Eating An Actor’s Book – Chapter 4

The audition for Joe SiHye ended in a very short time, which took less than five minutes.

"Oh, I'm screwed up."

 I relax in my sigh as I come in.

" they didn’t even let me do free acting!"

It looks like you have a big craving for free acting, but I do not know.

In terms of auditioning, I think that it depends on the audition scene.

There are even places that do not see free performances even in the entrance examination of the drama film university.

'Cause I have only a few days to prepare for a few days. If you put the actors you want to play on the spot where it is almost like live broadcasting, there are times when it is hard to do.

Of course, I do not mean to.

"OK. I would have done well. "

Park, Chan-ik, gave me such a pleasure. But the situation of other newcomers was not much different.

 "Sister, can i ask?"

 "What question?"

 "Did you read the script?"

"Puh! Did you ask that question? How many questions do you ask? "

" Oh, this one .... "

" I haven’t even read it. "

If you have not read the full script, there must be something confusing. For example, during the third round of dialog, there is this dialogue.

'Ring? I love the ring and I have a good luck. "

The girl who was born with a spoonful of water really really ringtone. Here, the premise of 'if you are with me' is attached. If you do not know this, you can smile like a bunch and shout "I love you too!", It is often a stupid actor who does not understand sub-texts. A lot of newcomers guessed "drop out" and evaluated the audition field.

"Why are you so cold?"

Especially, the director eyes are so cold, and they start to scare me.

Uh, I'm nervous.

On the contrary, the employee was comfortable.

"A lot of confirmed actors? Firstly, the main character is a definite star ... Oh, then the ceremony will be in a few days? I hope it does not overlap with the shooting schedule. "

It seemed like he was sure he would stick. And when he returned from the audition, he certainly looked better than the others.

"Have you seen it well?"

Park Chan-ik asked the question of the team leader.

"PD here saw you. "

" Oh, really? "

" Yes, it's over. He said he was watching the drama well. "

" I feel good! "

" Yeah! "I knew that my brother would join me!"

 "..."

But everyone, except me, is in a festive atmosphere. I could not be alone, so I laughed modestly and adjusted my suit.

It is more tense because the turn is the last.

At that time, the meeting room door opened and the casting director came in.

"Next, Do Jae Hee?"

"Oh, yes."

 I got up from my seat.

 "Good report."

Park Chan-ik nodded in the formal greeting of the team leader and went out of the conference room. The drama office is only 10m away from the meeting room.

" did you have'nt much experience?"

 I nodded my head to the casting director's question, which briefly scrutinized my profile.

"When I was in college, I was a bit of a play ..."

"Not in play."

"Oh, yes."

"Don’t be too nervous. Okay? "

And then I knocked my shoulders a couple of times and opened the office door.

Because I already auditioned a lot of actors in the office, I felt the warmth of the fire came over me. But soon the heat turned cold. The atmosphere itself is not warm.

There is a row of long rectangular tables laid out in succession, and on the table there are many messy profiles with photos of many actors.

I saw a camera in the corner and a sitting person at a glance of about six people, PD, assistant director, and director.

I was scouring me up and down in the middle with a hawkish eye.

Somewhat, the atmosphere is not good.

"Jae Hee."

The man who call my brief greeting was a man in his early thirties who appeared to be an assistant sitting on the far left.

"Yes. Well, you got the script, right? "

I replied to the assistant's question.

 "Yes."

"By the way, I dont see you bring it, Did you lost it? "

" Oh ... that's it. I remembered it. "

" Yes? "

" The Script, I memorized everything. "

" Oh ... "The mouth of the assistant's mouth went up slightly. And the director 's gaze of his return went back into place. But he told me with a very expressionless face.

" You applied for Kim Do-hoon, but do you remember the dialogue?"

 "Yes."

"You can report it, anyway. So let's see. "

It's a very bass, cold voice. I thought it was unusual from the harsh eyes that look beyond the glasses, but again.

 I closed my eyes lightly and pulled out 'Kim Dohoon' in my head and my body and every single finger.

 And the role of Kim Do-hoon gradually came up from my toes and began to burst into it.

"I will read from the 17th scene once."

The assistant began to read the other ambassador dryly. And I took that ambassador and I accepted it.

Even though it is supporting roles, it is the person having the narrative in the back of main story.

The third, if you take the rank of South America.

The big images described in the script reacted like animals, and the features that are not in the script were created as I interacted with Kim Dohoon and 'Do Jae Hee'.

"Next is Act 2nd scene 6th."

And as the scenes progressed one by one, I could feel the warmth of the audition field, which was freezing cold.

"Next, Act 3rd Scene 25th."

How do I look in their eyes? I was convinced as I proceeded to perform without worrying deeply.

'Maybe this is going to happen,'

 the director mouth was very small, but it smiled. A woman in her 40s who sat next to her bishop looked at me with a huge smile, as if she were looking at the joyful feast of her youngest son.

"The last scene. Act 4th scenes 33th"

There is a scene that appeals that 'Kim Dohoon' role is a very attractive role.

The dialogue gradually begins to have an explosive power, and the scene is a scene in which heat and sex are spawning.

It was a scene that needed a sucking smoke, and when I finished the acting, the bishop's mouth was very wide open. As if, 'Oh ...' I was trying to say I was in a hurry.

"I watched it well,"

 and at the same time as the very short director finish, the applause burst out. It was an applause from a woman in her 40s sitting next to her boss.

"Wow! It was really creepy. "

I could find out who she was. She is sitting next to the bishop in the audition hall, and she is influential enough to make me feel relaxed, even though she did not comment.

Writer.

"How did you catch up to the minute? In one session, there is a sentence saying, "There is a pain in the parting, a visible disease." When the emotions grow, the eyes are habitually clapping, That's why you expressed it, right? "

I nodded at the author's question.

"Yes, I do not know what the image I thought, I tried my mind. Sorry if you offended... " 　

" Great. The image I was writing when I was writing was that kind of image. "

The mouth of the assistant is brightly lit, including the production PD in the artist's praise.

It felt like saying 'I finally found it.'

However, the director comment has yet to come out. I waited as much as possible to hide my feelings. The director opened his mouth.

"The Script, when did you memorize all?"

 "I memorized it two days ago."

"... is that right?"

 The director looked at the casting director, and the casting director said.

"Uh ... It was two days ago that I sent all of them to the agency four times. So, are you memorized in one day? "

... that's not the case.

My Friends, I did not memorized the Script, but eat it. I'm sorry. T_T

"Incredible. That's the way to memorize and analyze. It's a good quality? "Producer PD quietly raised me, finally praising me in the mouth of the Director.

"Great. I saw it well. "

It was short, but there was no stronger praise for me. The casting director tried to guide me through the scene, but the Director stopped him.

"I'll ask you one more question."

"Oh, yes. do it. Director. "

The casting director sat in a hurry, and I sat down with a grim face. It was a question. The Director asked.

"Now I think I analyzed the role of 'Kim Dohoon' very faithfully ... Can you do it if the dialogue grows a bit or the character itself changes?"

 This question, I feel somehow. I nodded confidently.

"Of course."

Then, for the first time, I saw smiled a bright smile from the director mouth.

"good, I like it.  the  eyes 180 degrees different from usual times. All right, go out. "

" Thank you. "

I bowed and woke up. The casting director led me to the door, and I was alone to return to the conference room for the last time.

"I did a good job,"

 the casting director knocking on my shoulder and the sound over the closing door.

"Where did that actor pop out?"

"It's been quite a while since I debuted, but why did not I ever know?"

It was these conversations, and the door was closed.

I stood there and stared at the urge to hear more of their conversation, but I moved on.

I feel strange.

Have I ever received such praise while acting?

Even if it fell here, it was a good time to be no longer afraid.

When I returned to the meeting room, including my chief Park Chan-Ik, my juniors watched my appearance, but everyone was not expecting much. Just saying coolly, "It took a long time?"

I replied incredibly.

"is that so."

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