Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 393

393. A Call from Korea (1)

“Fun… it was… fun! The fun of growing!”

“Right? I learned a lot thanks to you too.”

As always, I feel it while acting.

The process of researching a character and gradually becoming one with that character is quite interesting.

The moment when a character that existed only as letters in a script begins to breathe, walk, think, and speak, it feels like creating a life.

The important thing here is the environment that sustains that immersion.

‘Luke is talking to characters like Logan, Elliot, and Miriam, not the actors.’

If the actors hadn’t completely immersed themselves in their characters, Yeon-woo’s Luke would have gradually become unstable.

It would have been the same as being isolated after the people who had to work with him disappeared.

“A devil, no less, a devil…”

Gabriel muttered next to Yeon-woo’s words.

‘Well, if they really hated it, they would have deserted.’

They say it was hard now, but at the time, those people were really desperate.

Yeon-woo knew that very well.

One way or another, everyone struggled hard not to be consumed by Yeon-woo’s ‘Luke.’

Thanks to that, they were naturally immersed in their roles.

‘Is it Gabriel’s influence? I feel strangely proud.’

When you think about it, these people are saplings who have grown up with Yeon-woo.

Young saplings that he directly discovered and nurtured with plenty of nutrients.

Well.

Now that they’ve taken root firmly and spread their branches, it’s a bit much to call them saplings.

“Oh, right. I heard there’s talk about a second movie?”

“It’s already being talked about even though it just premiered?”

“The word of mouth is really good, so if you look at social media, there are a lot of people asking for a second movie.”

“Haha. Then I’ll have to practice my action scenes more…?”

One of the things that shocked the actors while filming *The Last Piece* was the action scenes.

They vaguely recalled the recent past.

“What…? You’re filming the action scenes yourself?”

It wasn’t an action movie, but there were several action scenes in the process of taking and retrieving objects.

It was a part where the target who noticed Luke started to defend himself, and a shootout or fight broke out.

“Ah. You can use a stunt double.”

Director Mac said that, but…

“There’s no stunt double for the main character?”

Everyone was stunned by the news that Yeon-woo, the main character, was filming directly without a stunt double.

They knew Yeon-woo was serious about acting, but he’s doing the action scenes himself?

They found out that he even invited a martial arts master, not just someone from an action school.

Everyone was speechless at the news that he was personally studying action scenes.

“If the main character doesn’t use a stunt double, shouldn’t we use one…?”

Mac Houston is a director who values reality.

Therefore, all actions took place as if they were real, not in front of a green screen.

“Can I do it…?”

“He said I could use a stunt double… but still…”

“It looks like I can do it if I see Yeon-woo doing it?”

“Shall we try it?”

No one told them to, but the actors voluntarily chose to act directly.

At first, there was no hardship like this.

‘What kind of wealth and glory am I trying to enjoy by doing this…!’

But it actually helped.

Although it was acting, the emotional immersion reached its peak as they actually hit each other and exchanged intense actions.

The joy of winning against the opponent was also reflected in the acting.

It goes without saying that it made the character more lively.

‘That’s right. Yeon-woo, who is so good at acting, is doing his best for the role, so what can’t we do?!’

Whenever they had a hard time, the actors looked up to Yeon-woo.

He lived on the filming set every day, so they couldn’t figure out when he was resting.

But is that why?

It was rare for any scene to be thrown away.

‘Virtuous cycle.’

This was a kind of virtuous cycle.

A virtuous cycle that comes from voluntary actions centered on Yeon-woo.

When both the main and supporting actors were sincerely involved in the filming, the impact from the action scenes was extraordinary.

“It was hard to film, but the screen presence was really great. If that’s the case, I can’t say I won’t do action scenes.”

There is still a scene that I remember.

The ‘doll scene’, which was the climax of the movie, was the best scene that everyone who appeared in it acknowledged.

[Target found, target found.]

Elliot’s urgent voice was heard in the ear.

Elliot, a photographic memory expert who can remember scenes he sees with his eyes like a photograph.

He finally found the opponent’s weakness.

[Are you sure?]

Luke, who had entered the enemy camp without any worries and was even served tea, said nonchalantly.

That was the starting point.

It was also the moment when the armed personnel surrounding Luke, who was drinking tea as if he were a harmless guest, tensed up all at once.

Luke was the only one who was calm in the midst of a fierce atmosphere where everyone surrounding him was holding a gun.

[Yes! There, there’s a different part from last time. That part is probably… !]

[That seems to be a safe, Master.]

Elliot’s voice faded away, and Miriam’s cold voice accurately informed the situation.

[The location is the office on the right side of the 17th floor…]

Luke put down the teacup he was holding, memorizing the specific location coming into his ear.

Clang.

[Well, then.]

At the same time as the words he uttered like a sigh while putting down the teacup with warm steam rising from it.

Tatatatatang!

A barrage of gunfire began.

However, only a sofa that had become a honeycomb was left in the spot where the bullets poured.

It was right after that.

The black and sleek object covered the armed guards.

-Ah, at that time… To be honest, I thought I was going to die? It’s strange that I get so immersed when I’m in the same scene as Yeon-woo, but that day, the scene was such a scene?

The stunt actor who appeared as an armed guard felt like he was being attacked in earnest.

He even thought that if he made a mistake, he would be buried here today.

Originally, the battle scene was scheduled to be cut off, but the reality was different.

[Don’t you think you’d notice by now?]

One step.

Luke’s appearance, skillfully subduing the guards who were desperately blocking him, was even intimidating.

[It’s roughly done, so come in. I’m going straight to the chairman, so take care of the rest.]

The actors filming, the staff filming, and even the director Mac were overwhelmed by the atmosphere for a moment.

In a situation where not a single breath could be heard, the camera continued to roll.

It was as if they had become part of the world.

[Master. Verification complete.]

The scene inside the chairman’s office was the highlight of the day.

[So this was it.]

It was the word Luke uttered after completely subduing the opponent with force.

[I don’t know where you sent it from, but you’re making a very big mistake right now. After making me like this, don’t you think you’ll be safe?]

[Hey. I think you’ve chosen the wrong time to threaten me. Don’t you still know that you won’t be able to open your mouth even if you have one?]

[Are you going to kill me? Ha… But it won’t work. If I die, I won’t be able to take anything with me!]

[No.]

Luke smiled.

When a smile appeared on his cold impression, it seemed as if the surroundings were filled with bright light.

The opponent, who was babbling in a sense of crisis, also choked up and only took a quick breath.

[Why would I kill you? Anyway, if I have just one of these, you’ll tell me everything, even if you don’t want to.]

Luke, who was standing still and looking down at the opponent, bent his knees.

The opponent, who was dragging his butt back in an attempt to avoid Luke, stopped.

That’s because a long finger wearing a glove touched the safe that had been completely removed from the wall.

[That can never be opened…]

[Beep beep beep-]

The smooth hand that bit the fingertip and took off the glove pressed the password without hesitation.

The opponent’s eyes widened.

[So this was it. Your last piece.]

What came out of the safe, which had become scrap metal, was a small, old colt doll.

[Ah… Ahh…!]

Luke smiled and raised his body.

Luke’s eyes, which were gently bent, and the opponent’s face, which was stained with despair, were cross-cut and zoomed in.

It was the moment when one person fell into complete hell.

“That scene was really a masterpiece.”

It is almost impossible to shoot that long scene in one take.

Action goes in, short breaths are repeated several times and flow in a complicated way, and there are even scenes that go deep emotionally.

It is normal to cut and enter at least three or four times.

In particular, in action scenes, it is standard to reshoot from the beginning if the exchange is even slightly off.

“That scene went in as it is. Well, I would have put it in too. How can I throw away the eerie atmosphere that grips my heart?”

In fact, even after Yeon-woo’s performance ended, not a single breath was heard properly on the set.

The only actor who played the chairman faintly shouted for 911 to be called.

Of course, there was no real problem with his body.

He just felt like he was going to die…

Thanks to that, the Uwhang Cheongsimhwan [a traditional Korean medicine for calming the nerves] that Yeon-woo brought from Korea shined.

It was only a minor episode that he had brought it because of UTT and had forgotten about it, but he used it usefully.

“Hmm hmm… Action… That’s right. If I had used a stunt double in that scene, that kind of atmosphere wouldn’t have come out?”

“Ah, of course. The breathing would have become ambiguous because I had to cut off the scene by scene? I couldn’t have created such a flowing sense of excitement.”

“I need to learn action after all…”

It’s a movie that just premiered.

It was too early to talk about Part 2.

But whether they did or not.

The actors were already excited and started listing things they needed to learn.

‘It’s healthier and better than relaxing after succeeding.’

Besides, it was certain that action would always be helpful to actors.

One way or another, actors who are good at action are always valuable talents.

‘But Part 2…’

Yeon-woo’s golden scenario *The Last Piece*.

In fact, Yeon-woo was already convinced of the success even before the actors gathered and talked excitedly like this.

[Multiple lifespan automatic harvesting has been completed.]

[Lifespan automatically harvested: 29 days]

[Multiple lifespan automatic harvesting has been completed.]

[Lifespan automatically harvested: 59 days]

[Multiple lifespan automatic harvesting is…]

The system message that started to accumulate rapidly after the first screening on the opening day.

Originally, I was planning to slowly find out how much lifespan this ‘golden scenario’ harvests.

That was it.

‘Wait a minute. Wait a minute!’

The thought of looking at it slowly was a luxury.

I had the ability to ignore most system messages with the inner strength that I had ignored the *잡귀 [japgwi – minor spirits or 잡귀 – nuisances]* that had been lingering in front of my eyes for over twenty years.

But this was on a different level.

‘This is a situation where I can’t live my daily life.’

In the end, the noisy vision that was tightly filled was calmed down only after turning on the multiple lifespan automatic harvesting function.

Even so, it was just less than before, but it kept popping up constantly.

Besides, the amount of lifespan coming in increased more and more as time passed.

Now, as the second day of the opening is coming to an end.

The fact that there are still many people who haven’t seen it because there are no tickets is proof of that.

-I think we need to increase the number of winners in the certification event.

The PR department also stuck out its tongue, saying that they would have to increase the number of movie ticket certification event winners that started on social media because so many people saw it.

While I was out of my mind with the flood of lifespan and news.

Yeon-woo received a phone call.

-“Yeon-woo? It’s been a while. Congratulations on the movie release. The response is very good.”

A familiar voice that I had heard every day until recently.

It was a call from Korea.