Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 695

“Jun!”

As he parked his car and headed to the main building of the training center, Jonathan greeted him with a bright smile and waved his arms vigorously. 

Usually, when Jonathan was around, Ryan, the director, was also there, so Seo-jun’s eyes reflexively looked for Ryan and moved around Jonathan Will.

‘He’s not here?’

Did he meet him at home yesterday and only sent Jonathan, he thought and realized.

‘Now Jonathan is the director.’

He recalled the image of Jonathan Will, the middle schooler, from when he first met him on Jonathan Will’s face that smiled innocently. 

He felt the same when he wrote the synopsis, but it was amazing and unfamiliar that the flustered middle schooler grew up and worked on the same work with him.

‘It will be more so when we start filming.’

Maybe it was because the work was a sequel to [Shadowman].

It felt awkward that a director other than Ryan Will would shout ‘Ready, action!’ behind the camera.

“You came early? Wasn’t the training time in the afternoon?”

Seo-jun smiled faintly at Jonathan Will who smiled brightly.

He would get used to it soon. He knew well about Jonathan Will’s passion and skills for [Shadow and Knight].

“I have to meet the stuntman who will act with me and I came here for a long time, so I wanted to warm up a bit.”

“Didn’t you say you exercised a lot in Korea?”

As they headed to the training hall rented by the [Shadow and Knight] team, Seo-jun and Jonathan Will talked. Choi Tae-woo and the Kings Agency staff followed them.

“But it feels different from action acting. I have to practice if I want to act in as many action scenes as possible.”

Seo-jun looked around the training center as he spoke. It seemed that nothing had changed much since he came here a long time ago.

“But I don’t intend to act in all the action scenes, so please check it well, director. It would be a big deal if I get hurt by shooting too hard.”

Jonathan Will’s heart was reassured by Seo-jun’s reliable words.

But that made him feel more nauseous. Seo-jun blinked his eyes at Jonathan Will’s face, which turned pale in an instant.

“Are you okay? Jonathan?”

So that the manager and the agency staff behind him couldn’t hear, Jonathan Will whispered.

“…No. I think I’m going to die.”

It was a story he couldn’t tell yesterday because Ryan uncle was there, and Evan and Rachel were there.

What should I say.

He wanted to show only a reliable appearance to Ryan uncle, and Evan and Rachel felt like Ryan uncle’s actors, so it was awkward to confide his inner feelings even though they were close.

‘But Jun is my actor now!’

We will be together in the future series!

Maybe it was because he had the experience of making the synopsis together while arguing with Seo-jun. It was comfortable to confide his inner feelings. He was also mature for his age.

“Marinsa said they would give me enough budget to shoot as I please, the martial arts director and the art director and the music director also brought a lot of materials to decide, I have to decide the actors too…!”

He spoke with a very dying expression on his face, and Seo-jun smiled softly and said.

“It’s all things you’ve done before while shooting the previous movies. Just decide comfortably. Jonathan.”

“The scale is different. The scale is…”

The rookie director whined to the superstar who was younger but reliable, and the superstar smiled and said.

“You’ll do well, Jonathan.”

He would do well even if he acted like this, when he started shooting.

Hmm.

He would make him do well.

***

“This is the A2 hall we rented.”

Jonathan’s pale face slowly returned as he approached the training hall (A2) he rented. 

He didn’t feel less burdened, but he just seemed to be acting calm.

“Ryan uncle said that the director should never panic in any situation.”

“Ah.”

He learned and executed that advice, and Jonathan Will looked like a born director.

‘Marinsa must have thought so too.’

Usually, the production company does not interfere or interfere with the rookie director who is in charge of the ‘series that must be successful, absolutely’, and does not say, ‘I will give you enough budget to shoot as you please.’

Jonathan didn’t seem to notice, but he seemed to have performed the role of the director well in the pre-production (preparation work before shooting).

Seo-jun was looking forward to shooting with Jonathan Will.

***

“Did he say he was coming today? Wow! I’ve never seen a star like Seo-jun Lee!”

The stuntman, Philip Yoon, who was excited from the morning, and the stuntman of Shadowman, that is, Evan Block’s stuntman, Kevin, and other stuntmen laughed. And then,

“I was like that too.”

He recalled the memories of that day when he was not an extra, but the first lead actor’s stand-in.

…Thinking about it, he didn’t want to remember. It was Hollywood, where incidents and accidents exploded.

“…There are not many actors who are as diligent and nice as Evan or Jun.”

“Rachel too.”

“Lucky guy.”

They laughed and said, looking at Philip Yoon, who couldn’t control his overflowing energy and wandered around the training hall, rejoicing with his whole body.

“Let’s start training now.”

“Yes!”

At the martial arts director’s words, the stuntmen enjoyed a short break and went back to training.

It was the most important thing for them to train, as they were the ones who performed the dangerous scenes themselves, for safety and for cool scenes.

Wow! Philip Yoon, who was wandering around, also calmed down and started to check his body with his coach.

“I’ll check again when Jun arrives, but it’s similar to the data sent by the agency.”

“I’m glad! It was hard to adjust the diet!”

The most difficult thing for a stuntman was to match the physique of the original actor. Kim Jae-yeon, who showed a great stuntman acting in [Shadowman3], was also replaced because he didn’t match Seo-jun Lee’s physique.

‘He showed such a cool action…’

Philip Yoon swallowed his saliva involuntarily in the cruel world.

“You have to adjust until the shooting is over. Philip.”

“Yes! I understand.”

The coach smiled and was about to explain the training to be done today, when the door of the training hall opened.

The A2 training hall was a training hall rented by Marinsa, so it was not a place where anyone could enter, but the people who knew that there were people who had not arrived yet looked at the entrance.

Philip Yoon’s eyes sparkled.

“Oh, were you training?”

“No. I was just about to do it.”

The martial arts director, who had been working on the [Shadowman series] together, nodded at Jonathan Will’s words.

“Then can I have some time? Jun arrived.”

“Okay.”

The martial arts director nodded and Jonathan smiled and stepped aside.

And the superstar appeared.

“Hello. I’m Seo-jun Lee.”

Kevin and the stuntmen, who hadn’t seen Seo-jun in a long time, and Philip Yoon and the new stuntmen, who met him for the first time, were all amazed by the dazzling aura of the star.

***

“Philip Yoon here! Nice to meet you all!”

As Seo-jun reached out his hand for a handshake, Philip Yoon bent his waist at 90 degrees, no, 180 degrees like a foldable phone, and greeted him enthusiastically. 

Seo-jun blinked his eyes and looked at the Kings Agency staff.

‘…Didn’t you say he was a Korean-American?’

Philip Yoon’s posture was like he was saluting, and the Kings Agency staff also looked flustered.

Hmm.

Maybe he came from a strict family, like the ones who exchange reports on each other’s status, no, even stricter than that.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Seo-jun Lee. I look forward to working with you. Yoon.”

“I’m one year younger than you! Please call me Philip!”

…You’re a Korean-American, right?

He was speaking in English, but why did he sound so formal? And he even mentioned his age.

“Okay. I will.”

“Please speak comfortably…!”

“Stop it. You kid.”

The martial arts director slapped Philip Yoon’s back. Philip Yoon twisted his body in pain. Seo-jun laughed at the sight and Tae-woo made a note: ‘Philip Yoon: Unique. Caution needed.’

Meanwhile, Jonathan and the trainer were looking at Seo-jun Lee and Philip Yoon’s physique from a distance.

“Shouldn’t we bulk up Philip’s upper body a bit more?”

“The measurements they gave us from the agency were similar, but… maybe it’s because he’s wearing different clothes now.”

“Hmm. Then we’ll have to try him in the training suit and see again.”

As expected of Hollywood.

It was a place full of personality.

***

While the training was postponed for a while, the stuntmen also gathered and chatted.

“I thought Philip and Seo-jun would have similar backs since they have similar body types, but they feel totally different. Jae-yeon was amazing.”

“That’s true. He didn’t look out of place in Shadowman 3 either. Considering Seo-jun’s acting skills, that’s quite an achievement.”

“If only he was taller, Jae-yeon could have done it again…”

The stuntmen sighed in regret.

“Jae-yeon… is he doing well?”

“That’s what I’m saying. I don’t know if he got any work…”

The new stuntmen also looked worried by the gloomy mood of their seniors.

“I didn’t get fired, you know?”

Then, a familiar voice was heard.

Kevin and the stuntmen turned around. There was a man who seemed to have just entered the training hall.

The one who played Jin Natra’s stunt double in [Shadowman 3],

Kim Jae-yeon.

“Ha ha ha. Jae-yeon, you’re here!”

The gloomy atmosphere was gone, and Kevin and the stuntmen laughed with playful faces. 

The new stuntmen’s eyes widened. Wait, what, wasn’t Philip Yoon Seo-jun Lee’s stuntman? Why is Jae-yeon Kim here?

Kim Jae-yeon sighed.

“Why do you treat me like a fired person every time I’m not here?”

“Why, it’s fun.”

“Right. It’s so funny to see Philip and the newbies freak out every time we talk about this.”

Really, these people?

Kim Jae-yeon glared at them sharply, and they shrugged their shoulders. Then he sighed again and asked.

“But what are you guys doing here instead of training?”

“The director and Seo-jun are here. They’re talking with Philip and the martial arts director over there.”

Kim Jae-yeon looked at Jonathan and the martial arts director, and Seo-jun Lee and Philip Yoon who were talking with them.

Two men with similar height and body type.

“They do look alike from behind.”

Kim Jae-yeon said, and Kevin smiled and said.

“But you can tell who’s who, right?”

That’s true.

They looked like identical twins from behind, but their aura was different.

“You might have been confused if you were Jae-yeon.”

Ha ha.

Kim Jae-yeon laughed.

“Thanks for the compliment. But now that I’m training here too, stop teasing me. Kevin.”

“Aw. Too bad.”

“I’m going to say hello to the director and come back.”

“Okay.”

The new stuntmen rushed to their seniors and asked what was going on as Kim Jae-yeon left.

***

‘He seems like a good person.’

He had a different vibe from Tae-young hyung, more like a ‘dog’. But he seemed okay to train and shoot with.

“I’ll do my best! Just tell me what to do!”

Seeing Philip Yoon’s passionate expression, Seo-jun thought that [(Sun) Mimicking the Spring Zelkova] that he gave to Jae-yeon hyung would be very useful.

‘That’s because the synchronization rate goes up depending on the effort of the target.’

Hard-working people are good.

Seo-jun smiled brightly and said.

“I don’t have anything to tell you. Let’s train hard together. No, let’s do it. Philip.”

“! Yes!”

Philip Yoon’s eyes sparkled even more.

The atmosphere between the actor and the stuntman, who had to get along well, was good, and the others also smiled. They laughed and talked about the upcoming training, when a new voice interrupted them.

“Director. I’m here.”

Seo-jun turned around at the familiar voice and widened his eyes.

“Jae-yeon hyung?”

“Hi. Seo-jun.”

Kim Jae-yeon was there.

‘Wow! Jae-yeon hyung is here! Hi, Seo-jun!!’ Philip Yoon’s voice sounded like background music, and

Seo-jun asked in surprise.

“Isn’t Philip my stuntman? Jonathan?”

“Oh, didn’t I tell you?”

“We didn’t get any information on our side.”

The Kings Agency staff quickly shook his head at Jonathan’s gaze. He knew it would be a big trouble if the information he failed to deliver got to Andaho.

“I guess I was too busy to deliver it. I’m sorry. Sorry, Seo-jun.”

Jonathan Will apologized ‘responsibly’ (Seo-jun and the martial arts director wanted to tell Ryan about this.) and explained.

“As you know, Jae-yeon is really good at action acting. William Lee couldn’t do it because of his physique, but”

Jonathan smiled and said.

“Instead, he got to be the stunt double for the villain actor.”

…Wow!

Seo-jun exclaimed at the situation where yesterday’s colleague became today’s enemy.