Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 197

“Da Ho hyung. Are you talking about the Blue Dragon Film Awards today?”

Seo-jun asked as he fastened his seat belt. Ahn Da Ho widened his eyes.

“How did you know?”

“My friends told me.”

“I guess so. The acting department must be very interested in film festivals and award ceremonies.”

The nominee list had not been announced yet, but there were some rumors on the internet. Ahn Da Ho nodded his head and started the car.

“The nominee list is supposed to come out tomorrow. According to the data sent by the organizers, you are on many of the candidate lists for Best Actor.”

“Everyone must be really happy.”

The director, the actors, the staff.

Seo-jun smiled brightly as he thought of the people he would meet after a long time.

***

Seo-jun stabbed an apple with a fork and spoke with a regretful expression.

“Are you both going back to America now?”

“The filming is over.”

Evan Block nodded his head as he took a bite of the apple.

While Seo-jun was at school, the cameo scenes of the two Hollywood actors were all finished. They said they gave autographs and took pictures with the staff and directors who were full of regret.

Of course, keeping it a secret was a must.

“I didn’t think much when I saw the script, but now that I filmed it, I feel a bit sad that we don’t have any scenes together.”

“Me too. It would have been nice if we had some scenes together.”

Evan Block smiled at the regretful faces of Seo-jun and Rachel Hill. He felt the same way.

“But if we stay any longer, people might find out that we came to Korea.”

Seo-jun chuckled at Evan Block’s words.

“Isn’t it dangerous to go to convenience stores now?”

“The part-timer looked suspicious when I went there earlier.”

It was a 24-hour convenience store near their accommodation. Evan Block and Rachel Hill often visited the store.

At first, they were flustered by the foreigners and responded in poor English, but as they got used to them, they also looked at their faces.

If only the man spoke Korean well, they would be more convinced, but the woman also spoke Korean well, so they wondered if they were wrong, but they looked similar, so the part-timer did not let go of their suspicion, the two actors said.

“But there’s no news article yet, so I guess they think we’re just look-alikes.”

“Who would think that Hollywood actors are here?”

“I’m so curious about people’s reactions when the movie comes out. It’ll be a riot if they find out that we went here and there, right? I took a lot of pictures.”

The three actors laughed like mischievous kids.

Seo-jun and the couple, the two actors had taken pictures of various places.

How surprised would they be, how happy would they be.

The conversation of the three actors who imagined people’s reactions soon led to a new topic.

“The Blue Dragon Film Awards?”

“Yes. It’s an award ceremony that takes place in November, but only for Korean movies.”

Seo-jun said as he bit into a crunchy apple.

If it was this year’s Korean movie.

Evan Block and Rachel Hill smiled as they thought of the movie that was released just a few months ago.

“You’ll get Best Actor for sure.”

“Hehehe.”

They had seen the list that was sent by the organizers to Cocoa Entertainment and then to Seo-jun by Ahn Da Ho. It was easier to find an award that he was not nominated for than one that he was.

The Blue Dragon Film Awards had categories such as Best Film, best Director, best Actor and Actress, best Supporting Actor and Actress, best New Actor and Actress, best New Director, best Cinematography and Lighting, best Music, best Screenplay, best Editing, best Art Direction, and Best Technical Achievement.

“I was nominated for Best Film, best Director, best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor.”

He was also nominated for Best Cinematography and Lighting, best Music, best Screenplay, best Editing, best Art Direction, and Best Technical Achievement.

Evan and Rachel Hill thought for a while and asked.

“When is the award ceremony?”

“I want to go and see it if I have time…”

Seo-jun blinked his eyes and searched on his phone.

“It’s in three weeks. It’s still far away.”

“That won’t work.”

“We can delay it for a day or two, but three weeks is too much.”

Rachel Hill and Evan Block looked at Seo-jun with regretful faces.

“I wanted to congratulate you in person when you receive the award.”

“It’s okay. Please congratulate me when I receive it next time.”

The two actors smiled at Seo-jun’s cheerful words. Rachel Hill looked at the clock and checked the time. There was still time until dinner.

“Then how about we have a pre-celebration party? I don’t know what award you’ll get, but you’ll definitely get one!”

Seo-jun and Evan Block nodded their heads at Rachel Hill’s suggestion.

Seo-jun called his mom and dad and told them that they were having a party for this reason. Seo-jun smiled slightly. Somehow, every day felt like a party since the two came to Korea.

When they were preparing food for the early celebration party, rachel Hill who was kneading cookie dough for dessert said with a regretful voice.

“By the way, you said you have a ritual tomorrow? I wanted to try a ritual too…”

“I’m not going either this time. There are quite a few other people coming too.”

Evan Block, who also wanted to experience doing a ritual, opened his mouth.

“Hmm. Then how about we try it when we film Shadowman 3? Director Ryan doesn’t believe in superstitions, but I think he’ll let us do it if we want to.”

Rachel Hill nodded her head repeatedly with sparkling eyes at his words.

“Let’s use a doll or a picture instead of a real pig’s head. That’s gross.”

“But the ritual is a bit complicated. You have to read a prayer and bow. It might be hard to do it officially in the US, don’t you think?”

Rachel Hill smiled widely at Seo-jun’s words. She already seemed to have made up her mind.

“It doesn’t have to be perfect, right?”

Evan Block agreed.

“I bet Marina Studio would be the first to suggest it if they knew about this superstition. Besides, it also means wishing for safety during the filming. There are other action scenes besides Jun’s, so maybe Director Ryan and Marina would be all for it.”

Although they were old and used a lot of CG work, so there were no difficult or strenuous action scenes, they could get hurt in ordinary filming if they were unlucky.

“/It’s not scientifically proven, but it’s human nature to feel uneasy and keep thinking about it if you know there’s such a superstition. If that happens, they’ll eventually want to do it./”

Rachel Hill laughed like a villain after saying a long sentence in English instead of Korean.

‘Hmm. Is that so?’

Evan Block and Rachel Hill’s words made Seo-jun, the actual person involved, tilt his head, but Ahn Da Ho, who wanted to borrow the power of superstition for the actor’s safety, sparkled his eyes.

‘Ritual…’

He thought he should ask the movie directors he knew for detailed methods and procedures.

***

The next day.

Articles that stirred up the internet from the morning came out.

[Movie Rebellion, multiple nominees for the Blue Dragon Film Awards!]

[Rebellion, nominated for Best Film, best Director, best Actor, best Supporting Actor, best Cinematography and Lighting, best Music, best Screenplay, best Editing, best Art Direction, best Technical Achievement, a total of 10 categories!]

-As expected of Rebellion.

=As expected of Rebellion222

-It’s faster to find what they’re not nominated for than what they are.

-They’ll get all the awards they’re nominated for.

-Holy. Did you see the Best Actor nominees?

=?? Isn’t it Lee Seo-jun?

[Blue Dragon Film Awards, best Actor nominee. Actor Lee Seo-jun!]

[Blue Dragon Film Awards, best Actor nominee. Actor Lee Ji-seok!]

[Yesterday’s colleagues are today’s enemies! The competition between Lee Seo-jun and Lee Ji-seok!]

[Best Actor! Who will get it?]

-Seo-jun for Best Actor!

-Lee Ji-seok is also nominated!

-Wow. A family feud? I expected Lee Seo-jun, but Lee Ji-seok too!

-Lee Ji-seok did well too. From now on, Prince Suyang is Lee Ji-seok lol

-He did really well for a supporting role. This movie wouldn’t have been made without any one of them.

-But it’s too bad that only one of them can get it.

-Is there no joint award? Can’t they both get it?

=I think there used to be one. But not lately.

=And wasn’t there never a case where two people from the same movie got it?

=The judges must be having a hard time lol

-I vote for Lee Seo-jun.

“Everyone is on Seo-jun’s side.”

Kim Jong-ho read the comments on the article with a satisfied expression. Lee Da-jin, who was sitting next to Kim Jong-ho, smiled slightly.

“Are you on Seo-jun’s side too, senior?”

“Of course. Ji-seok did well too, but Seo-jun did better. Everyone saw Over the Rainbow, and no one even thought that Danjong and Gray were similar.”

“Some people did mention Heo Uigwan, though.”

Most of them didn’t, but there were a few who brought up Heo Uigwan.

“Just a little bit.”

Kim Jong-ho emphasized ‘just a little bit’. He lost his composure whenever he met Ji-seok, but he admitted what he had to admit.

Kim Jong-ho stroked his chin and said.

“That’s normal. No, with this much attention, it’s a perfect image transformation.”

A life performance. A life work.

They were good words and something every actor wanted to hear, but there was also a downside of having a fixed image and a character that influenced the next work.

Kim Jong-ho was still sometimes called Taejong, and Lee Da-jin was often called Hunter when he was young.

The reason why Lee Da-jin was not called Hunter now was probably because he had grown more than before. When they were growing teenagers, kids changed every day.

Kim Jong-ho opened his mouth as he looked at the ritual that was being prepared.

“I guess I’ll be called Im Jang-woo again when Escape comes out.”

“Me too, I guess.”

Now that they were grown up, they wouldn’t grow much anymore, and if they took care of themselves, their faces would stay the same.

Their skin or wrinkles, or minor places would change as they aged, but their faces on the screen would stay the same for quite a long time.

‘Escape will be a hit. A huge one.’

A lot of people would see it, and many times, repeatedly.

That meant that Yeon Jae-hee in Escape would be exposed to a lot of people.

Now that they were grown up. It was hard to change their image with any external changes.

Yeon Jae-hee’s image in Escape would be almost fixed. Maybe they would never get out of Yeon Jae-hee for the rest of their lives.

‘There’s no need to be afraid of having a fixed image.’

Lee Da-jin said as if making a resolution.

“I’ll do my best to act in the next work too.”

“That’s right.”

The solution was to act hard.

Kim Jong-ho smiled at the young actor’s words.

“Then let’s start the ritual!”

At that shout, Director Choi Dae-man, Assistant Director Park Jae-min, the branch manager of Plus+Korea, the representative of Movie Dream Lee Hansol, the lead actors Kim Jong-ho and Lee Da-jin.

And the staff who had been with them during the secret filming and the staff who would be filming with them from now on gathered in front of the ritual.

***

[The scene of the ritual for the Korean-style zombie movie, ‘Escape’!]

[Actor Lee Da-jin, “It will be a really fun movie.”]

[Actor Kim Jong-ho, “A movie worth looking forward to.”]

[Director Choi Dae-man, “A movie like a gift for the audience.”]

-Oh. They’re starting filming.

-But they’re doing it fast. I heard they were making a zombie movie not long ago?

=They didn’t promote it lol

=22 They must have prepared it beforehand, but we wouldn’t know if there’s no article.

-But is that a foreigner in the back? Or not?

=Yeah. Where did I see him?

=A foreigner? Where?

=Oh oh. I found him. He’s the branch manager of Plus+ Korea. No need to worry about the production cost.

=Ah. Right. Foreigners love zombie movies, right? That’s why they invested.

=22 Even if it doesn’t do well in Korea, they can upload it on Plus+. They’ll make up for the production cost.

-But don’t they usually use words like fun or gift for zombie movies?

=They usually use ‘fun’ for comedy movies

=And ‘gift’ for touching movies.

-…Hmm…Is it a tearjerker?

=ㅠㅠ Putting a tearjerker in a zombie movie? Is that possibleㅠㅠ?

=I was going to watch it, but a tearjerker is a bit…

-Are Lee Da-jin and Kim Jong-ho playing father and son?

=…Looking at Kim Jong-ho’s face, it seems possible.

-A gangster dad goes to save his son…

=That sounds plausible222

-But they really suck at promoting. They haven’t even posted the plot yet lol

-lol Look at the information they’ve released so far. It’s ridiculous haha

[Escape]

Genre: Zombie movie (Korean style;;;;)

Production company: Movie Dream (Survived after going bankrupt once/Sold the rights to Seo-jun’s Evil Spirit lol)

Investor: Plus+Korea (Probably for Plus+ upload)

Director: Choi Dae-man (Evil Spirit director/Broke even on his second work)

Special makeup team: Maybe one of the top three in Korea (or Hollywood special makeup team?[rumor)

Cast: Kim Jong-ho, Lee Da-jin ([[[The only thing to trust lol)

Plot: Not revealed lol

-…Is this the amount of information for a movie that’s going to start filming tomorrow?

-The only thing to trust is Lee Da-jin and Kim Jong-ho

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