Translator: MarcTempest
Editor: AgRoseCrystal
Chapter 625
New York.
[Over the Rainbow 2] production eting room.
“We should be arriving at the airport soon. He said he would contact us as soon as he gets there.”
Nelson nodded at the words of the staff mber who was in charge of actor Seo-jun Lee. He also checked the locations of the other actors.
Two actors who played important roles in [Over the Rainbow], Catherine Miller as Rebecca and Paul Oden as George, were expected to arrive in New York tomorrow and had already arrived, respectively.
“Then Jun can adjust to the ti difference and start filming right away. Let’s start shooting from August 1st as planned. And make sure the other shooting locations don’t deviate from the schedule.”
From New York to LA.
They had to move to different locations for each shoot, so if one thing went wrong, it would affect the rest of the schedule like dominoes falling.
Of course, they had so leeway in case of unexpected problems during the movie shooting, such as weather or actor’s condition, but they had to be careful since no one knew how things would turn out.
On top of that, they had to finish the movie by November, the release date of [Universe], as instructed by their parent company, Marina Studio.
“Even if we don’t release it in November, we have to finish and release it within this year, the 10th anniversary.”
“Yes. I understand.”
Various reports and instructions went back and forth and the eting ended.
Nelson left the eting room and headed straight to the next one.
“Sorry, I’m a little late. Director. Assistant director.”
“No, we ca early.”
There, Sarah Roth, the director of [Over the Rainbow], and Emily Ees, the assistant director, were sitting. They seed to be discussing the shooting, as the table was full of storyboards with various notes written on them with pens.
“As I told you before…”
Nelson’s words caught the attention of the director and the assistant director. The eting of the shooting staff went on all day long, as there were only a few days left until the crank-in.
“Can we release it in November?”
Nelson asked what he was most worried about. Director Sarah Roth thought for a mont and answered.
“It will be hard, but… maybe we can make it by the end of November. The CG work takes a long ti, but we don’t use much CG in this shoot.”
The sets and shooting locations had been built since last year, when Seo-jun decided to star in the movie, and the directing had been planned since then. The music was also ready.
[Over the Rainbow 2] shooting was in a situation where they could start shooting right away as long as they had the actors.
Nelson sighed in relief at the director’s words.
“I was wondering how it would go…”
Director Sarah Roth and Assistant Director Emily Ees laughed. They knew well about Nelson’s story of going to Korea last year.
“I didn’t know it was a military issue.”
“We knew a little bit, but we didn’t know he would go so soon.”
Assistant Director Emily Ees’s words made Director Sarah Roth nod.
“But it’s lucky that he went early and got discharged on ti.”
If Seo-jun had enlisted a few months later, they wouldn’t have been able to attach the 10th anniversary label. Nelson felt the sa way. He didn’t know how lucky he was.
Then, there was a knock on the door.
It was a staff mber of Whale Studio.
“Actor Seo-jun Lee has arrived at the airport.”
***
“This is New York…”
Choi Tae-woo, who had never been abroad before, couldn’t stop marveling at the scenery that was different from Korea. Seo-jun, Ahn Da Ho, and a staff mber of Kings Agency, who were sitting in the back seat and the driver’s seat, respectively, smiled softly.
He had been moving briskly until he moved his luggage to the car that ca to pick him up and got on, but as he relaxed, he noticed the surroundings.
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
He regained his senses at the small laughter and said awkwardly. He was here to work, not to play.
“It’s okay. It happens.”
Even though Seo-jun said that, Choi Tae-woo looked sorry. Ahn Da Ho changed the subject.
“Mr. Tae-woo, please let Whale Studio know when we have arrived.”
“Yes. I will!”
As he took out his phone, Ahn Da Ho turned his gaze to Seo-jun and said.
“You can rest today and tomorrow, and et with the director the day after tomorrow to talk.”
“The day after tomorrow? Tomorrow is fine too…”
“You need to rest a bit. You’re going to shoot all month long in August.”
Of course, Hollywood was strict about keeping the shooting ti and rest ti, so there would be so rest ti, but Ahn Da Ho was worried about Seo-jun.
“It’s been a long ti since you shot a movie.”
It was his first shoot in almost two years, since [Fire] in November two years ago.
“You’re so excited that you might use up all your energy.”
To put it more bluntly, he was afraid he might go berserk.
‘Hmm.’
Well, he had been feeling excited since he arrived at the airport, no, even in Korea, as the shooting day got closer. He had read the script several tis and simulated it in his head, and sotis he laughed without knowing it.
Seo-jun looked at himself and smiled weakly.
“Yes. I’ll calm down.”
Ahn Da Ho smiled slightly.
“How about eting with the actors tomorrow?”
“Paul and Catherine?”
“Those two are fine. And I heard Evan is in New York.”
Oh.
He had been in touch with him a lot, but it had been a long ti since he t him. Should he? Seo-jun smiled and said.
“I guess Rachel will be there too.”
“Right.”
She would probably fly over in an instant, saying, ‘Why are you eting without ?!’
Ahn Da Ho, who laughed along with Seo-jun, continued.
“Or you can et with Subin. Jason Moore and Professor Benjamin are with her.”
“Isn’t the final in a few days? Wouldn’t it bother their practice?”
“Wouldn’t it be okay for a al? Or you can et with Grace.”
He realized that he had a lot of acquaintances in New York.
“Then I’ll have to take turns eting them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”
Ahn Da Ho chuckled at Seo-jun’s joke.
***
They arrived at the hotel where they would stay during the shooting.
He had been waiting for the shooting since last year, and since there wasn’t much ti left, he couldn’t help but smile. Seo-jun cald down his face and picked up his carry-on and headed to his room. His steps were light.
Ahn Da Ho, who quietly watched him, called Choi Tae-woo.
“Mr. Tae-woo. Can we talk for a mont?”
‘! Did I get too excited earlier?’
Choi Tae-woo quickly followed Ahn Da Ho.
The room next to Seo-jun’s, Ahn Da Ho’s room.
“I’ll check it myself, but…”
Ahn Da Ho, who opened his mouth, looked more serious than usual. Choi Tae-woo felt nervous.
“Please keep an eye on Seo-jun while he’s filming, Mr. Tae-woo.”
“…What?”
Choi Tae-woo blinked his eyes at Ahn Da Ho’s unexpected and incomprehensible words.
Ahn Da Ho smiled wryly and said,
“You’ve seen Seo-jun acting, right?”
“Yes. A few tis at the company…”
“How was it?”
For so reason, Choi Tae-woo answered Ahn Da Ho’s question honestly.
“He was really good. He was wearing casual clothes and the background was just a practice room that could be anywhere, but when Seo-jun acted, it felt like everything around him changed. He was so imrsed that he seed to beco the character itself. Like thod acting, you know.”
Yeah.
Ahn Da Ho’s brow furrowed slightly.
“That’s what I’m worried about.”
“What do you an…?”
Choi Tae-woo recalled what he had said.
“thod acting?”
“Yes.”
Ahn Da Ho nodded. Choi Tae-woo asked with a puzzled expression.
“Hasn’t Seo-jun always acted like that?”
‘Then why is it a problem now?’
“Well, that’s true, but… this ti, the preparation period was much longer than usual. Normally, Seo-jun’s pre-shooting preparation period is only a few months and doesn’t exceed a year, but this ti, it was over a year because of the military service.”
Choi Tae-woo listened carefully to Ahn Da Ho’s words.
“Of course, he had his military life too, so he wouldn’t have focused only on character analysis or imrsion. But… from Gray Vainy’s perspective, you can’t ignore the ti he spent composing three songs and imrsing himself in acting every ti he got a vacation.”
If it was Seo-jun, he would have thought of ‘Gray Vainy’ ever since he decided to star in the movie and received the script. And whenever he had ti, he would have imrsed himself 100% in the role.
Ahn Da Ho smiled wryly and continued.
“Besides, this movie is a fake docuntary. It captures Gray Vainy’s daily life. It’s a genre that’s perfect for confusing reality and film.”
Ahn Da Ho sighed and said.
“Lastly, I would normally trust Seo-jun’s ability, but… I can’t help but think that there’s a possibility of him going overboard since it’s been almost two years since he last fild.”
The long character analysis ti, the fake docuntary genre that captures reality, and the imnse passion of the actor who hasn’t fild in a long ti.
“It’s the perfect condition for trouble.”
“Trouble?”
“Confusing the character and himself.”
Choi Tae-woo’s eyes widened. He involuntarily thought of the stories of actors who had imrsed themselves in their characters through thod acting and suffered unfortunate consequences. Ahn Da Ho, who had the sa thoughts, smiled wryly and said.
“Of course, it’s a relief that Gray Vainy is not a serial killer or a psychopath, but that’s why I wonder if he might be more confused.”
He might be more easily imrsed if he had so similarities with the character.
“Uh… then wouldn’t it be better not to film the movie?”
“The problem is that I started to worry about this recently.”
Until a while ago, he thought it was just a normal shooting, but ever since he saw Seo-jun being excited from his last vacation until today, Ahn Da Ho suddenly had this concern.
That’s why he deliberately told him to et his friends who were ‘Lee Seo-jun’.
“Seo-jun will tell not to worry. He’ll do well, just like he said.”
Ahn Da Ho knew that too.
Seo-jun would do well in this shooting as well, as he always did.
But…
“But being a manager ans thinking about even the worst-case scenarios. So I’ll check on him too, but I’d appreciate it if you could watch him closely, Mr. Tae-woo.”
At Ahn Da Ho’s words, Choi Tae-woo, who had been nodding his head, paused for a mont.
“But how do you know if there’s a problem?”
“Seo-jun wakes up from his imrsion as soon as the shooting is over. You just have to see if he returns to being Seo-jun when they call cut or…”
Ahn Da Ho swallowed his worry and sigh and spoke slowly.
“Or if he stays as Gray Vainy. And… it would be good to check the ti too.”
He didn’t have to say that the longer it took him to wake up from his imrsion, the bigger the problem was.
“Yes. I understand.”
Choi Tae-woo answered with a determined face.
***
If Seo-jun had known Ahn Da Ho’s concern, he would have said, ‘No, why are you worried about that?’ and wondered, ‘…Was I that excited?’ After finishing packing his luggage, he was talking on the phone with Evan Block.
“So tomorrow, I’m going to et Grace for lunch, and have dinner with Subin, Jason, and Professor Benjamin. Do you want to co, Evan?”
“No, I’m good.”
Evan Block laughed at the nas of the people who would attend the dinner.
“I can tell they’re going to talk about nothing but violin, and I don’t know anything about violin.”
“Well, that’s true.”
Seo-jun thought that the dinner table would be noisy with stories about violin.
“What about visiting the set?”
“The set? My set?”
Seo-jun opened his eyes wide.
“Yeah. Wouldn’t it be okay to stop by for a bit? You know Sarah, the director.”
Seo-jun thought for a mont.
He would have to get permission, of course, but he wasn’t an ordinary actor, he was the lead actor of a series movie from Marina Studio, the parent company.
“I think it would be okay.”
“Right? Then I’ll contact them.”
“Okay.”
“I can’t wait to see you filming, Jun. Co to think of it, it’s been a long ti since you fild, right?”
“Yes. It’s been almost two years. I wish I could film soon. I want to see how I look with Paul, who plays Catherine, and how I look on cara. I’m so excited. You have no idea how much I wanted to film when I watched movies in the army. Oh, Da Ho hyung said earlier that I looked very excited. He said I might use up all my energy when I start filming.”
“You sound like it. I can feel your excitent from here.”
Evan Block laughed at Seo-jun’s excitent that he could feel through the phone.
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