I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 62

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Episode 62

“No~. I’m not calling you over. Just sit over there.”

So he wasn’t calling me. There wasn’t a separate chair anyway, and I had to go back into the shoot once the wound makeup was done, so I was standing awkwardly. I sat in the corner of the sofa that Yoon Hyeonjo was pointing to.

“How was my acting earlier?”

It seemed like he had dropped the formal speech briefly at the izakaya. Maybe he’s the type who’s shy around strangers, as he had returned to using honorifics. I answered obediently.

“You were amazing. As expected of Yoon Hyeonjo. The best action actor.”

“Hey, if Hyeonjo is the best, then what am I?!”

A senior actor playing Detective Gwak shouted loudly from far away. The filming set was filled with laughter. Thanks to everything going smoothly, the atmosphere was really good. The making camera was rolling at just the right time too.

“Then… then you’re also the best… I suppose!”

“What~. If there are two bests, we should drop the word ‘best.'”

At Yoon Hyeonjo’s words, I awkwardly waved my hands and bowed my head.

‘I hope this plays well as Han Yeoreum getting picked on between senior actors.’

The making camera had already moved away toward the gang members busy with wound makeup.

I had to continue the Yoon Hyeonjo praise session that had been briefly interrupted. He was staring at me intently as if asking if I had more to say.

“So I really want to do action someday too. Thanks to you seniors, I’m learning a lot on set. Amazing!”

Yoon Hyeonjo, who had finished his simple wound makeup, stood up from his seat and spoke. From far away, I could hear someone calling him for a making interview.

“You’re already good at it. You made it to the trending videos.”

“You even know about the trending rankings?”

Yoon Hyeonjo. You are the greatest senior of this era. To show such interest in a junior like this…

It’s definitely not because Yoon Hyeonjo is the only one on this set who knows my ASMR video made it to the real-time trending videos. He’s a very upright, wise type who will achieve great things.

“Forget what I said last time.”

“What?”

“About not knowing if you act better than Do Gyeoul.”

How could I forget that? Back then, Yoon Hyeonjo, you were a zero-star senior to me. The cider I drank that day still tasted bitter.

“If Do Gyeoul feels like there’s a wall… You’re more like… how should I put it… someone who breaks down walls? There’s something like that.”

Yoon Hyeonjo gestured toward his chair as if telling me to sit there instead of on the sofa, tapping it lightly.

“And from the perspective of acting together~. The latter is much better. Hmm… I didn’t know that myself.”

Then Yoon Hyeonjo turned his back and walked away.

I watched Yoon Hyeonjo’s retreating figure for a moment, then carefully sat down in the chair. It was a sturdy chair with adjustable angles.

Ever since I decided to reclaim my name, it seemed like the things I wanted had increased infinitely.

‘Will I… be able to have my own chair on set someday?’

I wanted to create my own place. In the middle of filming sets, on movie theater screens, on Chungmuro’s Film Street, everywhere my eyes could reach – I wanted to exist there.

I kept getting greedy. The desire to do just a little better, just a little more, kept growing fiercely.

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[Would you like to recommend this?]

Click-.

Do Gyeoul pressed the ‘Yes’ button. On the monitor, Gyeoul’s SNS photo and Han Yeoreum’s award ceremony photo were placed side by side.

Daily Media. Gyeoul knew this newspaper company as she had done interviews with them several times.

As Do Gyeoul scrolled through the article, she smiled with her eyes crinkling.

[★Photo/ “Same Clothes, Different Vibes” Analysis of Do Gyeoul-Han Yeoreum’s Same Dress]

Coordinated photos of famous child actress Do Gyeoul and rising newcomer, rising star Han Yeoreum, who created different vibes with the same outfit, are becoming a hot topic. The two people wearing Company C’s vintage black dress from the 1980s each captivated attention with their different charms. Do Gyeoul with a classic styling…

“As expected…”

Usually in articles like this, they focused on the side they were ‘pushing.’ And Do Gyeoul was always on the side that got more emphasis. Because Gyeoul’s background, her established position, and finally her skills backed it all up.

“Interesting…”

But both Daily Media and L’EL put their weight behind Han Yeoreum. Both places were second to none when it came to picking out celebrities with potential.

“How did you… manage to look good to such discerning places.”

This kind of experience was unfamiliar. Things were turning out interestingly, just as Gyeoul had observed.

Half anticipation for how far Han Yeoreum would climb, half impulse to see Yeoreum struggling desperately without being able to reach Do Gyeoul – this made her heart race.

Click- Click- Click-.

Gyeoul’s monitoring didn’t end. Gyeoul, who had only searched her own name a few times before, was now habitually looking up Han Yeoreum’s name.

‘Just a newcomer who’s only done one web drama.’

Han Yeoreum, who didn’t even have an entertainment agency, was winning favor from reporters and the public with her own strength. In the entertainment industry where people lived off image-making built with the blood and sweat of agency staff, this type was rare.

‘At least in my memory… there isn’t a single one.’

Gyeoul recalled Yeoreum at the L’EL Style Awards. That face that went up on the podium holding that pathetic trophy, looking directly into her eyes. The raw emotions that were strangely revealed for a moment.

“Still, not yet…”

Click-.

With one click, she turned off all the layered screens at once, and Gyeoul’s angelic face was reflected on the black screen.

“Yeoreum should stay as Yeoreum.”

She couldn’t dare to be placed alongside Do Gyeoul’s name. Gyeoul, who finished monitoring, picked up her cell phone and contacted her entertainment agency.

“Manager, when will our articles start uploading?”

-Oh, Gyeoul! It’ll start from 3 PM today.

“I want to schedule an interview too.”

-An interview? That sounds great. Where should we do it! This is the first time you’ve been so proactive, Gyeoul, so I can’t think of a good place right away.

No matter how influential Intube was, the opponent was terrestrial broadcasting. Gyeoul wanted to show Yeoreum what real popularity meant.

If Yeoreum saw her at an award ceremony incomparable to something like the L’EL Style Awards. She felt like she could read something new.

“Daily Media.”

Gyeoul wanted to learn the emotion called frustration, which she had never felt before. Through Yeoreum’s expressions, gestures, and voice.

“I want to do it with Reporter Wi Jaehwi.”

By absorbing Yeoreum’s things one by one like this, maybe someday she could escape from that damn father’s evaluation.

From that damned evaluation that she couldn’t understand human emotions.

[Finally Twenty, “I’ve Been Waiting for This Day” Do Gyeoul Challenges Authentic Romance]

[From Child Actor to Adult… Do Gyeoul Breaks Her Hiatus, Cast as Female Lead in ]

[Netizens Smile Warmly at Do Gyeoul’s Beautiful Growth “She’s grown up so well~”]

News of Do Gyeoul’s terrestrial drama began dominating the entertainment news rankings as soon as it was uploaded.

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“It’s done…”

This was the MBS Drama Department. So Yesol, with dark circles deeply set under her eyes, once again took in the footage she had been staring at tediously for the past few weeks.

“It’s done…”

It was barely in a rough edit state, but even this was complete enough.

She never got tired of watching it. From the gray city to the lush green village.

So Yesol had packed everything she wanted tightly into this one-episode drama.

Click-.

So Yesol pressed the space bar again to play the video and looked at Yeoreum in the monitor.

‘Even without adding music yet…’

The fact that it didn’t feel empty was entirely thanks to Han Yeoreum’s voice. Jeong Yeondu, full of sighs and irritation, could carry the drama forward with her mere existence.

‘Where did she learn this.’

That voice that the sound team had made such a fuss about several times.