I was Mistaken as a Monstrous Genius Actor [EN]: Chapter 393

Actually, from the moment the bald executive called out Kang Woo-jin, who was sitting on the sofa.

‘Next.’

He was summoning other beings. The awakened ‘Henry Gordon.’ He additionally summoned ‘Jang Yeon-woo’ of ‘Beneficial Evil.’ He synthesized the two. The madness and violence intensified several times over. Of course, the ‘freedom of the role’ was maintained. Therefore, the weak ‘Henry Gordon’ vanished before he could even register what was happening.

And the unstoppable, truly ‘no-backing-down’ ‘Henry Gordon’ was completed.

Would he care about people’s gazes? Would worries or fears even exist? Who here could stop Kang Woo-jin? Even if a gunfight broke out, they couldn’t stop the current Woo-jin’s rampage. Audition? Hollywood? Acting? Actor? He could care less about all of that.

First, he needed a cigarette.

Standing in front of the judges’ table, Kang Woo-jin nonchalantly lit up. There was no courtesy or consideration. Only his own will and decisions mattered.

“Hoo-”

Kang Woo-jin, who had become a monster beyond awakening, looked down at the bald executive. His face was disgustingly displeasing. Did this octopus head just call me Kang Woo-jin?

Should I kill him?

No. It might be fun to play with him a little more. But this octopus head needed a warning.

-Thud!

As he exhaled cigarette smoke, Woo-jin shook the bald executive’s head. It wasn’t a caress. He treated it like a toy.

“Call me ‘Joker,’ you damn baldy.”

It was as if he was about to rip off the bald executive’s head. Soon, Kang Woo-jin took another long drag of his cigarette, then dropped the smoking butt into the executive’s coffee cup. A sizzling sound spread across the stage, and the bald executive’s mind, whose head was being held, froze.

“······?”

It was hard to believe what was happening right now. He wondered if this was reality. His eyes had already widened to their limit. It was a situation he had never experienced in his life.

More than anything.

‘Wha, what is this?’

He couldn’t even tell who the Kang Woo-jin he was seeing was. He was completely confused. Where does the acting start and end? Wasn’t he just a pathetic ‘Henry Gordon’ until just now? How did ‘Joker’ appear so suddenly? Or was he ‘Joker’ all along?

More than that, is this even acting?

Numerous question marks swirled in his head. Everyone who was watching the bald executive, or rather, Woo-jin gripping the bald executive’s head, was in shock.

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“······”

“······”

They couldn’t say anything, but their eyes, several times larger, were popping out of their sockets. Starting with Director Ahn Ga-bok at the judges’ table.

‘···Has he started to run wild? But—this is a bit much.’

Some others besides the general producer and the casting director.

‘Wh, what is going on!’

‘This crazy act!! Should we stop him?!’

‘Wait, it’s dangerous!’

Even the executives from ‘Columbia Studios’ in the audience.

‘That crazy bastard!’

The Hollywood top actors who were watching were in a daze. Only Chris Hartnett barely maintained his sanity. He recalled the past Woo-jin who had asked him his name again.

‘He surpasses my imagination… a true eccentric. But, is he acting as ‘Joker’ now? I don’t know. I can’t figure it out.’

The dozen or so foreign key staff were busy whispering noticeably. Choi Sung-gun, glancing at them, was filled with anxiety.

‘Hey, hey, Woo-jin. Is that okay?? Aren’t you going to get completely screwed over?’

But Kang Woo-jin had no intention of stopping. He gently stroked the bald executive’s head, then took his hand away and opened his mouth.

“It doesn’t matter if I quit this audition, I just came to have fun. I came to see how well you guys do, but it’s too boring, isn’t it?”

Woo-jin, whose mouth was still twisted in a grin, put a cigarette in his mouth again.

“Let’s all have fun. Let’s throw away this boring audition. Huh? And hey, you damn baldy.”

Kang Woo-jin, locking eyes with the bald executive with madness in his eyes, wrapped his hands around his own neck.

“If you call me Kang Woo-jin one more time, I’ll kill you.”

“······”

Woo-jin, who had wrapped his neck, suddenly chuckled and swept back his black hair.

“Just kidding, don’t be scared, friend.”

He turned his body and spread his arms towards the audience.

“‘Joker’. Isn’t it beautiful?”

It was a gesture full of self-love. His expression was full of freedom. The Hollywood actors watching Kang Woo-jin on stage were no longer competitors.

They were just the audience.

To be clear, Kang Woo-jin was treating them that way. The reason was simple. It wasn’t acting. The awakened ‘Henry Gordon’, ‘Joker’, was dominating this stage. He was running rampant. The Kang Woo-jin in front of them was too real to be called acting.

No, that’s real.

In fact, Woo-jin had never ‘acted’ since he stepped onto the stage. Kang Woo-jin is ‘Joker’, and ‘Joker’ is Kang Woo-jin.

“You guys should enjoy it too. You came out to imitate me, right?”

The acting was okay. Yeah, I was a little surprised because it was similar to me. But imitation is just imitation. In the end, you can’t surpass the real thing. Kang Woo-jin exhaled a long stream of cigarette smoke. He looked down at the Hollywood actors in the audience as if looking down on them.

“But have you ever killed someone?”

Of course, they hadn’t. But it’s okay, there’s no need to kill someone for an audition. Here, suddenly.

-Swish.

Kang Woo-jin raised both arms. Then, he pulled up ‘Piano’ from his abilities. He moved his fingers in the air. His shoulders swayed to the rhythm. It was silent, but Woo-jin’s ears were filled with a dazzling piano melody.

“It would be nice if there was music.”

Woo-jin, who had been playing a silent piano for a while, lowered both hands. Then, he started tapping his feet. Like tap dancing. Woo-jin, who was stomping his feet like a lively dance, spun around with a ‘tap!’ sound. Then he put the cigarette back in his mouth.

“Hoo- I’m going to go now. I had a good show. Ah, imitate me more and spread it around.”

Kang Woo-jin. The ‘Joker’, who was the theme of this audition, was thoroughly breaking the format. He shattered the thoughts of everyone who was watching him. Director Ahn Ga-bok, watching Woo-jin’s back, let out a hollow laugh.

‘Since he appeared, there has been no ‘acting’ on the stage.’

The general producer, who glanced at Ahn Ga-bok, had a similar thought.

‘Did ‘Joker’ come to watch the audition for himself? A monster… that’s not enough to describe him.’

Currently, no one recognized the monster on that stage as an actor. He was just Kang Woo-jin, ‘Henry Gordon’, and ‘Joker’. The definition of the act of acting became distant.

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They could do nothing but stare blankly at Kang Woo-jin.

‘···How are we supposed to beat that?’

‘Acting? Where do you see acting?’

The Hollywood actors were proof of that. Chris Hartnett, an ultra-class actor in Hollywood, even felt respect for Woo-jin on stage.

‘I feel like my acting is pathetic. It’s the first time I’ve felt awe watching another actor’s performance. Haha, no, that’s not acting.’

It was at this moment.

“It was fun.”

Woo-jin, with a grin from ear to ear, waved his hand at the audience, then suddenly.

-Swoosh.

His expression changed. The air changed too. It was heavy. It was instantaneous. He had quickly put on his concept. Woo-jin, with a poker face on his face.

“······”

He spoke politely to the judges.

“I’ll stop here.”

It was a declaration that everything they had seen was acting. At this point, everyone in the hall, who had been dazed, woke up one by one.

“Ah.”

“Oh.”

“Th, that’s right.”

They barely regained their senses. But they were also confused.

‘······Isn’t ‘Joker’ pretending to be Kang Woo-jin?’

They must be confused. They wouldn’t be able to tell the boundary between what they had just seen, what was real, and what was acting.

Regardless, Kang Woo-jin.

‘Yeah, I think I’ve shown everything I’ve thought of enough. Damn, was I a bit too harsh on that bald guy in the middle? I don’t know, it’ll be fine.’

He was lighthearted.

A little later.

From the confession at the beginning, to the ‘Henry Gordon’ before awakening, to the crazy ‘Joker’. He had unfolded all the storytelling he had thought of, and there were no regrets. Whether it was Kang Woo-jin or ‘Joker’, the same being had run wild on this stage.

And.

‘Now, concept mode on again!’

Kang Woo-jin put on the solemnity he had taken off. Now it was an important part that he couldn’t do without. Then, Woo-jin walked off the stage with an indifferent face. Of course, there was no hesitation. One step, two steps, striding. He moved to the place where he had started, where the ponytail Choi Sung-gun was waiting.

The funny thing was that the hall was so quiet at this moment.

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Even though Woo-jin, whose turn was over, was almost at his seat, no one opened their mouths. They just slowly moved their eyes, following Kang Woo-jin’s movements. Humans are naturally frozen when they witness a scene that is too unexpected. However, only Director Ahn Ga-bok was smiling with wrinkles.

‘It’s beyond amazing, it’s even scary, he’s shattered the common sense of this place.’

It was because he had experience. On the other hand, from the general producer to the rest of the foreigners, they couldn’t take their eyes off Kang Woo-jin. It was either amazing or absurd.

‘Wh, what is it? He showed off such a presence, and then he becomes so calm in an instant??’

‘What the hell is he? Why is he the only one who acts like nothing happened······’

‘Is it possible for an emotional switch to be that fast! What is it? What did I just see?’

The ‘Joker’, who had been running wild with great madness just a few tens of seconds ago, was nowhere to be seen. That Kang Woo-jin was, like a lie, filled with his usual blunt calmness. It was an absurd temperature difference. Woo-jin, who was monopolizing the attention of the big shots in the hall, returned to Choi Sung-gun’s side. As soon as he sat down, he greeted him nonchalantly.

“I’m back.”

His voice tone had also become infinitely low again. Ponytail Choi Sung-gun greeted him with a dazed face.

“···Ah- uh. Yeah, you worked hard. But Woo-jin, aren’t you too calm by yourself right now?”

“Is that so?”

“Look around.”

-Swish.

Kang Woo-jin leisurely scanned left and right. Still, everything was silent, and everyone was staring at him. What is it? Aren’t they proceeding? They’re staring a lot. Woo-jin, who muttered inwardly, was already full of bravado.

“There’s no problem.”

“No, it’s not about whether there’s a problem or not… never mind.”

Choi Sung-gun, who let out a small breath, gave up on something and lowered his voice.

“Anyway, you killed it. Those Hollywood top actors who came out before? I seriously don’t even remember them. The acting you showed at the beginning—it was amazing. The character in the work confessing and inserting it into the current situation. The idea was great.”

That wasn’t it? That was a real confession. I knew it would be like this. But Kang Woo-jin didn’t change his expression and answered briefly.

“Thank you.”

Around this time.

“······Let’s start again.”

The general producer on the judges’ table on the stage managed to change the atmosphere with difficulty. She turned over Woo-jin’s profile and put up the profiles of the remaining two Hollywood actors. The afterglow of Woo-jin was still strong, but they had to proceed.

“Next.”

She called out the name of the fourth Hollywood actor. At this point, the gazes of the executives in the audience and the ‘Pierrot’ key staff turned to the stage, and one of the Hollywood actors slowly got up from his seat.

“······”

But his expression was quite serious. His face was full of worry. Director Ahn Ga-bok, who was stroking his wrinkled cheeks as he watched him slowly walk onto the stage, muttered inwardly.

‘He’s become nervous, after seeing that violent Kang Woo-jin’s performance. The situation was better for the previous two. How can you not be intimidated after seeing that.’

The fourth Hollywood actor was also a top actor who was known for his skills. But Director Ahn Ga-bok’s judgment was accurate. He showed his acting, but he made many mistakes in his lines. He managed to finish it somehow, but his face was filled with gloom as he walked off the stage.

And.

“Next, Chris Hartnett.”

Finally, Chris Hartnett, who had some connection with Kang Woo-jin, was called. Soon, Chris got up from his seat. But he didn’t move towards the stage. He just stood there and raised his right hand, uttering a short word to the judges on the stage.

“I’ll give up the audition, I will.”

It was the first time for Chris, a Hollywood superstar, to give up.

Several tens of minutes later.

The bizarre ‘Pierrot’ audition and screen test were over. Soon, the door of one of the large vans parked in the vast outdoor parking lot opened. The first team to get into the car was Chris Hartnett’s team. The man with brown eyes and sharp features spoke as soon as all his team members got into the car.

“Let’s leave right away.”

His van sped out of the parking lot as if fleeing. The various team members in the car were quiet. Chris Hartnett, who was quietly looking out the window, was the same. It was Chris’s fat main manager who broke this silence.

“···Chris. You prepared so much, why did you give up? Of course, Kang Woo-jin’s acting—hoo······wasn’t it too easy to give up?”

The Hollywood top actor, Chris, who had his gaze fixed on the window, chuckled.

“Didn’t you see it earlier? ‘Joker’ himself came.”

Then, recalling Kang Woo-jin’s performance that he had seen earlier, which had given him goosebumps all over his body, he replied.

“No matter what I do, it’s just a childish act in front of the ‘real’ thing.”