episode_0096

“Sorry, Director.”

“What is there to be sorry for? Go to the hospital quickly.”

The stunt double who injured his wrist left the filming set and immediately went to the hospital. Considering the severity of the injury, it seemed like he wouldn’t be able to perform action scenes for a while. There was no point in having an injured stunt double come to the filming set.

“What should I do? Jinsu, are you hurt?”

“It looks like the ligaments are injured. I guess I overdid it too much.”

The actors and staff on set were in an uproar.

To find out what happened, we first looked around the area where the stunt double fell.

“Sera. Didn’t you see anything earlier?”

“I didn’t see anything strange. I just broke my wrist while running and swinging a baseball bat.”

The male lead’s stunt double was injured not because he was attacked by something in particular. No traces of ghosts or curses could be found at the accident site. The stunt double had an unfortunate accident.

But I don’t know what happens with filming now.

The stunt double was injured. Is there someone who can act in his place?

Director Hong came over and had a conversation with the martial arts director.

“Martial arts director. Can I get a new stand-in for Seo Ji-hoon within the weekend? Filming cannot be delayed because our schedule is urgent.”

“I prepared a pinch hitter. Among the actors I taught, there is one more person who resembles Seo Ji-hoon.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

There was a pinch hitter.

However, the martial arts director’s expression was not so bright.

“But these days, she got dumped by her lover and disappeared into hiding. What is it? He doesn’t answer the phone and I don’t know where he is or what he’s doing. I will contact you first.”

The martial arts director took out his cell phone and tried to call, but the substitute did not receive a call.

Even the pinch hit that had been prepared in advance had been cut off.

“Ah! driving me crazy! Where is this guy and what is he doing?”

“So you can’t find a double for Seo Ji-hoon within the weekend? It’s a big deal.”

“Is this weekend going to be difficult? There are many actors who are good at acting. But I need to find someone with naturally curly hair and a similar height.”

The martial arts director repeatedly apologized to Director Hong, saying he felt sorry for him. But even though I apologized, nothing was resolved.

Wouldn’t it be okay to film the male protagonist’s action scenes later? You might think:

But even actors had a set schedule. If we wanted to film today’s scenes later, it would have been a headache to coordinate schedules.

It was then.

The martial arts director, who was looking around aimlessly, suddenly looked at me.

At that moment, the martial arts director’s eyes, which had been rotting like frozen eyes, came to life.

“For naturally curly hair… His height is 180cm… ?”

The martial arts director looked at me intently and muttered as if possessed.

“Your face is young… There is nothing awkward about wearing a school uniform… ?”

“Martial arts director? What does that mean?”

“Don’t think I’m crazy, just listen to me. Doesn’t that assistant look like Seo Ji-hoon?”

The martial arts director pointed his finger at me precisely.

Director Hong looked at me. The actors and staff on set were also listening to the directors’ conversation. The actors and staff turned their heads at once and looked at me.

“… … ?”

I was so surprised that my heart almost dropped.

What’s wrong with my resemblance to Seo Ji-hoon?

Do you think they look alike because they have the same curly hair?

“Oh.”

Sarah also looked at me with interest, resting her chin on her hand.

“You definitely resemble Seo Ji-hoon in terms of physique and hairstyle. The face is more handsome, but that can be edited appropriately. Isn’t it okay to be a body double just by looking at the body?”

“Don’t say anything funny.”

Unlike me, Director Hong, who was nearby, nodded in agreement.

“The assistant’s appearance is acceptable. To be honest, when I first met you, I almost thought you were a celebrity.”

It sounds like you passed.

Does this have a strange atmosphere?

At that time, Director Hong shook his head and made a common sense remark.

“The appearance is acceptable… Still, I can’t entrust the assistant with the job since he’s not an actor. You should hire someone who has been professionally trained.”

“Even if you’re not an actor, Jo Jo’s body is really good, right? You know it when you see it. Muscles showing through clothes are no joke.”

It was now early June.

Because the weather was cool, I was wearing a short-sleeved t-shirt. The martial arts director instructing the actors glanced at me and seemed to have figured out the shape of my muscles just by looking at me. The martial arts director looked at me persistently and spoke directly to me.

“The assistant there! You’ve been exercising for quite a while, right?”

“Exercise… I’m doing something similar.”

“Anyway, you did it, right? You must be doing a good job. Since you are Bodhisattva’s assistant, didn’t you also learn martial arts? Something like Muay Thai or boxing?”

“I have never learned martial arts.”

When I was young, while my kids were taking Taekwondo classes, I went exploring haunted houses.

But the martial arts director was persistent.

It wasn’t a look in his eyes that would make him let me go easily.

“But you can still give acting guidance to the assistant, right? I can’t give up even though I haven’t even tried! If you practice and it doesn’t work out, you give up. Isn’t that right, Director Hong?”

“Well, ”

“They said our schedule is urgent.”

Director Hong’s eyes were cold.

He was a person who seemed rational just by looking at his eyes.

Are you really going to ask me to work as a stunt double?

Would you call someone to do an exorcism and then have them do something else?

“… It won’t work either.”

I thought so too.

I believed it, Director Hong.

“The schedule is urgent, so I can’t do it! Let’s leave the assistant to act as a stand-in for now.”

My prediction was completely wrong.

Director Hong came close to me and politely asked me a favor.

“Jinwoo. Please get some guidance from the martial arts director. I will take care of your remuneration, so please ask.”

“Hey. Why do you call me to perform an exorcism and then make me act out it?”

“The schedule is urgent. There is a scene that needs to be filmed within the weekend. I leave the exorcism to the Bodhisattva.”

I couldn’t easily refuse Director Hong’s request to help me just once.

However, if I took on the role of a stunt double, Sarah would have to move on her own.

Are you okay?

“Sera. Without me, you have to work alone.”

“What’s wrong with that? I can do it alone.”

Sarah smiled like a cat and gave me a thumbs up.

“I’ll send it to the martial arts director.”

“Hey!”

“Jinwoo, fighting! Sounds fun.”

In the end, I ended up receiving instruction from a martial arts director.

*

Saturday afternoon.

Yuki was moving to Nebula High School in time for filming. Because she was a popular idol, she was busy even on weekends. Yuki was currently riding in the car driven by the manager.

“Manager oppa! Go to school quickly!”

“Ah, I understood.”

Yuki urged the manager who was driving. Yuki usually didn’t say much to the struggling manager, but today was different. This was because something ridiculous happened at Seongwoon High School, which was being used as a filming location.

” Bodhisattva’s assistant is suddenly working as Seo Ji-hoon’s stunt double! Manager oppa, do you think this makes sense?”

“Of course it doesn’t make sense! Aren’t the directors turning into a group?”

Yuki heard what happened on set today from a close staff member.

There was news that the male lead’s double in was injured.

However, the person who took over as substitute was none other than the assistant of the shaman who had come to perform the exorcism.

Something unbelievable was happening on set.

“There shouldn’t be another actor who can act like me.”

“That’s right.”

Yuki was already in charge of acting in . I couldn’t imagine what would happen to the movie if someone who had never worked as an actor stepped in.

Even though he was a stunt double and had no lines, he still had to perform high-level action scenes.

It was not an area that an ordinary person who had exercised could enter. At the Action School, which trains stuntmen, graduates went through a six-month training course.

“We’re all here.”

The manager dropped Yuki off in front of the main gate of Seongwoon High School.

As soon as Yuki got out of the car, she ran into the school.

The area where filming was taking place was near the skybridge that connects the main building and the annex of the school. Staff and actors were gathered on the open side of the bridge. Yuki looked on the skybridge and was able to find Kim Jin-woo standing proudly.

Jinwoo was wearing a school uniform like the male protagonist of the movie.

It wasn’t a rumor that he was working as a stunt double, it was a fact.

He had naturally curly hair and a similar physique, so he looked like the male protagonist from the back. In terms of looks alone, I couldn’t find a double who was as perfect as me.

‘The face is really handsome… .’

Yuki thought as she saw Jinwoo standing with his back to the red sunset. In fact, just looking at his face, he was a handsome boy who was more handsome than the male lead, Seo Ji-hoon. Just looking at her face alone, she could make a living as an idol.

Such a handsome boy was standing on a bridge, illuminated by a brilliant light.

Even Yuki, who had seen countless handsome men, was thrilled.

‘and.’

Before Yuki came, Jinwoo received acting guidance from a martial arts director.

After the instruction was completed and rehearsals were completed, the actual filming began.

Director Hong, holding the microphone, shouted.

[Now, let’s shoot!]

This meant that the actual filming was about to begin.

Now, no one was allowed to move or speak except the person filming.

[One, two, three. action.]

Filming for the bridge scene of has begun.

It was a scene where the male protagonist was holding a baseball bat and breaking through zombies gathered on a sky bridge. The story was about a desperate struggle to save his girlfriend who was trapped in an annex.

Yuki swallowed his saliva and looked up at the skybridge.

Jinwoo started walking towards the annex. The sound of footsteps rang out and the zombie actors on the bridge all looked at Jinwoo.

“Keeek! KEEEK!”

More than ten zombie actors rushed towards Jinwoo. The hideous actors covered in blood were screaming and running towards them.

Of course, if you were a new actor, you couldn’t help but be scared.

Are zombies scary?

That’s not it.

The incredible pressure felt at the filming site would weigh down the new actor. If NG is thrown out here, the actors and staff will suffer as a group. Moreover, if I had taken on the role of the male protagonist, the amount of pressure would have been indescribable.

But there was no NG.

Surprisingly, the filming continued smoothly.

━━Puck! puck! puck!

Jinwoo broke through the group of zombies with a baseball bat. As if he really became the male protagonist of a movie. There wasn’t a single word of dialogue, but only body language showed what a grueling fight it was.

Jin-Woo fell along the way and there was a close call, but it was all an act. Jinwoo got up again like a roly-poly and struck down the zombie actors by swinging a baseball bat. It wasn’t really that he was beating, but he was working together with more than ten actors.

“E… ?”

An embarrassed voice came out of Yuki’s mouth.

It was completely different from what I thought.

Kim Jin-woo’s acting, who took on the role of a stunt double for the first time today, was extremely realistic.

The form of swinging a baseball bat was unusual.

‘Why are you doing so well? ‘They say you’re a beginner!’

Jinwoo was extremely skilled on the skybridge. The action was shown while paying attention to the angles of the cameras on the set. It was as if he had a keen understanding of how his movements were captured by the camera.

‘Is that someone who has never acted? ‘That can’t be possible!’

Jinwoo stepped forward.

The cameraman also followed Jinwoo.

The last zombie actor blocking the skybridge fell.

The filming ended with Jinwoo entering the annex.

[Cut! okay!]

Director Hong’s cheerful shout of OK echoed through the microphone.

It was an OK sign that Yuki had never received clearly.

“Haha… Is that a genius?”

For the first time in her life, Yuki felt the barrier to talent.