NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 42

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Episode 42. Master Plan – Script Reading

“Nice to meet you. With this big build, I’m quite timid and get beaten up a lot—I’m Ma Seok-do, playing the role of Kwak Ji-cheol.”

 

Hahaha!

Clap clap clap.

 

Ma Seok-do’s witty and cheerful greeting brightened the atmosphere in the room with laughter.

 

Next, the 20-year-old rookie actor who landed the lead role in the great Director Park Chan-hong’s film stood up.

 

“Please take care of me. I’m Ryu Yeon-woo, playing the role of the problem solver Pierre Choi who will get revenge for the timid Ma senior.”

 

Everyone smiled and applauded at Yeon-woo’s greeting as he bowed 90 degrees immediately upon standing and asked for their support.

 

Then a middle-aged man’s voice rang loudly through the room.

 

“Wow, just looking at his face brightens up the whole room!”

 

Everyone burst into laughter at the loud shout that came from the back row.

 

Reminded of An Jun-ho from the first script reading of ‘Summer’s Closet,’ he looked toward the back row where the sound came from and saw Cinematographer Kang In-chan grinning at Yeon-woo.

 

The veteran cinematographer and senior member of the wardrobe team who had raised his spoon high, saying his company loyalty was surging over the reward vacation decided for Hawaii.

 

Yeon-woo smiled brightly with joy and returned the greeting with a slight nod.

 

Next to stand was charismatic actor Jung Ha-gyun, who took on the role of Park Gang-woo, the boss of an organization that appears to be Gangwoo Construction but is actually the Gangwoo Gang.

 

After that, Han So-hyeon, who plays ‘Deer’ Jennifer, stood up and received cheers with her fresh greeting, and other supporting actors also stood up in turn to introduce themselves.

 

Since there were many well-known actors, there wasn’t much need to memorize names.

 

However, since it was a big-budget film with many supporting actors, there were several actors whose names he didn’t know well, and as he watched them greet in turn, they were automatically inputted into Yeon-woo’s mind.

 

Memorizing names and faces was one of Yeon-woo’s specialties.

 

After all the greetings were finished, Director Park briefly explained the overall flow of the film he envisioned and the narratives beyond the scenario that the characters possessed.

 

“Now then, let’s begin.”

 

At Director Park Chan-hong’s words, the assistant director called out.

 

“We’ll begin. Scene number 1.”

 

Rustle—.

 

Following the assistant director’s words, numerous people in the meeting room turned their scenarios at once.

 

A minor actor playing the role of a security company president begins.

 

 

“Well, you understand. There’s nothing we can do about it. I’ll take good care of you financially. Someone has to take the fall, don’t they?”

“No, sir. It’s not like I did anything wrong, and didn’t I tell you from last month that we needed to reinforce that area?”

 

The cyber security company where Kwak Ji-cheol works as a programming team leader mainly handles banks, but this time the bank’s computer network was paralyzed by a DDoS attack, and someone has to take the fall.

 

“I really put in a generous amount. You won’t be disappointed. Still, you can rest for a while and come back when things quiet down. I know Team Leader Kwak’s skills better than anyone. Right?”

 

Moving on to scene number 2.

 

Kwak Ji-cheol takes out a box containing his office supplies from the trunk and irritably slams the trunk door shut.

 

Thud—!

 

“Ah, damn bastards. Really.”

 

Ma Seok-do substituted the sound of closing the trunk door by hitting the desk.

 

Though Seok-do hit it gently in his own way, the actors were startled by the shaking table.

 

“Director Kim.”

 

At Director Park Chan-hong’s call for Kim In-hyeon, the startled assistant director looked for his lines.

It had been decided beforehand that Assistant Director Kim In-hyeon would handle minor roles that hadn’t been cast yet.

 

“Who is it? Didn’t you dent my car door?”

 

At the loud sound of the car door closing, the owner of the car parked next to it in the apartment parking lot got out.

 

“It was the trunk. The trunk.”

 

Seeing Kwak Ji-cheol’s rough appearance, the car owner quietly got back into his car.

 

In scene number 3, there was a conversation scene between Ji-cheol explaining the situation to his wife who asks what happened after seeing Kwak Ji-cheol come home early, and his wife saying it might be for the best since he received a lot of severance pay and suggesting he take a break.

 

The script reading continued, reaching the scene where Park Gang-woo’s subordinates, played by actor Jung Ha-gyun, visit the retired genius programmer Kwak Ji-cheol to request him to create an illegal gambling program, and when he refuses, they harass his family.

 

Ma Seok-do, who cherishes his family more than anything, tried to resist, but with fighting skills that didn’t match his build, he only got beaten up, and though he reported to the police, only low-level gang members received light punishment through tail-cutting, and the case was closed.

 

The closed case couldn’t be prosecuted again due to the double jeopardy principle, and Kwak Ji-cheol and his family gradually became worn down by the harassment of Gangwoo Gang members who threatened retaliation for reporting them.

 

“We can’t live like this. Money can be earned again, so if it can be resolved, I’ll give everything. Damn it.”

 

Kwak Ji-cheol makes a request to a problem solver who floats around like a legend in the dark depths of the internet that ordinary people can hardly access.

 

Thus scene 17 began, which was Yeon-woo’s first appearance and the part he had auditioned for.

 

“Devo andare in bagno, scusate (I need to go to the restroom, excuse me).”

 

A scene that begins with fluent Italian pronunciation.

 

Oh.

 

Even to those who didn’t know, Yeon-woo’s pronunciation had a distinctly different feel that drew small gasps of admiration from the filming set.

 

Yeon-woo began acting out the phone conversation scene he had performed during the audition.

 

Since the purpose was to match lines, he didn’t perform the delicate Facial Expression Acting like during the audition, but Director Park Chan-hong and CEO Han Yoon-su naturally recalled that day’s shockingly detailed gradation expression acting in their minds.

 

Then Yeon-woo began acting out Pierre Choi’s scene where he cons the Italian Mafia and smoothly escapes.

 

“Go ahead and search your Island for a hundred days. Anyway, these guys are just… Non è divertente (not fun).”

 

Pierre Choi’s final line of this scene as he takes a Motorboat away from Sicily Island heading toward a prepared Boat.

 

Then the next scene with Pierre Choi entering the country at Incheon Airport.

 

He takes off his Sunglasses and looks around Incheon Airport once.

 

“Anyway, this damn country makes their airports unnecessarily huge. Ah, I should go eat some Airport Kimchi Stew. How long has it been. Eheradiya.”

 

Yeon-woo delivered his lines with a unique and charming speech pattern that simultaneously conveyed both a con artist’s frivolity and a big shot’s charisma while analyzing Pierre Choi’s character.

 

The lines he delivered with Ad-lib interjections not written in the script were Pierre Choi himself, perfectly realized as if they had come straight from Director Park Chan-hong’s mind.

 

So-hyeon, who was sitting nearby, looked over in slight surprise at Yeon-woo’s accent that fit Pierre Choi’s role so perfectly yet was completely new to her ears.

 

The other actors were also glancing at Yeon-woo, equally drawn to this charming and unique accent.

 

“Oh, should we do this part too?”

 

The next scene only had written, so it needed to be handled with Ad-lib, but without actual Kimchi Stew and having to do it with dialogue alone was awkward, so Yeon-woo asked.

 

Then the Assistant Director who checked the script shook his head.

 

“Ah, we’re skipping this scene. Scene number 24.”

 

At the Assistant Director’s words, the Script reading resumed from the next scene, and the reading flowed smoothly through several scenes to the scene where Pierre Choi and Kwak Ji-cheol meet.

 

He had sent his wife and daughter to his Wife’s Family Home.

Kwak Ji-cheol couldn’t even go Home because of the Gang-woo Gang thugs and was living in a Motel Room.

 

Kwak Ji-cheol, faced with his suddenly twisted life, bought Soju from a Convenience Store and opened the door to the shabby Motel Room where he was staying.

 

“Are you the one? Kwak Ji-cheol who put in a request to me?”

 

Upon entering, there was Pierre Choi lying leisurely on the bed with his legs crossed, picking at the Snacks Ji-cheol had left over from yesterday.

 

“Oh my. What a surprise. I almost dropped the baby.”

 

Small laughter erupted in the Conference Room at Ma Seok-do’s cheeky Acting.

 

“With a build like a mountain, what’s with the ‘oh my.’ Am I your mother or what?”

 

Yeon-woo’s line delivered with perfect timing immediately following caused laughter to finally burst out on set.

 

Yeon-woo continued his lines without paying attention.

 

“And where’s the baby you’re going to drop? That’s not muscle… are you pregnant?”

 

The laughter didn’t stop at Yeon-woo’s Acting as he delivered the lines one after another with a straight face.

 

Eventually Ma Seok-do waited about 5 seconds, and when the Conference Room calmed down, he continued his lines.

 

“Are you Pierre Choi?”

“Yeah. Come sit down. Ah, this cheap Motel Room doesn’t have chairs? Just lie down here.”

 

Pierre Choi patted the spot next to him and adjusted his position to lie on his side.

 

Eventually Kwak Ji-cheol sat pitifully on the edge corner of the bed.

 

Though the actors and staff were imagining based on the Scenario, everyone had small smiles on their faces imagining Ma Seok-do’s large frame sitting awkwardly on the small bed corner.

 

So Pierre Choi lay on his side in a somewhat seductive pose, while Ma Seok-do sat pitifully hunched over with his large back curved on the bed edge as they conversed.

 

“But why did such a tough muscle man end up getting beaten by those kids and even making a request to me? Of course, I read all the detailed circumstances.”

“Well, I…”

“Speak. Speak comfortably.”

“When I was young, I took the wrong herbal medicine and became like this, but I actually don’t exercise at all.”

 

Pierre Choi, who had been lying on the bed, sat up his upper body.

 

“Ma è una burla! (Hey, that’s a lie!), really? Wow. Is this the mystery of the East?”

“Excuse me, Mr. Problem Solver. Rather than that, could you tell us what we’re going to do from now on…”

 

Pierre Choi naturally took the Convenience Store envelope Kwak Ji-cheol was holding and pulled out Snacks while talking.

 

“Let’s eat some Snacks and wait a bit. I called some card sharks from this scene. Will the deer come up first?”

“Deer?”

 

Scene 28 ended with Ma Seok-do’s last line, and the Assistant Director received Director Park Chan-hong’s signal and shouted.

 

“Scene number 28 is finished. Let’s take about a 30-minute break and then continue.”

 

At the Assistant Director’s announcement of the break, everyone stretched and got up from their seats.

 

Ma Seok-do, who had been in front of Yeon-woo, also got up and approached Yeon-woo.

 

“Yeon-woo. I’ll just call you Yeon-woo comfortably.”

“Yes, senior.”

“Hey, what’s with calling me senior? Let’s go with hyung. You really have no conscience.”

 

Looking at Seok-do, who was asking to be called hyung despite being two full zodiac cycles older, Yeon-woo smiled awkwardly.

 

“Ah, Seok-do hyung. Got it.”

“That’s right, that’s right. But man, you’re really good at acting, aren’t you? Younger sibling.”

 

At Seok-do’s words, spoken with genuine admiration for Yeon-woo’s acting, Yeon-woo replied with a smile.

 

“Thank you. I also had such great chemistry with you, hyung, that I enjoyed delivering the lines.”

 

Ma Seok-do smiled at Yeon-woo’s words, patted his shoulder, and left the conference room to go to the restroom.

 

As soon as Seok-do left, Han So-hyeon approached as if she had been waiting.

 

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