Chapter 22
Actor Kang Seong-chan was a popular actor with decent acting skills and a refreshing and handsome face.
He was the top priority for casting in The Moon That Hidden the Sun and attracted a lot of attention as if to prove his name.
What else do you learn from Haye?
Not only her innocent appearance but also her recent romance movie attracted 7 million viewers making her one of the most popular actresses in recent times.
However there was talk that his acting skills were somewhat lacking compared to his popularity.
Even so his acting skills were only inferior to those of talented actors and his acting skills were not enough to become an issue.
And two supporting actors.
Actress Han Tae-won and actress Shin Yeon-mi were also people who appeared like licorice in various media.
In particular actress Shin Yeon-mi played a significant role in her drama as Princess Yeonhwa’s nanny.
So the child actor caught in the gap actually stood out.
To be honest it was a very surprising appointment from the reporters’ point of view.
“I thought that if a child actor was to appear it would naturally be Park Jeong-woo Park Seon-woong’s son.”
“He is the child who became an issue in this making film.”
“It became an issue but… auditions and dramas are different right?”
“That’s right. Hmm I’m not sure. But the visuals are definitely…”
“It’s definitely a mask. “Honestly out of all the child actors I’ve seen recently she’s by far the best in terms of looks.”
As expected from professional reporters in the entertainment industry they knew a certain amount of the actor’s personal information.
I can tell you everything about the child who recently attracted attention with a making film.
“You memorize it and sleep on it but the only thing that came out right in the first place was the CF right? From what I heard I recently filmed one more commercial but my only activity so far has been filming two commercials.”
“Right. But still the acting skills I showed at the audition were pretty good.”
“Is an audition the same as an actual drama?”
“Well that’s true too.”
Reporter Lee Byeong-hoon inadvertently nodded while listening to the reporters’ conversation.
Even if you count where the cameras are pointed you can see the difference in attention.
‘No if you think about it that way it’s actually a lot.’
The pair of leading actors Lee Byung-hoon and Ha Ye-seo greeting each other at the photo zone.
Joo Seo-yeon stands next to the supporting actors at a little distance away.
Still since it was the childhood role of Princess Yeonhwa it stood somewhere between a leading role and a supporting role.
Honestly considering Seoyeon’s popularity it’s not surprising that she doesn’t receive much attention.
But surprisingly the cameras of the audience and reporters also occasionally focused on Seoyeon.
There are probably people who had similar thoughts to Lee Byung-hoon himself.
‘Director Gong Jeong-tae is not an idiot.’
Common sense tells us that if a child actor were to appear it would be easy for Park Jeong-woo the son of great actor Park Seon-woong to attract attention.
But the fact that they sent that child away means that there is something there.
‘good. ‘
Lee Byung-hoon who thought about that picked up the camera and headed towards Seo-yeon.
He followed his instincts after working as a journalist for 10 years.
***
‘thank god.’
Seo-yeon was relieved that many cameras were not pointed at her.
Or more accurately I should say that I was fortunate that reporters did not approach me aggressively.
If there had been no reaction at all it would have been a subtle feeling but that wasn’t the case.
Just an ambiguous response?
It is difficult for Seo-yeon to know whether it is good or bad.
“Miss Seoyeon it would be nice if you smiled a little at people~.”
“yes.”
At that time Seoyeon weakly nodded her head at the words of Shin Yeon-mi who played the role of Princess Yeonhwa’s nanny.
Anyway it’s a photo zone so it wouldn’t taste good if you stood there bluntly.
‘Anyway the attention is focused on the main character.’
With that thought in mind Seoyeon smiled and waved her hand.
Because this was one of Seo-yeon’s greatest talents making her laugh pretentiously.
“Oh I laughed.”
“It looked like the kid was frozen because he was nervous… That’s exactly what he looked like in the commercial.”
As Seoyeon smiled more people showed interest in her.
When he was expressionless his presence was small but there was something about him that brightened up the surroundings just by smiling.
‘As expected that kid….’
Kang Seong-chan the lead actor of Taesumdal saw this and was lost in thought with a smiling face.
In fact the number of times Kang Seong-chan met Seo-yeon was not that many.
Since our shooting schedules didn’t overlap we only saw each other a few times during greetings.
Since the child actor only appears in three episodes anyway he just thought it would be good as long as he acted reasonably well.
Just two days ago.
If it weren’t for the video that director Kong Gong-tae showed.
“How are you okay?”
“…yes.”
“Just playing music here will create a better atmosphere.”
“I see. But it still had some effect even without the music right? “Snow or something.”
“I gave it some… but not snow. “Isn’t it amazing?”
Not eyes?
Seongchan Kang watched the video.
What he was seeing was a video with added editing to the footage.
Most of the work other than music has been completed.
So he thought that some degree of natural CG was added.
‘It was okay when I watched episode 1.’
When Kang Seong-chan first checked the first episode of Taesumdal his image was ‘It came out much better than expected.’
At least I don’t think there will be many viewers who will be dropped in episode 1.
And the feeling I felt after watching episode 2 was surprise.
‘Compared to the unedited video there are definitely some shortcomings in the acting.’
It is said that he did not learn acting properly.
But honestly it was safe to call him a genius at this level.
Even his shortcomings were not revealed through editing so his acting was so close to perfection that he could have been seen as a child actor.
‘More than anything eyes.’
It would be even more amazing if they said there was no CG added.
Is it because of the light from the lantern? It seemed like it was shining.
It’s in those eyes that Seoyeon’s emotions stand out.
Even if there is no deep emotion the mood changes clearly because of the change in the eyes.
‘And episode 3 too.’
If the feeling I felt after watching episode 2 was surprise episode 3 felt like a burden.
If you do this wrong and your acting is compared to that of a child actor there is nothing more shameful than that.
Isn’t he a talented actor himself?
He never thought there would come a day in his life as an actor where his acting skills would be compared to that of a child actor.
“This is a bit burdensome haha!”
“Oh I know actor Kang Seong-chan’s skills very well. Of course you will do better.”
“haha….”
Director Jeong Gong-tae said that and smiled.
Those words were not just words to praise himself.
The pressure was ‘We have to extract at least this many scenes from the main story.’
Anyway that happened two days ago.
Kang Seong-chan was confident that this drama would do well.
And in order to do better we decided that it would be better to focus on those who would attract attention in the beginning.
This place is just that.
Usually the first three episodes of a drama are the most divided in evaluation.
However the production team of Taesumdal decided that they were confident that they could take in all the viewers who came in within those three episodes.
‘It looks like I’m bored right now because I’m not interested…’
Seongchan Kang glanced at Seoyeon.
Seoyeon looked a bit bored as the reporters’ attention was focused on her.
‘A senior should help me with this.’
With that in mind he lightly winked at Seo-yeon.
‘Eek….’
Thanks to this Seoyeon was startled for a moment.
No why are you winking at me?
Although she has become a woman she is herself with memories of her past life.
No if I had done that to myself in my past life I would have just said ‘Why did you do that?’ But now I feel an even more strange sense of rejection.
No this isn’t a problem with my past life… Is it because of my age?
Anyway I don’t know.
“Thank you so much for your interest.”
During the brief interview many questions were asked to Kang Seong-chan and Ha Ye-seo.
Kang Seong-chan holding a microphone and looking at the reporters and gathered fans soon realized that it was time.
“I would like to tell you some surprising news here today. There will be a preview of the drama one month before the drama airs. There will be up to two episodes and I plan to greet you again with the other cast members there.”
A preview?
The reporters and the people gathered here thought that this was simply the end of the teaser event.
But I never would have guessed that another preview was prepared separately.
It was surprising because there were not many offline events held in succession like this before the drama started.
“For your information I saw it in advance… but I was very surprised. You can really look forward to it.”
If you look at the preview of the drama child actors will appear until episode 3.
Nevertheless people’s attention was focused on Kang Seong-chan’s words.
Especially to Seoyeon.
‘uh.’
I could feel the reporters’ eyes all focused on me.
Seoyeon who was not yet used to this kind of gaze froze as her smiling face remained.
She was confident in acting like this but she was vulnerable in unexpected situations.
“Especially Joo Seo-yeon who came out today. “It would be a good idea to take a lot of pictures today.”
As Kang Seong-chan continued to speak cold sweat formed on Seo-yeon’s forehead.
“You might regret it later.”
Confident words from talented actor Kang Seong-chan.
This time in response to his words and actions that even gave Seoyeon a pat on the back Seoyeon raised her thumb with her trembling hand.
She tried to smile but she wasn’t sure if she was smiling right now.
Anyway it was obvious that he would be criticized if he didn’t respond to his senior’s words so he tried his best.
‘There was no need to do this…’
Doesn’t being a human being require preparation for anything?
As soon as Kang Seong-chan finished speaking I could feel the eyes of reporters and the public looking in this direction.
A questioning gaze as if asking whether those words were true or fake.
Among them there was a reporter eagerly taking pictures.
Seoyeon could clearly feel her feelings of ‘burden’ at this moment.
***
If it’s fortunate I’d say it’s fortunate.
After the drama teaser event ended she didn’t really call me.
Producer Ha Tae-oh says this is enough.
They said the full article would come out after the preview.
“Ugh.”
It’s a burden it’s something I’ll have to go through at some point but it’s bigger than I thought.
The actors once again showed themselves proudly in front of numerous viewers.
And the vertubers looked amazing.
‘Aren’t vertubers and actors a little different?’
Anyway people’s attention can be such a burden.
It was such an unfamiliar feeling to me that I was rolling around on the floor for no reason.
“What are you doing Seoyeon?”
“…you wouldn’t know it if you looked at it.”
“I’m telling you you’re not just going to call it a mirror station are you?”
“I’ll do my best.”
“That’s right.”
Jiyeon Lee said with her arms crossed.
Currently we are practicing in preparation for Arongdarong Kindergarten’s school performance.
“Oh my.”
Please note that the place was not a kindergarten.
So to speak a place where Jiyeon Lee can practice comfortably.
In other words I was currently at Jiyeon Lee’s house.
“Our Jiyeon likes Seoyeon a lot. “I never thought she would end up like this~.”
“Ah haha. “That’s right.”
Her mother responded awkwardly to Hong Jin-hee who was smiling brightly as she spoke.
‘I knew but.’
I stared at her mother with a salty gaze.
Her mother Su-ah had very poor communication skills.
Looking back she didn’t have many friends she kept in touch with.
‘Fighting Mom!’
I wanted to do something but I couldn’t help it.
This time I needed help from my adult mother.
A word from the author (author review)
It was late because there was an edit point in the middle. sorry!! ㅜㅜㅜ
And I tend to have typos and inscriptions in my novels.
I’m glad it’s a simple typo but sometimes it’s a ridiculous sentence…
For example you need to avoid an attack but you get hit.
It should be said that it is of excellent quality but it is of excellent quality. There are cases where it is written in the exact opposite way.
If I write while listening to a song the writing comes out faster than I thought. So I constantly look at the manuscript and revise it.