Become A Star

Chapter 10

After signing the contract for the movie and getting the script, Woo-Jin had thought about Cha Hyun-Seung the entire time and studied his character. As a result, he had been able to think of a new version of 'Cha Hyun-Seung' while retaining the writer's intentions to the best of his abilities. However, he had been disappointed with the ambience during the table read, so he decided to get rid of the Cha Hyun-Seung he had created and just follow the script.

"Maybe it's possible..." Woo-Jin mused to himself.

Remembering Director Choi Yi-Geon's words from a while before, Woo-Jin got up from his seat and went to look for the former. Following the staff's directions, he found Choi Yi-Geon elegantly sipping on some tea. Contrary to his initial enthusiasm, Woo-Jin hesitated a little.

Moon Seung-Kwon was the only director Woo-Jin had known before this movie. To put it tactfully and honestly, Choi Yi-Geon was very different from the plump, and heavyset Director Moon in every aspect, be it the movie genre they shot or appearance. Director Moon was sloppily dressed throughout the shoot while there was not a single thing that could be nitpicked of the neat suit that Choi Yi-Geon was wearing; even his necktie was perfectly secure, without leaving even a single inch of space. He looked as though he could attend a board meeting right away; Woo-Jin found it difficult to approach him.

"What's the matter?" Choi Yi-Geon asked.

"I have something to discuss with you. Do you have time to talk?" Woo-Jin replied. As he had never had a personal conversation with the director, he started to read the room without realizing it.

"If it's related to Cha Hyun-Seung, I'm always free to talk whenever."

Contrary to Woo-Jin's concerns, Choi Yi-Geon readily pointed to the chair across the table with his right hand and invited Woo-Jin to sit. As Woo-Jin sat down, Choi Yi-Geon watched quietly while leaning his back against the sofa with his arms folded.

"You mentioned that this is your second time acting, right?" asked Choi Yi-Geon.

Originally, there was supposed to have been an interview or a test conducted by the director before the casting call, but all of those things had been omitted in their case. Thus, in truth, they did not know much about each other.

"Yes," Woo-Jin replied.

"I'm sorry, but what was the movie? I'm just asking because I don't know," Choi Yi-Geon continued.

"It hasn't been released yet. I heard it's going to be released in early July, but I don't know the exact details yet."

"Supporting role?"

"Initially, it was a minor role, but I was called back for additional shooting. I'm not sure how much of it will be used in the movie after they're done editing it."

Woo-Jin scratched his head in embarrassment for not being able to give a proper answer to any of Choi Yi-Geon's questions thus far; in particular, the fact that he himself did not know whether he had a minor role or a supporting role was rather hilarious. That said, Woo-Jin realized that he had definitely lucked out. It was evident that he was lucky, as he had landed a significant supporting role in his second movie after playing a minor role in his first, with the success or failure of the movie out of the equation.

"If it's going to be released in July, that means it'll only be released after our shooting ends. As you may have already known, we won't need more than a month to shoot our movie."

The movie did not have any action scenes, and there was no need for fancy techniques to portray the love story of two college students. If everything went smoothly, they would be done with the shooting in a month. The movie's runtime was only 100 minutes. As such, it was understood that the movie would be released in mid to late August. It was not as if the audience would suffer from heatstroke while watching a passionate love story in midsummer, but at least that was one excuse they had for the impending box office flop.