Superstar From Age 0

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: AgRoseCrystal

Chapter 627

“Then we’ll go get ready too.”

“Okay.”

Catherine and Paul, who had been chatting with him, left to prepare for the shooting. Soon, Seo-jun, who also had a scene to shoot, changed into a black suit. With the help of the makeup team staff, he finished his makeup and hair styling. A dignified violinist stood there.

“You’ve grown up well. Gray.”

At Evan Block’s words, the staff who had been impressed by [Over the Rainbow] exclaimed and nodded their heads.

Seo-jun smiled a little shyly and looked at himself in the mirror briefly before getting up from his seat. A staff member asked him curiously.

“Are you going out already? The shooting is still in preparation, isn’t it?”

“I’m going to wait outside. Is that okay?”

“Of course.”

It was an indoor shooting with no outsiders, unlike an outdoor shooting that required controlling the spectators. It didn’t matter where he waited, as long as he didn’t interfere with the preparation. Seo-jun Lee, a veteran actor, didn’t seem like he would cause any trouble.

“Of course it’s okay.”

The staff smiled broadly at Seo-jun, who also smiled. Evan Block laughed as well. He seemed to be getting more excited as the shooting time approached.

“What scene is your first shooting?”

Evan Block, who came out of the actor’s waiting room with Seo-jun, asked.

“It’s the first scene that I appear in, where I walk from the performer’s waiting room to the stage. It’s going to be a long take in one shot.”

“That sounds easy and hard at the same time.”

It was the beginning of the movie, so he had to show a scene that would captivate the audience. But if it was just a walking scene, the difference in the actor’s ability would be obvious.

‘Of course, Jun would do well.’

As Evan Block thought, Seo-jun smiled sincerely and eagerly.

“That’s why I like it.”

Evan Block also smiled at his confident answer.

***

The bustling shooting preparation site.

The staff were preparing more thoroughly than ever for the long take scene that would be shot in one cut.

Seo-jun looked around at the scene from a distance.

It was a similar bustle, but it felt completely different from the army or Cocoa Entertainment.

The lights and cameras that were being installed here and there, the long wires that were connected, the large and small props, the staff and extras who were checking the routes. �

He felt a pleasant tension and excitement when he thought that he would stand there and his image would be captured by the camera.

He liked it.

He liked it here.

It had been less than two years, but he missed this place, this air, this atmosphere, this noise, and the silence that would soon follow.

He couldn’t wait to stand there and act.

Seo-jun sighed deeply to calm his mind. He felt a little nervous and laughed.

He would wait.

He needed enough preparation for a great performance.

When all the preparation was done and the shooting started, he would act hard then!

He looked at the back of the staff who were preparing for the shooting with sparkling eyes and burning enthusiasm. Evan Block looked at him.

What made him so happy and excited?

He smiled unconsciously at Seo-jun’s expression, which was full of joy.

Seo-jun had always been like that since he was very young.

He stood in front of the camera with a face that was excited and thrilled as if he had received a big and wonderful gift. And then, as soon as he heard the word ‘action!’, his expression changed in an instant.

‘That gap is cool.’

He sometimes felt tired himself, but he was an actor who loved acting with the same heart.

He thought that Seo-jun might be the actor who loved acting the most among the actors he knew.

He looked around the shooting preparation site and checked the places and points that he needed to pay attention to. The two managers found Seo-jun and Evan Block.

“It’s not time for shooting yet…”

Ahn Da Ho, who turned his gaze to Seo-jun with curiosity, laughed. He seemed to have a hard time waiting in the actor’s waiting room.

Seo-jun’s appearance that hadn’t changed since he was young.

He always wanted to support him hard when he saw that expression. Well, he couldn’t take care of everything from one to ten like before, but he wanted to help him as much as he could from afar.

Choi Tae-woo had seen actors before acting.

He had been in charge of idols at his previous company, but he had always wanted to be an actor’s manager, and he had been supporting this actor and that actor since he joined Cocoa Entertainment. He had seen many actors at the shooting sites he had been to.

But he didn’t think there was an actor who had such an excited expression as Seo-jun. There were some rookie actors who had similar expressions, but not among the actors who had experience and fame like Seo-jun.

He had been an actor for 17 years already.

He wondered if he would get used to it and get bored of it even if he liked it so much, but he couldn’t see any sign of that in Seo-jun’s face as he looked at the shooting site that was being prepared.

It was just a blissful expression.

‘What is acting that makes him so happy?’

He suddenly remembered the radio broadcast.

Seo-jun had said that the reason he became interested in actors and acting for the first time was because of an unknown actor who loved acting very much.

He wondered what the unknown actor was like that he could inspire such a dream in a young child, but now he thought he knew.

‘Maybe he was like this.’

Just as Seo-jun had been curious about what acting was when he saw the unknown actor, maybe someone would be curious about what acting was when they saw Seo-jun’s appearance now.

***

“We’re starting the shooting!”

The curtain of [Over the Rainbow 2] was raised.

At Emily Ees’s assistant director’s voice, the staff moved out of the camera screen and the extras moved into the camera screen. The check of the lighting and sound equipment continued and the camera confirmation was done.

Soon, all the sounds on the shooting site disappeared.

Silence, silence, and silence.

They didn’t know how glad and happy he was for this quietness before the shooting.

The lights and cameras, and the eyes of the people were directed at Seo-jun. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Seo-jun breathed deeply. He felt nervous and laughed softly.

“Ready-”

There was actor Seo-jun there.

“Action!”

No. There was violinist Gray Vainy there.

***

The camera showed the door of the waiting room. The camera focused on the handle near the door. Knock knock, a sound of knocking on the door was heard from the other side.

“It’s time to go up!”

“Yes.”

Inside the waiting room.

A man in a black suit that fit his body perfectly stood up from his seat and answered. He adjusted his suit while looking at the mirror and picked up the violin case that was on the table. He held the handle and walked out of the waiting room.

The camera director followed the man with his camera. Only the man’s back was visible.

The way to the stage.

The staff members who were working greeted him with words of encouragement. “I enjoyed your last concert!”, “Please give us a wonderful performance this time too!” The man nodded his head in response. Although only his back was visible, he seemed to be smiling.

Tap tap.

His neat footsteps crossed the hallway and headed to the back of the stage.

The man placed the violin case on the table that was prepared behind the stage and took out the violin that he had been keeping carefully inside.

His beautiful and tidy hand reached for the violin. He lifted the violin with his left hand and held it skillfully. He also held the long bow with his right hand.

The man with the violin moved his steps again. The camera followed the man’s back as he walked. His face was still hidden.

He saw the light.

It was the stage.

The man paused for a moment right before the path that led to the light.

He seemed to be calming his mind.

A silent silence flowed.

He moved his steps again.

He didn’t stop anymore.

He kept walking and stood alone in the center of the shining stage.

Along with a loud applause, the camera that had been following the man’s back turned around slowly and moved up from below to above. The man bowed with the violin in front of his body and brought it to his neck. His face was revealed.

He was the violinist, Gray Vainy.

***

“…Cut! Okay!”

Heuk!

Someone gasped and breathed in the air that had been held. Choi Tae-woo covered his mouth without realizing it. He thought he had made the noise. But it wasn’t him. Some of the staff members were covering their mouths with their hands and rolling their eyes.

They all felt the same way.

Choi Tae-woo looked at Seo-jun again with relief.

‘…My goodness.’

How could the scene of walking from the waiting room to the stage be so thrilling? And that was just his back.

And later, after they edited it, it seemed like he heard a loud applause from the audience seats that were empty now. It was an amazing immersion and attraction.

He showed such a level of acting that he thought he could show such a cool performance in the movie. And he also thought that Director Ahn Da Ho would worry about the aftereffects of method acting.

‘…I have to watch him closely.’

Choi Tae-woo quickly came to his senses and looked at Seo-jun who was monitoring with Director Sarah Roth.

“Can we do it one more time?”

“Of course.”

The okay sign was given, but he seemed to be dissatisfied with something. Director Sarah Roth nodded her head willingly at Seo-jun’s words. The staff members moved back to the performer’s waiting room.

“Jun, you did a great job. I have to see the concert scene before I go.”

Evan Block smiled faintly at Ahn Da Ho’s words.

The second take that was filmed right away also received an okay sign and the first filming was over. And the news was delivered to Catherine Miller and Paul Oden, who had just finished preparing and came out to watch Seo-jun’s filming.

“What, it’s over already?”

“Well, you knew Jun doesn’t make many NGs, right?”

“That’s true, but… he’s amazing.”

It was still a skill that only made them admire.

***

The afternoon filming began.

The extras who played the role of the concert audience filled the seats one by one.

“Wow. This is the filming of Over the Rainbow 2…”

When they recruited the extras, they kept it a secret at Whale Studio, but they told the extras after the promotion with Seo-jun’s radio broadcast.

“I really like Over the Rainbow… I hope there are a lot of NGs today!”

Catherine and Paul, who were preparing for the filming in the audience seats, smiled and said at the audience’s wish that was a curse to the actors and the filming crew. They would say that now, but if they actually experienced the storm of NGs, they would wish for it to end quickly.

‘Well, it won’t be like that with Jun.’

Seo-jun was the lead actor, so he was very reliable.

“Let’s not make any mistakes.”

“Yeah.”

Catherine Miller and Paul Oden sat in the VIP seats and the filming began in earnest.

The concert hall darkened and the spotlight shone on the stage. And soon, a man with a violin appeared from the side of the stage.

As instructed in advance, a loud applause erupted. The excited faces of the audience were captured by the camera. But the applause and the expressions were not acting. They were really looking forward to the performance.

Evan Block, who was watching the monitor with Director Sarah Roth, noticed that and smiled quietly. He understood the feelings of the audience who were looking forward to it.

Gray Vainy, who greeted the audience, rested his chin on the violin. And he drew the long bow that he held in his right hand on the strings.

A sweet melody was heard.

Along with the piano accompaniment that supported him from behind, the sound of the violin filled the concert hall. It was a rich sound that could not be said to come from a single violin.

Normally, he would have pretended to play, but since the actor played the violin at a high level, the immersion of the extras was different. They all listened and enjoyed as if they had come to a real concert.

Meanwhile, Catherine Miller and Paul Oden, who were sitting in the VIP seats, did not forget their roles and continued their facial expressions.

Our friend who travels around the world and plays the violin for people all over the world.

He remembered what he looked like when he was young.

There were a lot of things that happened.

It’s still a great performance.

Catherine Miller and Paul Oden smiled warmly and their faces were captured by the camera.

“Cut! OK!”

At Director Sarah Roth’s shout, Seo-jun stopped playing the violin. At the same time,

“Ah…”

A sincere sigh was heard from here and there.

“We’ll film the same scene from a different angle one more time.”

“Wah!”

At Director Sarah Roth’s words, a scream that sounded like a cheer came from somewhere. Not only Seo-jun, who was checking his makeup on the stage, but also the audience seats were filled with small laughter.

***

That afternoon.

The first day of filming for [Over the Rainbow 2] ended and an article was posted.

[Gray Vainy, a successful solo concert at Vincent Hall!]