because of that, while its average academic grades in Seoul sit at just average or slightly below, it was very strong in arts and physical education.
So they held athletic competitions and school festivals very grandly.
Especially the school festival, where each class prepared a separate booth.
"...They really do that?"
"Surprisingly, many do."
Many do.
Seoyeon nodded.
Even if it's a school festival, Seoyeon didn't have anything she could particularly do.
Looking at it, it seemed they had already decided what to do at the festival yesterday.
'What is our class doing?'
She wanted to ask but didn't have anyone to ask.
Suddenly, Seoyeon thought that this wouldn't do.
If things continued like this, wouldn't she end up spending the school festival alone without mingling with her classmates?
"You realized. Go back to your class."
At Jiyeon's heartless words, Seoyeon became a little deflated.
And when she returned to the classroom.
The gazes of the class students all flew and stuck to Seoyeon at once.
Seoyeon felt like she was becoming a transfer student every day.
'...As expected, I need to take some measures.'
If her acting work gets busy as it is, it was clear she would continue to be left out.
That's not right.
A life where Lee Jiyeon is her only friend throughout all three years of high school...
Isn't that a bit sad.
Thinking such thoughts, Seoyeon suddenly remembered something she had forgotten.
'Ah, I should have asked.'
About Ramiel.
She was going to ask while visiting Jiyeon's class, but completely forgot about it because of the school festival.
But even if she wanted to ask, what should she ask?
Who is the mage?
Why did she suddenly start broadcasting?
"..."
Seoyeon flopped down on her desk.
Her thoughts became complicated in many ways.
***
Professor Kim Hongbaek.
A stunt actor and martial arts director representing South Korea.
The Cheonghong Action School he established in Seoul produced many action actors.
And it was known as the gateway for stuntmen without connections.
Naturally, many stuntman aspirants challenged every quarter, and the number of applicants was enormous.
"Hmm, Joo Seoyeon..."
A man with a sharp impression muttered that name.
An actress visiting the action school today.
No, perhaps it would be better to call her a fledgling rather than an actress.
One drama she appeared in.
Other than that, one theater performance for experience.
A fledgling actress doing a movie for the first time as well.
Such an actress was personally introduced by a director of Bae Jinhwan's caliber.
"The Yeonhwa Princess and Hong Jeonghee roles."
Both are roles with no connection to action.
But Bae Jinhwan is a director with very outstanding discernment.
If he says he wants an actress to act directly in a role that requires action rather than using a stuntman, there must be a reason.
And so, in the afternoon.
At the appointed time, a girl arrived with her manager.
Joo Seoyeon.
At her appearance, the gazes of the trainees who were practicing action acting focused on her.
Because she was a girl with an appearance that attracted that much attention.
However, Kim Hongbaek slightly frowned.
'Her body has very good balance. But...'
Has she ever exercised properly?
Outwardly, there was no sign of it.
She was slim, but it would be harder to find an actress who isn't slim.
Especially if she's a female actress.
Rather, there were cases where excessive body management made the body weak.
With such a fragile body, action would be impossible.
They should rather use a double.
"Hello. I'm Joo Seoyeon, a rookie actress from Nova Entertainment."
Still, her greeting was bright.
At the greeting of her bowing, Kim Hongbaek's face relaxed.
"Yes, I received the introduction. I'm Professor Kim Hongbaek. You can just call me Master or Professor here."
"Yes. Thank you for your words."
"Then, have you ever done action acting... no, right?"
"Yes."
"Have you ever learned it?"
Seoyeon hesitated for a moment.
She did workout often, and practiced other exercises while watching the internet, but.
"I've never learned properly."
Even when she attended acting academy, there was no such thing.
At Seoyeon's words, Kim Hongbaek nodded as if he expected it.
On the other hand, at Seoyeon's words, the other trainees around slightly frowned.
'Who is she?'
'Looking at her, she seems to be an actress...'
For those who entered through auditions, people who come in through connections like that inevitably stand out.
Professor Kim Hongbaek's teaching was not something just anyone could receive.
But an actress who clearly looks like she has no connection to action doing action?
It's good to have ambition in acting, but it looked obvious that she would give up after trying.
"There aren't many action scenes, so about a month should be enough. It might be a bit tough, is that okay?"
"Yes, it's okay."
Kim Hongbaek had already seen the script through Director Bae Jinhwan.
Cha Seo-a's action scenes were mostly physical fights with detectives when 'killing' someone.
And chase scenes.
The highlight of this movie.
To bring out 100% of these two things, about a month's time was needed.
Before practicing action right away, she needed to learn how to use her body properly.
Otherwise, it could lead to injury.
"First, your height and weight weren't written on the profile, can I know them?"
Professor Kim Hongbaek said while examining Seoyeon up and down.
Probably around 50kg?
She had a physique so fragile that it looked that way.
"...Weight?"
But for some reason, Seoyeon's voice trembled.
At her reaction, Kim Hongbaek was puzzled.
Because she didn't seem like someone who would particularly care about her weight.