Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 735

The filming of [Shadow and Knight] went smoothly.

There were no major accidents or script revisions, and every scene they shot pleased Jonathan, the director.

“How do you feel, Jun?”

Of course, it also had to please Seo Jun, the lead actor and the ‘hidden boss’.

“I like it.”

Seo Jun smiled and nodded, and Jonathan’s face lit up with excitement.

Kirk Lawrence thought that he looked happier than he would if the president of Marina came and praised him.

Kirk Lawrence had finished his filming for the day, but he somehow couldn’t leave the set.

“Next, we’ll do the stunt scene!”

Matthew, the assistant director, shouted with enthusiasm.

There was a stunt scene planned, which seemed unlikely given Seo Jun Lee’s excellent action acting skills.

‘…I’ll just watch this and go.’

Until now, he had been watching Seo Jun’s acting, and he felt uneasy for some reason. He couldn’t take his feet off the ground. But if he saw the stuntman’s (inferior to Seo Jun Lee’s) acting, this inexplicable feeling would disappear in an instant.

Kirk Lawrence thought so as he looked at the stuntman, Philip Yoon, who was wearing the hero suit of ‘Knight Jin’ with a nervous face.

“Ugh! I’m nervous!”

“Just do what you did at the center. That’s enough.”

“Uh, how did I do it?”

What did I do!?

He asked sincerely, and the martial arts director rubbed his forehead.

Seo Jun, Jonathan, and Kim Jae Yeon, who came to support Philip Yoon even though he had no filming today, laughed at the sight of the two.

“Relax, Philip. Just think of yourself as William who became Knight Jin, and do what you practiced.”

Seo Jun said with a smile.

Above Philip Yoon’s head, the synchronization rate of [(Sun) Mimicking the Spring Zelkova] had increased by 1% to 91%, so if Philip Yoon focused, he could produce a great scene.

“I’m William who became Knight Jin…?”

Philip Yoon’s mind flashed with the scenes of Seo Jun’s acting as ‘William Lee’ and ‘Knight Jin’ that he had seen so far.

It was like he was the character itself.

It was as if he had brought ‘William Lee’ from somewhere in the world and put him on the set.

“…I don’t think I can ever do that.”

Philip Yoon’s eyes shook as he looked at Seo Jun, and Jonathan and Kim Jae Yeon burst into laughter. They could tell what he was thinking just by his expression.

“We don’t expect you to do that kind of acting. Just do what you practiced.”

“I didn’t do that kind of acting either when I did Jin Natra’s stunt.”

Phew-

Philip Yoon felt relieved by his senior, Kim Jae Yeon’s words.

“Then we’ll start filming!”

At Matthew’s words, everyone’s eyes turned to the set. Philip Yoon, who was wearing the costume of ‘Knight Jin’ and hiding his lower face with a mask, appeared.

“He looks a bit similar from afar… But he’s not as good as Jun, right?”

“Well, it’s okay. The stunt scene will be over soon.”

Kirk Lawrence looked at the set as he heard the staff’s comments.

Philip Yoon was checking the wires and loosening his body.

Soon, Jonathan’s voice rang out, saying ‘Ready’.

Philip Yoon clenched and unclenched his hands with black gloves.

‘I’ve studied hard until now!’

He had watched and mimicked Seo Jun’s acting diligently at the training center and on the set.

He didn’t expect to mimic him perfectly. He just wanted to show a similar appearance and acting, even if it was a short scene that passed by, that would make people believe that ‘Seo Jun Lee’ had acted it himself.

He lifted his head and saw Seo Jun.

‘You can do it.’

Seo Jun mouthed with a smile, and Philip Yoon couldn’t help but grin.

“Philip! Your expression!”

“Ah, yes!”

He focused at Jonathan’s shout.

‘Just do what I practiced, and do well.’

I am William Lee.

William Lee who became Knight Jin.

Above Philip Yoon’s head, the lush spring zelkova tree that only Seo Jun could see swayed. 

Along with the sway, the leaves fell, and inside them were fake but clear lines.

They were lines that resembled the aura of ‘William Lee’.

“Action!”

At that shout, the wire attached to Philip Yoon was pulled quickly.

***

“…Cut! Okay!”

At Jonathan’s shout, exclamations of wow… flowed from everywhere.

“Didn’t he look a bit like Jun?”

“He looked more like William than Jun.”

“That’s the same thing, isn’t it?”

“No, it’s not! Jun and William have different vibes!”

Ignoring the passionate argument of a big fan and a newbie staff of the [Shadowman Series].

Even Kirk Lawrence, who had been watching without much thought, was amazed by Philip Yoon’s action scene. More than anything, he showed a faint but unmistakable aura of ‘William Lee’.

‘He said he was a stuntman…’

Was he an aspiring actor?

Kirk Lawrence wondered as he watched Philip Yoon slowly descend from the wire.

But soon after.

Philip Yoon surprised Kirk Lawrence even more.

“Can I do it again, director?”

Philip Yoon, who had shown a stunning stunt performance that amazed everyone, asked Jonathan that.

‘…Why?’

And Jonathan, who had given the okay sign, also nodded cheerfully.

‘…Why?’

Then Seo Jun, Kim Jae Yeon, the martial arts director, and the cinematography director gathered around the monitor and discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the scene they had just filmed.

Despite the fact that it was a scene that lasted less than a minute and passed by quickly in the long time of the movie, they all worked passionately.

“…Why are they doing that?”

Kirk Lawrence unknowingly voiced his question, as it was hard to understand for him, who had always thought of ‘filming as work’.

Especially, Seo Jun Lee.

Seo Jun Lee showed him an example on the ground, and helped Philip Yoon to act more easily. Even though that wasn’t written in the contract.

Kirk Lawrence thought that he looked dazzling.

Seo Jun Lee as the center, the director, the stuntman, the staff, and the set.

That day.

Kirk Lawrence, who had thought he would just watch one scene and go, stayed on the set until the filming was over.

“I have a feeling that the rest of the filming will go well too!”

As always, Jonathan Will was talking to Ryan Will, the director, as if he was reporting to his boss.

“There were no big accidents, and the stuntmen’s action was great. They all seemed to fly more than usual, it was that kind of atmosphere.”

It was probably thanks to [(Sun) Oak Priest’s Prayer].

Seo Jun, who was invited to dinner, smiled slightly.

Choi Tae Woo, the manager who was also invited with Seo Jun, nodded in agreement as he listened to Jonathan’s story. Even from Choi Tae Woo’s perspective, the filming was going smoother than any other work.

“If you get complacent at times like this, a big accident will happen.”

At Ryan’s advice, Jonathan and Seo Jun nodded with serious expressions. Choi Tae Woo also tightened his relaxed mind again.

“I’ll be careful. And more careful.”

Ryan nodded at Jonathan’s words.

As they enjoyed the conversation and got some advice, Jonathan opened his mouth and said, “Ah, by the way, Kirk was a bit strange.”

“Kirk Lawrence, the actor?”

Ryan asked.

Kirk Lawrence.

An actor who only thought of acting as work.

He had never met him, but he had heard a lot from Jonathan.

What should I do? Jonathan asked for advice, and Ryan told him not to worry too much.

It was not possible to cast only actors who were passionate about acting and work.

‘Sometimes, even if they were passionate at first, they would lose interest over time.’

As long as they were not actors with problems in personality or other aspects, it was better to compromise moderately.

Rather, it was Jonathan who was special, who had mostly met actors who had kept their passion for acting and work until now.

‘No, to be precise.’

Ryan looked at the actor sitting in front of him.

‘Maybe it’s because of Jun.’

Maybe his faded passion was ignited by watching him.

He had been acting for over ten years since his first day, but he was still full of love for acting and work.

Although there was a big age difference, Jonathan, who had grown up watching him, had a similar vibe.

Ryan smiled slightly.

“Yes. He stayed on the set even after the filming was over. Sometimes he came on days when he had no filming.”

Kirk Lawrence’s contract, which had written ‘guaranteed working hours’, was meaningless.

“Hmm. Is it when Jun is filming?”

“Uh? That’s right?”

Jonathan blinked his eyes as he recalled at Ryan’s words. He realized that Kirk Lawrence came every day when Seo Jun was filming.

Seo Jun blinked too.

“I thought he was there every day, wasn’t he?”

He thought Kirk Lawrence came to the set every day, because he saw him every time he went to film. So he thought, ‘Maybe he wasn’t shy after all, he’s an actor who loves filming!’

“No, no. He only comes when you’re here, Jun.”

“…Why?”

“What’s that?”

Seo Jun and Jonathan tilted their heads. Choi Tae Woo, who had been listening quietly, also looked curious.

Ryan smiled slightly.

Somehow.

It seemed like another actor had been dyed with Seo Jun Lee’s passion.

***

The black-green slime quickly covered the man.

From his neck to his chin and lips, and to his nose.

And from the back of his neck to his hair and forehead.

It covered his entire face, and only his eyes were left.

Knight Jin and the man, Jeff McKay, locked eyes with one another.

His eyes were still full of anger.

Knight Jin frowned slightly, as if he felt sorry.

That anger was the energy source for the parasitic organism ‘Arodo’.

“Jeff McKay! Don’t let anger consume you!”

But Knight Jin’s words didn’t reach Jeff McKay.

In the end, Jeff McKay was devoured by the parasitic organism ‘Arodo’ from head to toe.

“Cut! Okay!”

Kirk Lawrence, who had finished acting as being eaten by ‘Arodo’, came down from the set. Seo Jun, who had filmed with him, said with a smile.

“Good job.”

“…Yeah. You too, Jun.”

Kirk Lawrence answered a beat late after looking at his face on the monitor. Seo Jun smiled broadly. 

They had become comfortable with each other.

As they left the set and moved to their respective waiting rooms, Kirk Lawrence recalled the feelings he had felt on the set and while watching the monitor.

The time when he felt like he had become a villain.

Although ‘Arodo’ would be processed with CG, he felt the pressure of being eaten by the slime.

The desperate expression and gaze of ‘Knight Jin’ who ran to save him.

And his own anger, no, Jeff McKay’s anger, that grew as he saw that gaze.

“This was… acting…”

Of course, what Kirk Lawrence had done until now was also acting, but it felt different. It felt like he had done real acting for the first time.

And he had that thought.

He wanted to act again.

He wanted to match his breath with Jun again, and act with all his strength.

But as soon as he realized that, Kirk Lawrence also realized another fact. And he unknowingly banged his forehead on the table.

The villain, ‘Jeff McKay’, who was eaten by ‘Arodo’ up to his face.

Except for one scene, from now on, the stuntman, Kim Jae Yeon, would take over all the acting instead of Kirk Lawrence.

“If only I had trained a little bit for stunts, I could have acted with Jun for one more scene…”

He felt like he had thrown away a great opportunity with his own hands.