I Want to Be a VTuber Chapter 56

Chapter 56

“This is Kim Dae-heon who plays Lim Seung-cheol.”

<The Chaser> is a story centered around two police officers chasing a criminal.

Lim Seung-cheol is the protagonist of the story and a homicide detective.

He is a passionate detective who originally learned fighting skills and is willing to fight criminals.

And as if reflecting that character setting actor Kim Dae-heon was an actor with an impressive appearance.

Angled chin thick eyebrows and wide eyes.

He was over 180cm tall and had a look that would put quite a bit of pressure on him if he met him from the front.

“I’ve played criminals often but this is my first time playing a detective.”

Those around him burst out laughing at his joking remarks.

He was an actor who mainly played the role of a general in historical dramas but he often appeared as a criminal in modern dramas.

Although it was his first time playing a detective the actor who was worried about those words was not here.

Because his acting skills were well-known in the acting world.

“This is Jeong Si-hyeon who plays the victim Han Ye-hwa. Please take care of me.”

A woman with an innocent appearance bowed and greeted the actors sitting at the large table.

Jeong Si-hyeon played the role of the female protagonist in a recently popular drama that ended its run.

She has a good image and has recently become highly recognized.

In fact it was a role closer to the main heroine that the main character had to save rather than the victim role.

and.

“….”

Everyone’s eyes were focused on one girl.

The youngest among them is Joo Seo-yeon a 17-year-old actress.

‘Princess Yeonhwa?’

‘It was on TV this time.’

Joo Seo-yeon’s appearance was actually close to a surprise.

Today as we greet each other this is my first time seeing this face.

So far director Bae Jin-hwan has been the main villain of the movie.

I knew there was a lot of trouble finding an actress for the role of ‘Cha Seo-ah’.

So I heard that she managed to find one by searching for several actors….

She said ‘I never thought she was Joo Seo-yeon.’

Joo Seo-yeon.

A child actor who suddenly disappeared 10 years ago.

In fact child actors often retire suddenly.

There were many reasons but it was not uncommon.

What makes Seoyeon unique is that she disappeared when she was at the peak of her popularity.

“This is Joo Seo-yeon who plays Cha Seo-ah.”

It was a calm and pleasant voice to listen to.

A pretty face with an overall expressionless look.

It was a visual that perfectly suited the character Cha Seo-ah.

but.

‘Because the image of Princess Yeonhwa is strongly ingrained in me.’

‘I heard that your acting in <Close Your Eyes> just touched the director’s heart.’

The staff had such conversations in low voices.

There were many people who did not see the play who were skeptical about Bae Jin-hwan’s appointment.

The most recent time I saw Joo Seo-yeon was her impressive appearance in <Looking Back at Past Memories>.

It was a miraculous reunion after 10 years with the grown Yoon Seo-il and Park Jeong-woo.

Princess Yeonhwa who moved everyone and made them cry… a villain?

“I was really surprised that actress Joo Seo-yeon played the role of Cha Seo-ah.”

The person who said that was Park Hee-jun who plays Seo Gwang-il one of the two detectives in <The Chaser>.

Unlike Kim Dae-heon who played the role of Lim Seung-cheol who is large and close to the commonly called ‘hot-blooded’ character Park Hee-jun had an overall cool-headed impression.

I felt like the role of Seo Gwang-il was a good fit as his role mainly holds the reins for passionate detective Lim Seung-cheol.

“Please be kind to me as the role of Cha Seo-ah is a very important role in this movie.”

A heartwarming compliment.

It may have sounded like that but it was.

‘There’s a bone in the horse.’

‘It looks like actress Joo Seo-yeon is a bit suspicious.’

In fact Park Hee-jun did not like Seo-yeon very much.

To win this role how much effort did you put into auditioning and immersing yourself in the character of ‘Seo Gwang-il’?

Life role.

It felt like that.

Since it is a movie invested by the GH Group there is a high probability that it will be a big hit.

In fact because he had put everything into this film he had no choice but to have doubts about Seo-yeon.

to be honest.

‘It’s not that I don’t believe in director Bae Jin-hwan’s ability but what actress Joo Seo-yeon did in the role of Cha Seo-ah…’

It’s not even hostility.

But my anxiety was strong. 

Clearly Joo Seo-yeon has received good reviews for her acting skills.

But that was 10 years ago and what was shown as entertainment was only a short play.

And on stage in a play.

It’s not a drama or a movie. 

This film is the first opportunity to actually appear in front of the public.

So it’s clear that you’re not the only one feeling anxious.

at that time.

“Let’s proceed with the script reading today.”

Those words came out of director Bae Jin-hwan’s mouth.

There was a bit of excitement in the room at those words.

It is not uncommon to go from the first greeting to the script reading.

Honestly in a situation where there was anxiety like this it was important to relieve it quickly.

‘indeed.’

And production producer Cha Dong-jin who was present read Bae Jin-hwan’s intentions.

He had already seen Seoyeon’s performance in the play.

So I had some confidence.

This young actor.

Joo Seo-yeon is definitely real.

But other actors will be different.

To them Joo Seo-yeon is just a child actor who returned after 10 years.

“Let’s make it scene number 24.”

“yes? that….”

Kim Dae-heon who plays Lim Seung-cheol showed a curious reaction.

S#24.

That wasn’t really a part where Cha Seo-ah showed anything as a villain.

The part where Cha Seo-ah and the two detectives meet for the first time while standing at a bus stop.

The two detectives who were chasing the killer meet Cha Seo-ah at a bus stop not far from the crime scene.

At that time Lim Seung-cheol gets a strange feeling when he sees Cha Seo-ah and starts talking to her. After a little conversation the scene ends with Cha Seo-ah leaving on a bus.

Just such a simple scene.

“…All right.”

What can I show you here?

There were questions like that but since it was what the director said the actors agreed and listened to the script.

Scene number 24.

The background is a bus stop.

The table where the actors sat facing each other turns into a small bus stop.

When Kim Dae-heon and Park Hee-jun faced Joo Seo-yeon with the script in their hands.

and.

“Hey lady.”

His thick eyebrows furrow and he says it’s not Kim Dae-heon but ‘Detective Lim Seung-cheol’.

“Didn’t you see the news today? It’s dangerous to walk here alone! “I heard there’s a killer?”

「Oh senior. Please don’t scare me for nothing. “Why is it that everyone looks like that when they look at people?”

Lim Seung-cheol was not in a good mood.

This is because three murders have already occurred within his jurisdiction.

The victims were neither male nor female.

So it was more difficult to identify the culprit. 

Considering that he killed a large man the man seems more likely.

“Hey but the culprit suddenly came out of nowhere! “I don’t know if he’ll show up but shouldn’t I be careful?”

“What’s the point? It’s just a brat.”

The two quietly look at the woman while saying those words.

The woman stood still at the bus stop and she just looked at the two.

Strange atmosphere.

Yeah that’s the vibe.

Originally Lim Seung-cheol would have ignored it and passed it by but that strange atmosphere held him back.

Are you twenty now? Or is he in his late teens?

She is a small-sized woman who cannot be said to have killed an adult man.

But she strangely caught his attention.

And then.

She said the woman laughed.

“Thank you for your concern. “I’ll be careful.”

It was nothing special.

Ordinary line.

But something.

Something was strange.

‘what.’

The first person who felt something more was actor Kim Dae-heon.

The smile of Cha Seo-ah played by Seo-yeon.

It was a smile that looked like it had been painted.

performance.

There was a smile or something different that could make it clear.

‘Are you acting out an act?’

Yeah it feels like that.

I was smiling but it felt like I was acting out a smile.

This is what is commonly referred to as ‘awkward acting’.

But there was something different about it.

It feels like a change in direction.

I felt an unpleasant feeling that cannot be explained in words.

‘People.’

Seoyeon looked at them and slowly erased her smile.

‘I feel uncomfortable when I see something that closely resembles a human being.’

There is a saying called the uncanny valley.

A robot or doll that resembles a human. Or the emotions a person feels when looking at a picture.

This is the feeling you get when you instinctively feel that something is not human even though it resembles a human.

“Thank you for your hard work as always. If it becomes dangerous I will definitely contact you.”

It’s a light word with nothing special to say.

A smile on the lips and curved eyes.

Just looking at it it shows a woman talking sweetly to police officers.

However if you saw her in front of her eyes you would not be able to say that she was kind.

‘She’s just like me but she’s different from me.’

My past life self was loved.

I think so.

I was given a chance.

Time was given to see learn and imitate other people’s emotions.

Although she was scolded and physically punished in the process.

It probably wasn’t abuse…

In her previous life she was forced to become an ‘ordinary person’.

I wanted to become a normal person who laughs and cries.

I think that was the expectation that parents placed on themselves.

But Cha Seo-ah didn’t even get that opportunity.

Cha Seo-ah’s smile is a way of dealing with such abuse.

It’s a simple imitation that can’t even mimic the ’emotions’ that one had in a previous life.

‘Make the emotion imitation as light as possible to the borderline of awkwardness.’

Seoyeon knows.

At what point do people feel ‘strange’?

She remembers the face she showed herself when she laughed and cried countless times in her past life.

She had seen fear along the way.

What Seoyeon is acting now is the edge of that unpleasantness.

If your usual emotion imitation is more than 95% like normal emotions.

What Seoyeon is doing now is 70%.

A level that can barely be judged by a person’s ’emotion’.

And the shame of feeling awkward.

“however.”

Seoyeon says with a calm smile that she knows again.

She asked “Detectives do you work at the police station near here?”

It was an ordinary question.

But she felt a deep sense of tension.

The simple words flew into the hearts of the two police officers like a scene from a thriller.

“Oh yes. “That’s right.”

“Ah I see. So if I call he will come right away? How long does it usually take you? “You can come right away right?”

Are you asking out of concern about the threat of a killer?

It was a strange feeling to think about it.

How long does it take to dispatch when and where are you waiting?

Women were very interested in such things.

“But why are you curious about that?”

Detective Seo Gwang-il asks carefully.

Trying to shake off the strange feeling I felt from the woman.

“You said it was dangerous. “I am a weak woman so I think it would be good to know when and how I can get help.”

Although she was a reason to go if it made sense.

The woman’s lines did not contain any ‘worry’.

The question contained only pure doubt.

The smile which was different from the content of the question added to the awkwardness.

She imitated a calm smile but the emotions displayed were bright.

It’s as if I laughed as hard as I could because I didn’t know how much to laugh properly.

“Ah the bus is here.”

When the two didn’t say anything the woman lowered her head as she said that.

“I’ll be nice to you next time.”

Normally Detective Lim Seung-cheol would have joked appropriately at that greeting but he couldn’t bear it now.

I felt it.

She had a feeling that she would be reunited with this woman again someday.

Because I felt something vague like that.

The two detectives could only watch the woman leave on the bus.

So S#24.

The first meeting between Cha Seo-ah and the two detectives has ended.

“…Whew.”

Someone exhaled.

The tension that had quietly settled on the table dissipated with a sigh.

Script reading.

It was an easy finish.

There was just plain dialogue without any major emotional surge.

however.

‘what.’

The eyes of everyone sitting here were focused on Seoyeon.

‘Is it acting?’

Method acting.

No it wasn’t that area.

What they just encountered was the real ‘Cha Seo-ah’.

They are actors who make their living.

So I was able to tell what was acting.

But it was different now.

I couldn’t tell them apart.

“Seo Seoyeon?”

Even Bae Jin-hwan asked with a trembling voice.

She thought Seoyeon would do well but she never thought she would do this well.

Doesn’t it feel completely different from Hong Jeong-hee in <Close Your Eyes>?

“yes?”

Their reaction made Seoyeon wonder.

Because the way they looked at me was full of tension.

A word from the author (author review)

While writing a novel I often look for various examples.

There are more cases than you might think of child actors retiring after becoming popular.

Considering that a young child actor who appeared in Sunpoong Obstetrics and Gynecology in the past became a huge hit and then disappeared I feel like I’m really under a lot of pressure.