- The Chaser, this is another thriller
- Is it Director Bae Jinhwan's new work? Then it should be worth watching
- Who's the actress? The convenience store actress is super pretty
- She's still in high school, Princess Yeonhwa from Looking at the Past, Memories
- Oh, her?
- She's definitely pretty, but it's a waste to use her for a convenience store role
- I think she's appearing on a variety show next week too
- Do supporting roles do promotion nowadays too?
- She's pretty, let's have a drink
When the trailer for The Chaser was released, the internet briefly buzzed with excitement.
Director Bae Jinhwan.
A new film from a director who is somewhat called a genius director in Korea.
Plus it's a thriller with a pretty good cast.
Hearing that it was a film invested in and produced by the GH Group, some people looked at it with unnecessary skepticism, but it was definitely a highly anticipated new work.
Above all, with recent Korean movies struggling against foreign hero movies, the anticipation was even greater.
"I just hope the plot isn't too predictable."
Film critic Na Dongsik said so while shaking his head.
A thriller movie, that's good.
He even heard that they gave Director Bae Jinhwan significant support in casting actors.
"Raincoat killer, I don't know when this raincoat killer trope is from again."
A fellow critic of Na Dongsik's smirked and said.
"……No, I'm not saying that's bad. It's classic, right. But, um."
"A bit weak on impact?"
"Exactly. This is……."
He replayed the movie trailer.
The trailer released yesterday was a 2-minute one.
Of course, you can't know all the content of the movie from it.
So, looking only at the information that can be known.
"The build is too small."
"Having the large Actor Kim Daehan right beside them makes it even more so."
"Right, right. Exactly that feeling. The culprit…… definitely has presence."
Why did they have to choose such a small build for the culprit.
Well, as long as a person is holding a knife, even a woman can be dangerous.
"A woman?"
Na Dongsik, who muttered unconsciously, narrowed his eyes.
"Ah, the culprit role is a woman? That could be."
"Hmm. Then, I'm a bit less looking forward to it."
The culprit role needs to properly show presence.
It's not that a woman can't do it, that kind of macho personality, but there is an atmosphere that comes from appearance first.
Absolute evil.
To bring out such an image, it felt relatively lacking.
"And, is this person also a main role? Their face appears in the trailer."
"Ah, Actor Joo Seoyeon? Maybe they included her because she's a hot topic lately?"
Indeed, her face was extremely pretty.
A face working part-time at a convenience store.
And looking at the internet reactions, she'll be appearing on a variety show soon.
"They send a supporting role to a variety show for promotion……."
"It seems like there's still quite a while until release, probably an intention to take advantage of the recent buzz."
Until the movie release, it will take at least a few more months at the fastest.
Even if a commercial is one thing, sending her to a variety show felt early.
But, sending her out so quickly must be seen as an intention to use the recent buzz.
Throw a jab first, and do the major promotion again a few months later.
"Hmm……."
But Na Dongsik somehow felt uneasy about this actor named Joo Seoyeon.
He heard that Producer Cha Dongjin participated in this movie.
He is a smart person.
It wasn't for nothing that GH trusted and entrusted him.
'Is it really just that intention?'
Commonsense-wise, it would be.
The actor named Joo Seoyeon.
Of course he had seen her. He was someone who vividly remembered Taeseomdal.
He vividly remembered the acting Joo Seoyeon showed during her child actor days.
Plus, her appearance recently in
The audience-drawing power that gathered people in
The influence exerted on the public, for a mere convenience store supporting role.
'No.'
That can't be.
In a position where anyone could fill it.
Putting such a noticeable actor in it was strange in many ways.
"Ah, I should at least post my brief impressions of the trailer today."
Na Dongsik nodded at his fellow critic's words.
Because he could roughly tell how he was going to post.
He was a critic who mainly poured out harsh reviews, so he would pour out the parts of
It's not exactly a review.
Just a line or two spat out on SNS.
"I'm going to hold back this time."
"Really?"
At Na Dongsik's words, he had a puzzled face.
Because Na Dongsik was always the one who took the lead in things like this.
But, somehow.
He felt like he shouldn't do that this time.
At least, until the movie is released.
***
Commonly, life changed overnight.
There's such a saying.
Of course, my case was a bit different from that, but there were similar aspects.
Having had experience filming dramas before, I just vaguely thought it would be similar.
"Ah, hello."
"?"
At the convenience store I always visit before going to school, the part-timer rarely spoke to me first.
If you ask why.
"You were in a movie, an actor. I, I recognized you at first glance."
He awkwardly took out his smartphone and showed it to me.
The movie trailer for
To be honest, there was a part that didn't feel real.
Every time the video was refreshed, the view count rising in real-time made it hard to know if real people were watching.
"I'll cheer for you!"
Smiling lightly at the convenience store employee's words, running to school.
There were people who recognized me more than before.
The first change was when I filmed the variety show
And next was
Like that, there were some people who knew me a bit from those two times.
This time, maybe more than that.
'Maybe.'
I might have entered a slightly bigger world than I thought.
Such a thought occurred to me.
"The reaction to the first trailer is really good, so we're preparing a second trailer too."
Director Bae Jinhwan said to Seoyeon with an endlessly happy face.
Since the reaction was positive first, it was warranted.
He heard it was the highest number among movies released this year.
"Miss Seoyeon."
"Yes."
"How was the exam?"
"……."
Since she never expected to be asked about her exam scores here, Seoyeon kept her mouth shut.
For reference, it's not that Seoyeon is bad at studying.
She just purely dislikes studying, an ordinary student you can find anywhere.
"Ahem, still, you should pay attention to your studies. You know that, right?"
"Yes."
There were many young actors who thought, why is that important when doing acting work.
At least Bae Jinhwan had the thought that if you're a student, you should study.
Even if you can't do well, it's a matter of attitude.
"Of course, Miss Seoyeon looks like someone who gets things done cleanly just by looking, so I won't worry about it."
"……."
Even for Seoyeon, overflowing with self-esteem, she couldn't bring herself to nod at this.
Honestly, she's not the type with a clean-cut personality.
If she said that, she could see her dad giggling and laughing.
She felt unnecessarily upset.
"The movie will be released soon. Until then, we'll focus on promotion."
In other words, it meant she'd be dragged around here and there.
"Are you hiding about Cha Seoah until the end in the trailer?"
"Until the second one."
"Then in the third."
"Yes. Really, just a very little bit."
There was no intention to hide it completely.
They would insert a scene that could hint at who the culprit is at the very end.
"Then will you rest until the release, Seoyeon?"
"No."
At Director Bae Jinhwan's words, Seoyeon smiled brightly.
Looking at Actor Kim Daehan, who was dressed up for promotion, Seoyeon smiled.
Today was interview day.
"Huh, you're not resting? You're busy, Seoyeon."
The actors were gathered in one place.
Actor Kim Daehan spoke comfortably toward Seoyeon.
Now, with their friendship having grown, most of the actors treated Seoyeon comfortably.
Actually, she told him there was no need to use honorifics, but Actor Kim Daehan firmly declined.
Saying that still wasn't right no matter what.
"Then is it a commercial shoot? I heard the Eclat Etoile commercial model changed recently."
The one who said that was Jung Sihyun, who played Han Yehwa.
Recently, the posters and advertising billboards of the existing commercial model Song Heebin were being taken down.
Meaning they were replacing with a new model.
And everyone here knew who that model was.
"No."
"Then?"
"An audition, I'm going to take one."
"An audition?"
Another audition here?
Well, that could happen. But she thought a student was working quite diligently.
"What drama is it? Recently a thriller drama in production……"
"It's not a thriller drama."
"R, right. Ah, the image of Cha Seoah's role is so big."
To Jung Sihyun, Seoyeon was Cha Seoah.
That image was so strong, Seoyeon not in a thriller or similar genre didn't come to mind well.
At Jung Sihyun's reaction, Seoyeon became even more confident about this drama.
"The genre is youth romance."
"……Youth romance?"
Wasn't it a genre too far removed from Seoyeon?
Somehow, it felt like everyone thought so.
Since Cha Seoah was Cha Seoah, but even just looking at how she used her body, they thought a drama that could showcase action would be better.
"The audition for Dream Future is, just a little while from now."
Exactly 3 weeks later.
It was after Seoyeon's variety show and commercial went out.
'If I pass the audition.'
What Seoyeon was aiming for was Jo Harin, a lead-like supporting role with relatively little screen time.
The weight was like a simple comic relief role, but it was a role with strong bouncy character.
If things go well and she films
The drama's airing date exactly overlapped with
To be precise, around when
What Seoyeon was aiming for was exactly that.
Preventing the killer's image from being overlaid on the cosmetics commercial.
'Plus, from episode 8, the screen time drops significantly and she doesn't even appear, so there's no burden.'
If the screen time is small, the number of shoots is also small.
So Seoyeon planned to just deliciously eat the image improvement and then slip away.
Truly a perfect plan.
Seoyeon thought so and laughed inwardly.
***
"Director."
"What."
Baek Minchan, director of Eclat Etoile, answered while examining documents.
At his reaction, Business Strategy Team Leader Jung Taesu spoke in a small voice.
At that atmosphere, Baek Minchan stopped his hand examining the documents.
"……It didn't go well?"
He asked in a tense voice.
That was also because this commercial model matter was his strong insistence.
If it didn't go well, it would return as a blow to him one way or another.
"10 percent……."
"It dropped?"
"It went up."
"Shit, then why did you say it like that!!"
Bang! Baek Minchan pounded the desk.
10 percent.
Saying it like that makes it seem small, but it was actually an incredibly high level of increase.
Of course, considering the fallen sales, it was a level that let them breathe.
"It's been a week since the change, right?"
"Yes."
"Then, wait and see. It'll go up more."
Baek Minchan laughed heartily with such conviction.
He knew exactly what activities Seoyeon was doing.
Today was the day Seoyeon's variety show airs.
Namely
'It would be nice if she casually mentioned our cosmetics…….'
Honestly, he didn't think Seoyeon would have done something active in
Since she's an actress, he rather thought it would be good if she just didn't cause a big nuisance.
If she does poorly, it would directly become a blow to Eclat Etoile used in the commercial.
As a sin of using a nuisance actress for the commercial.
Of course, Baek Minchan trusted Seoyeon.
At least the Seoyeon he saw then wasn't the type to cause a nuisance.
However.
The next day.
"Director, the sales……."
"……."
At the sharply increased daily sales, Baek Minchan froze.
No matter what, he never even thought it would go up this much.
'I just thought it would be good if sales recovered to some extent.'
Dramatic.
It was truly a situation where that word fit perfectly.