Reading (4)
Ryu Jeong-min couldn’t take his eyes off Kang Woo-jin.
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In the beginning, it was because of his misconception that he recognized Woojin as his manager, but now it is because of his acting skills that are greater than the impact of his appearance.
‘That acting… what on earth is appropriate, bluff?’
The male lead in ‘Profiler Hanryang’ was Ryu Jeong-min, but at this moment, the main character in the reading room was Kang Woo-jin. Because not only Ryu Jung-min but all the actors were staring at Woo-jin. Everyone had the same look in their eyes.
It changed from ‘Who are you?’ to ‘What are you?’
Of course, the various people involved in the large hall were also similar. Among them was CEO Choi Seong-geon, who had his hair tied in a ponytail. Representative of BW Entertainment, the agency of top actress Hong Hye-yeon. He recently became a hidden investor in the short film ‘Healing Office.’ CEO Seong-geon Choi came separately from Hye-yeon Hong and was sitting on a simple chair near the entrance.
And the pony-haired CEO Choi Seong-geon is now speechless.
“···How much time do you have to catch your emotions? “Why is your emotional switch so fast?”
Of course it was because of Kang Woo-jin. An unknown actor whom Hong Hye-yeon took interest in and was suddenly cast by producer Song Man-woo and writer Park Eun-mi. To be honest, CEO Choi Seong-gun’s first impression of Woojin was that he was just okay.
But it was different now.
The moment he saw Assistant Manager Park, who was shown in an instant, CEO Seong-geon Choi’s mind turned blank. I was confused about what I was seeing and whether I could judge the man who was doing it.
‘I’ve never seen acting like that.’
How much analysis and practice does it take to achieve something like that? No, is this an area that can be accomplished with practice alone? It was difficult to even define the current Kang Woo-jin as an actor.
Okay, just Assistant Manager Park. It was just Assistant Manager Park.
At this point, Assistant Manager Park’s eyes and expression changed. Her dark eyes, where her murderous intent and pleasure spread, suddenly showed a calculating smile. For some reason, a child appears in his face. A twisted fairy tale. Calculated concentricity. And then he picks something up. Next, a quiet line was spoken.
“cute. It’s so fluffy. “I want to explode.”
Assistant Manager Park slowly turns his head as if looking for something around him. The focus was clearly his face. However, Assistant Manager Park’s fingertips as he holds something tremble slightly. It didn’t start out of fear.
It was a restlessness that came from excitement.
CEO Seong-geon Choi, who was looking at Assistant Manager Park here, got up from his seat without realizing it.
‘···A sociopath with pleasure right in front of him.’
fun. Manager Park is about to have fun. By destroying something. At this moment, no one in the huge hall had any doubt that the man was Assistant Manager Park.
I couldn’t do that.
It wasn’t something like imitating what was written in print in the script. That’s why Kang Woo-jin’s acting is soft, clean, and without any sense of disconnect. What about the lines spoken quietly? CEO Choi Seong-gun continued to be impressed.
‘One short line of dialogue moves people.’
The expression “bewitched” would be appropriate. Around this time, CEO Choi Seong-gun suddenly remembered something.
‘Wait a minute, I told you to take it in moderation.’
Producer Song Man-woo’s order to Woo-jin was ‘in moderation.’ The request was to do just enough to set the tone of the play. In other words, the conclusion is that Kang Woo-jin’s acting was all appropriate.
Choi Seong-geon, the head of the ponytail, couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.
However, Kang Woo-jin, who has just finished acting as Assistant Manager Park in the first part, has a very determined expression. No, it’s aloof. The face said that the acting just now was very light.
even.
‘When the acting was over, the smell of Assistant Manager Park disappeared like a ghost. It’s the same expressionless expression, but the eyes are completely different, right? ‘Why do emotions circulate so fast??’
Kang Woo-jin’s process of entering and exiting acting was so fast that it was insane. This is the first time CEO Choi Seong-gun, who has been in the acting field for over a dozen years, is seeing this for the first time.
‘In moderation… it might be right.’
And I admitted it. Yeah, I’m not sure what it is, but that guy. That monster did it in moderation. That margin cannot be achieved unless it is in moderation.
In that way, Kang Woo-jin overwhelmed everyone in this large hall.
No matter the expectations, whether low or high, Kang Woo-jin far exceeded them with just one ‘adequate’ performance. It was proven that more than 100 people, including actors, remained silent.
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Before we knew it, everyone was casting the same look at Kang Woo-jin, who was sitting silently.
Ah, I know why he’s sitting there.
On the other hand, Kang Woo-jin.
‘Phew – it was a bit tough. ‘Sitting down and acting is not easy.’
It was a thorn in the side of the burdensome gaze of over a hundred people.
‘Everyone is glaring at me even more. Was my acting bad? That can’t be possible. Anyway, my turn is over, so why can’t I proceed? ‘Can I just wait?’
I also felt a bit of a desire to run away. Still, Kang Woo-jin maintains a poker face. Although she is still at peak nervousness, she somehow manages to appear dignified. While reciting spells such as “Time goes by quickly”.
This came as an even greater shock to Ryu Jeong-min, the southern neighbor across the street. It was a face with no soul.
‘Why are you so calm? Is that kind of acting… really nothing??’
Sitting next to him, a senior actor with over 30 years of acting experience lightly tapped Ryu Jeong-min on the shoulder.
-Tuk.
And then I whispered softly to Ryu Jeong-min.
“Don’t lose your mind.”
“···yes?”
The veteran actor gestured at Kang Woo-jin, who had a strong face across from him.
“He caught everyone’s attention with just one act, playing with the flow as he pleased. That thing is not a rookie. “I have a past.”
At this moment, Kang Woo-jin was firmly imprinted on all the actors in this hall.
“Where did such nonsense come from? “Come to your senses, too, or your acting will eat you up?”
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As an outrageous monster actor.
backwards.
According to the script, the second part of ‘Profiler Hanryang’ has begun. Kang Woo-jin’s vision was not the reading field. Woojin. No, Assistant Manager Park was walking down the street. He licks the ice cream. The clothes are light. It looks like it came straight from home.
The place where Deputy Park arrived was the police station in front of the house.
-Squeak.
After stuffing the remaining ice cream into his mouth, Deputy Park opened the police station door without much trouble. The police all look busy. No one cares about Deputy Park, who has entered the room now. Soon, Assistant Manager Park tilted his head and knocked on the open door.
-Knock, knock, knock.
It was only at this time that a police officer took interest in Deputy Park.
“How did you get here?”
Manager Park’s answer with a calm face was simple.
“I came to turn myself in.”
Here, producer Song Man-woo changes the scene.
“Inside the interrogation room, Yoo Ji-hyung and Assistant Manager Park are facing each other.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Assistant Manager Park was replaced by Namjoon Ryu Jeong-min. In other words, we look at Yu Ji-hyung. Assistant Manager Park’s expression was strange. Somewhere between laughter and calmness. However, his dark eyes with a faint glow were full of Yu Ji-hyung.
The conversation started with Assistant Manager Park.
“You’re angry.”
Before Ryu Jung-min started acting, he looked at Assistant Manager Park across from him and muttered to himself.
‘I don’t even look at the script. No, I don’t need to see it? Well, if Assistant Manager Park was as good as he was, he would have analyzed the script like crazy.’
He, who had a misunderstanding, spoke as Yoo Ji-hyung. As befits his nickname, Yu Han-ryang, his tone was filled with annoyance.
“I wasn’t angry. “I’m just excited because that amazing serial killer is right in front of me.”
“Awesome. that’s right. It was amazing, I did. “Once upon a time.”
Assistant Manager Park, who was rolling his eyes as if reminiscing about the past, lowers his head and looks back and forth at his handcuffed hands.
“This is harder than I thought. “It hurts a little.”
Yu Ji-hyung clenched his chin.
“You look comfortable. Aren’t you scared? This is the interrogation room. “There were police outside.”
“I know, he’s probably behind the mirror over there too. “Police.”
“that’s right.”
“But surprisingly, it’s not scary.”
Yoo Ji-hyung suddenly asks Assistant Manager Park.
“You’re a psychopath over there, right?”
Manager Park, with a crude smile, answered the question with a question.
“Profiler? Is that so?”
“Well, that’s right. “I got caught up in something troublesome.”
“Then you have to do something. I’m looking forward.”
Yoo Ji-hyung sighs in annoyance, but notices every little move of Assistant Manager Park.
“Why did you go through the trouble of turning yourself in? If I had just lived like that, I would have remained an unsolved case for the rest of my life. “That would be a medal for you, right?”
Assistant Manager Park, with both hands together, looks at Yu Ji-hyung for a moment and then slightly tilts his head.
“How many?”
“what?”
“The person I killed.”
“···4 people. “If you are sure you are the serial killer.”
“I guess it’s right?”
“Why did you turn yourself in?”
A repeated question. Assistant Manager Park looks at Yu Ji-hyung and twitches the corner of his mouth. It was about holding back laughter. Because the current situation is going the way I thought. The main character now was himself.
“Are you mad?”
“Which one?”
“Why is there something like that? I can’t stand being misunderstood for no reason.”
I opened the file Yu Ji-hyung brought.
“Some misunderstanding? “You made a spectacular comeback with the past 4 murders and this murder, right?”
Assistant Manager Park narrows his eyes and points to the file with his index finger. The tone is meaningful.
“I surrendered because of that. Someone is imitating my amazing work. “It’s a fake, that one.”
“···Imitated it?”
“Yes, that’s too clumsy. “The police really didn’t have any suspicions?”
“Is the method the same as yours?”
Assistant Manager Park laughed and pushed his body forward a little.
“Profiler. Do you know why children are told not to watch cruel movies?”
“Because I follow along.”
“That’s right, and um- I didn’t kill that guy who died this time. “There is a real culprit who imitated me.”
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“Don’t you believe it? If you do some research, you will find out. My alibi is certain. Oh, you haven’t tried it yet.”
Assistant Manager Park puts his back against the chair as if he has said everything he wanted to say.
“That’s why I turned myself in. “To prove that I didn’t kill him.”
Yu Ji-hyung crosses his arms and asks.
“There is another real culprit?”
Serial killer surrenders, claiming innocence.
A few hours later.
The script reading is over. It started early in the morning and was completed around afternoon. However, the temperature inside the large hall is still hot. At this time, producer Song Man-woo poured cold water on the situation.
“Thank you all for your hard work! We’ve prepared a lot of after-party in two hours, so enjoy! Of course, if you want to rest, you can stay comfortably in your room!”
As soon as his declaration was over, several of the dozens of actors stood up from their seats. Meanwhile, I glance at Kang Woo-jin. The actor slowly leaving the hall also glanced. Everyone glanced sideways at Woojin, who was sitting with an expressionless expression. Of course, the same goes for the remaining actors.
Because, unlike the first time, my perception has changed 180 degrees.
Of course, there was also the constant buzzing.
“Wasn’t the smoke creepy?”
“Oh, I heard you’re just like Assistant Manager Park. “It makes me wonder if the author used him as a motif.”
“It was a fresh shock after a long time. But… he seems like the type that’s hard to get close to, right?”
“admit. “Maybe it’s because I saw Assistant Manager Park’s acting, but he has such a deadpan expression that it’s hard to approach him.”
“But where did you find that friend? extreme?”
However, because Woojin is still a bit cynical, the actors do not approach him for now. It got worse after seeing Assistant Manager Park’s strong acting.
“Are you recovering your emotions? “The atmosphere is a bit heavy.”
“It’s worth it. “After seeing your acting, I really need to be careful about turning into a sociopath.”
“They say accidents happen like that. In Hollywood.”
“It’s breathtaking.”
The judgment was wrong. Expressionless Kang Woo-jin was currently thinking about something else.
‘Maybe it’s because I’m constantly nervous, but I’m hungry. The meat is really soggy during the after-party. Should I hold back on drinking? Because if you get caught with a concept, you’re screwed. I wish the meat was beef.’
I was also timing it so it wouldn’t be noticeable. To be exact, I’m just paying attention.
‘Everyone is slowly leaving. Should I get up too? No, I’ll leave later. There are a lot of people now.’
Thanks to Woojin’s seriousness, everyone felt he was heavy, but he was actually craving beef. Dozens of people in the hall just look at Woojin, who seems to be in such a sensitive state. Various entertainment officials, reporters, actors including Hong Hye-yeon and Ryu Jung-min, ‘Profiler Hanryang’ production crew, etc.
It was at this time.
-Knock knock.
Someone tapped Kang Woo-jin on the shoulder. When I turned around, I saw five or six people, led by a woman. Two of them are holding cameras mounted on gimbals. Soon, the woman in front smiled a little awkwardly.
“Hello, Mr. Woojin. “This is our making team.”
Making team? Ah, I saw it on YouTube. That’s how you film it. At this point, the number of eyes looking at Woojin in the hall increased. The actors and other people who were leaving the hall also stopped. Next, Kang Woo-jin’s low answer spread.
“hello.”
“I’m sorry this must be hard for you, but I just wanted to ask you a few questions.”
What’s hard? But do you have a question for me? Ah, I’m a little nervous. Kang Woo-jin nodded her head.
“All right.”
When permission was given, the woman’s expression brightened.
“I really enjoyed your acting! I heard that the role of Assistant Manager Park was a very difficult role, but I was surprised that he acted so realistically and well. How much did you analyze and practice? “It took you a long time to figure out the subtext (the meaning hidden in the passage or line), right?”
At this point, writer Park Eun-mi, who was sitting at the head of the desk, took off her hair band and hit producer Song Man-woo, who was sitting next to her, on the shoulder.
“PD. Shouldn’t that be dried? Woojin, you are making a pass? If it were the Woojin we know, he would really answer without filtering, right? Like, ‘It wasn’t that difficult.’”
However, producer Song Man-woo, wiping his beard, was calm.
“This is a question I usually ask other actors as well. It doesn’t look good when you cut it. And that’s his charm. Different star quality. Self-esteem with a reason.”
“Are there any reporters?”
“are you okay. Because reporters are only supposed to write articles related to reading. It is also an opportunity to firmly establish the character of actor Kang Woo-jin to the remaining people. “All the entertainers in attendance must be drooling over Mr. Woojin.”
“···still.”
Producer Song Man-woo calmed down writer Park Eun-mi, who was a little worried with a motherly attitude.
“Haha, it’s okay. There are a lot of people, so no matter how much Woojin doesn’t care what others think, he will probably answer appropriately.”
Kang Woo-jin was lost in thought for a moment.
‘Hmm- analysis? practice? What is subtext again? I think this question should be answered in more technical terms.’
It was a hall lined with top actors. I didn’t know if I would give a rough answer.
‘It may seem like a bit of a slouch, and then there may be doubts about the concept. Let’s talk a little bit about social life here.’
A calm Woojin gave a short answer to the woman from the making team.
“I just liked the script.”
Then, writer Park Eun-mi, who was watching the interview, was slightly moved.
“oh. Hook like this?”
The woman from the making team smiled and asked another question.
“Ahaha, that’s right. That’s right, the script is killer, right? Um-Woojin just appeared out of nowhere like a comet. Was she in a theater troupe?? Did she develop her acting skills at a theater company?”
At this moment, actors including Ryu Jung-min and entertainment officials pricked up their ears, and Kang Woo-jin’s answer was very concise.
“No, I taught myself.”
At once, everyone left in the hall blinked.
