You’re not really like this?
That’s how ＜Backstage＞ became the entire reading day.
Aside from their acting skills, there were many well-known cast members. There are a total of five actors who will appear as the group Ikaros in ＜Backstage＞, and three of them are active idols.
The remaining two are new actors, some of whom have already debuted, and some who are former trainees.
“Hey, it’s a simple script reading public site, but it’s the first time that so many people have come.”
“Buster and I&B are doing really well.”
From the entrance of the reading hall building, many of the homemakers kept their seats to the reporters.
“Oh, let’s go in together.”
And Yoon Jae and Yoon Do-joon also appeared. The people who were waiting busily pressed the shutter to capture their images.
In the reading room, reporters who were invited for PR sat down and read the first episode of ＜Backstage＞.
‘It’s a bit of a hit. But… it’s still awkward.’
‘I wouldn’t know just by looking at the reading.’
‘Ah, some actors feel like a web drama.’
‘Yoon Do-joon is quite good at it?’
There are members from I&B and Buster, who have big tours around the world and are popular in Korea as well.
Even though I know that there are some idols who are good at acting, I didn’t think they would do well from the start.
Still, since Yoon J is the lead role, many people thought that he would carry everything as far as his acting skills.
“In the first place, what is the name of the group ‘Ikaros’? It’s not like I’m going to go to hell.”
“Hyungs, they say our representative has changed.”
“To whom?”
Ji Gwang-hyeon, who will play the role of Yoon Jae-yi’s father in the play, clicked his tongue inwardly when he saw the young people working hard.
‘Well, this is true…’
Paying attention to pronunciation and vocalization seems to have taught me the basics well. However, it was clearly revealed that there was still a lack of internal energy.
Ji Kwang-hyeon was a middle-aged actor who came from the same theater company as Moon Chang-min and is still active in theater and media.
‘If I pointed it out for nothing, they’d think I was an old man…’
Ji Gwang-hyeon glanced at Yoon Do-joon.
‘I think that friend is doing something.’
Maybe it’s because of the lead actor in front of me? He looked at Yoon Jae who was sitting right next to Yoon Do Jun. Are you two brothers?
[Jay? Hyung, he’s a thing.]
[Hyung, if you match him, you’ll think what’s different?]
Ji Kwang-hyeon was satisfied with wanting to work with the junior Chang-min Moon praised so much. Anyway, he has no chance to run into Icarus in the play.
But Yunjae was different.
He has many scenes with Icarus. Yoon Do-joon has a lot of opportunities to give cramming lectures, so I’m not worried, but isn’t it ambiguous that he interferes with other actors?
‘How can I save this.’
If the skills of the actors around him to match are relatively weak, Yoon Jae, who acts as usual, will stand out more. Then the completeness of the play is reduced.
There will be no awkwardness if you act in line with their acting and deceive the viewers by saying that the atmosphere of the play is this.
but.
‘What about this…’
i don’t intend to kill
After handing over the script, Yunjae looked at Ji Kwang-hyeon, and his eyes changed at once. When the atmosphere was set like that, Ji Gwang-hyeon also wrinkled his face and became a stubborn chairman.
“father.”
“Someone in the company would have told me to call you Chairman, right?”
The atmosphere of the reading room, which had been slightly loose, was captured by the appearance of the two actors holding weight with low voices. I could hear reporters quietly pressing the shutter.
“Suddenly, the Enter division? You seem to have misunderstood something.”
“It is not an illusion. Wouldn’t it be nice if you took on various jobs too?”
It’s a variety of things… it’s not like they’re giving me a group anyway. Yunjae’s facial muscles twitched slightly.
If the previous actors’ Tiki-Taka was a web drama, the subtly confrontation between the two fathers and mothers had a positive feeling.
‘stylish.’
Yoon Do-joon thought he had done well, but he also thought that what he was doing was different, and he burned his will.
“Thank you all for your hard work.”
“I saw you at the first shoot.”
When the reading was over and he was leaving, Lee Jun-seo approached Yoon Do-jun.
“Hey, Do-joon.”
“Junseo hyung.”
“Have you always been this good at acting? We don’t have time for lessons because we’re both busy.”
I&B and Buster often ran into each other at music stores or joint concerts overseas, so they were close to each other to some extent.
“Actually… my older brother told me by cramming.”
“really?”
Lee Jun-seo glanced at Yoon-jae talking to Ji Gwang-hyeon.
‘It wasn’t a joke.’
Suddenly setting the mood and leading it… It was the embodiment of the ideal that I imagined it would be like that if I acted.
Of course, in reality, I only have memories of being very careful not to cut lines.
‘Why does everyone think I’m acting as a hobby…’
As an idol who has reached the top, he is also a ghost, so he knows that the people gathered here do not have expectations for his acting skills.
However, what Yoon Do-joon showed was unexpected. It was a simple reading, so I didn’t just spit out my lines, but I acted with my hand gestures. In fact, didn’t the writer and director look at Yoon Do-joon in surprise?
“Hey, brother, are you busy? I also want to ask for your advice.”
I signed a contract as if pushed by my agency, but I was motivated to act in my own way.
Besides, he himself is a 2-roller himself, but he had a somewhat premeditated thought that if he continued like this, he would be pushed out by Yoonjay and not be noticed.
“Maybe you will like it? It’s about acting.”
“okay? Can I ask you one more time?”
“Come with me.”
Yoon Do-joon seemed excited that his brother had been recognized, so he led Lee Jun-seo and approached Yoon-jae.
“brother.”
“Do-joon. You said you had a schedule after this, right?”
“huh. This is Junseo hyung.”
“hello. I enjoyed the song.”
Yunjae gave a polite answer.
“Hello, brother. Please feel free to call me. We’ve met at awards ceremonies before.”
“No, it’s still a first-time meeting.”
what? Yoon Do-joon was strange and tilted his head. Isn’t my brother the type to draw the line like this?
If the other person comes up like this first, accept it with a gentle smile, and quickly become close. I wonder if it was nicknamed the human magnet for nothing.
“I heard from Dojunie that he gave me a lot of acting guidance… I was wondering if it would be possible for me too.”
Lee Jun-seo also noticed the subtle nuance of Yoon-jae. But I didn’t back down because I was scared.
‘You have the will.’
It’s easy this way. Yoonjae pretended to touch his chin and covered the smile on his lips.
He has no intention of killing his acting skills to match the level of young children. But he is also the first lead role in a drama. There is some greed about the perfection of the play.
However, the tempo of the drama scene is different from that of the movie scene. The day after tomorrow is the crank-in, but there was no time to hold on to him and give him guidance.
‘It was a way of recalling the experience.’
So I decided to try the method that director Shin Ji-won used for Kang Ha-joon in ＜Intermission＞.
In the play, ‘Seo Geon-woo’ played by Yoon Jae-yi and ‘Seo Ji-hoo’ played by Lee Jun-seo are brothers who lived apart, and there had to be a face-to-face and awkward atmosphere. It doesn’t help that they are already familiar with each other.
“Ah… Do-junie took it so well.”
“Can you help me too?”
“Sorry, that would be difficult. I also have the next schedule, so it’s enough…”
I am not interested in what Lee Jun-seo will think of me for trying this method. It’s okay if you don’t notice your intentions later. for the sake of completeness.
Yoon Do-joon opened his mouth in a daze at the sight of him openly rejecting him.
“Uh, huh?”
My older brother isn’t always like this, is he? Yoon Do-joon looked at the broad back of Yoon-jae, who was moving away in embarrassment.
Lee Jun-seo was embarrassed and scratched his cheek.
“Um, are you doing that because I’m too bad?”
“Oh, no. My brother is not that kind of person.”
“okay? So, are you feeling a bit unwell today?”
Although Lee Jun-seo was slightly offended, he did not show it. I’m also a member of a pretty popular idol group, don’t you want to get close? Or, maybe this is the territorial attitude of the actors? Are you already saying that you can’t act?
‘It’s not real…’
Yoon Do-jun glanced at Lee Jun-seo, whose expression was not good. Only Yoon Do-joon, who was caught in the middle, was in trouble.
***
After the reading, the first day of shooting came. Lee Jun-seo went to work early even though it was not my call time and greeted the staff of ＜Backstage＞.
“Junseo. You don’t have to come so early?”
“Still, it’s my first drama debut, so I need to see the overall atmosphere.”
“Yeah. You learned it right.”
The director laughed and patted Lee Jun-seo on the shoulder.
At that time, Yoon J appeared on the set. He wore a nice suit and pulled his hair back like a person who would become a cold-blooded representative in the play.
It’s the first time I’ve seen someone approaching violently.
From noble mtl dot com.
I’m glad that hyung didn’t become an idol. If I hadn’t done that, I would have lost all my rice bowls. Lee Jun-seo ran to Yoon-jae and bowed his head.
“hello! brother!”
“Uh, yes.”
It looked like a puppy waiting for its owner to come, and Yoonjay hid his embarrassment.
“brother! My fans supported Coffee Tea, go and have it!”
“thank you. I will eat well.”
And it went by in a flash. Lee Jun-seo’s desire to compete gradually began to activate. I will be recognized by that hyung before the drama ends.
“That’s not right.”
I tried various things to impress Yunjae, but Yoonjae gave a firm answer and quickly left the seat. as if he was embarrassed
“It’s really not right.”
“That’s not really my brother’s kind of person…”
“No, what is it? I saw something.”
“no······.”
Lee Jun-seo glared at Yoon Do-joon, feeling unfair, then sighed deeply.
“okay. What’s wrong with you?”
Lee Jun-seo glared at Yoon-jae, who was talking amicably with the other actors from afar.
‘No, why are you doing this only to me when you’re good to the other kids?’
If you’re an idol, there are other kids besides me and Yoon Do-joon. Besides, he seems to be worse at acting than me.
what did i do wrong I’m not the kind of person who goes anywhere.
“done. I must be wrong in my thought of getting help easily.”
“Um… yes.”
Yoon Do-joon only rolled his eyes. In fact, he had heard something from Yunjae beforehand.
[So… you’re going to treat me coldly on purpose to create an atmosphere similar to the play?]
[yes. That’s why… Lee Jun-seo, he said he was an only child, right? Do you have a desire for recognition?]
He was excited about appearing in the same production as his older brother, but he was not interested in himself, saying that he was encouraging Lee Jun-seo to act.
‘If I had known it would be like this, I would have taken on the role of Seo Ji-hoo.’
They are brothers in real life, but if they are brothers in the play, they have a different role because cognitive dissonance comes. Yoon Do-jun just chewed on the straw.
“Do-joon. Did you eat well?”
“huh!”
But it was only for a moment that he sighed. Yoon Do-joon yelled at Yoon Jae-yi’s act of taking care of himself.
Lee Jun-seo gritted his teeth at Yoon-jae’s behavior of subtly ignoring him.
“You said you were in a YoonJ drama, right? Was Yoonjae originally that cold?”
“no. You are very kind. We were all close friends.”
“But why are you like this today?”
There are so many eyes on the set, but it’s impossible to see them. The staff whispered.
“Director, can I leave it like this?”
“are you okay. It was Jay’s plan.”
“A plan? What is it?”
After the reading, the director thought about what Jae-yi Yoon had said.
[Director. Can you watch me no matter what I do on set?]
[why?]
[I don’t know about the other kids, Seo Ji-hoo. There are many scenes where I collide with this guy, but I think my immersion will be broken at this rate.]
That’s why I’m deliberately creating a situation similar to the play.
‘It’s comfortable for me if the lead actor steps up like this.’
I didn’t think it was a monthly pass. At first, the director did not have much motivation for ＜Backstage＞. It’s because I think it’s hard for an idol drama to do well with a screenplay by a new writer.
Yoon Do-joon, who has a fairly high role in Ikaros, was better than I thought, so I had nothing to touch.
However, I endured even though I had a lot to say to Lee Jun-seo, who was almost the lead role. It’s because I’m compared to Yoonjae, who has a very high level of acting.
‘It remains to be seen how I can improve my skills, but .’