Chapter 29
Chapter 29
Translator: Penny
Chapter 29
“Cut! That’s a wrap~.”
The one-take everyone had only heard about.
Not only the various staff members on set, but also.
‘I knew it, she felt different from the other child actors.’
Ha Yoon-sung, who had been working with Ha-eun until just now, completely revised his assessment of Ha-eun.
No matter how talented she was, even winning an award for her debut film, the impact of her hiatus wouldn't disappear so quickly.
Nevertheless, she wasn't intimidated at all in front of the numerous cameras on set, and instantly transformed into the young Han Yu-hwa.
She finished filming without making a single common line mistake.
Even considering aspects outside of the lines, there was nothing to criticize.
Because Ha-eun's acting that Ha Yoon-sung had just witnessed was similar to the acting Yoo Seong-ah had shown him a few hours ago.
An acting that would make viewers understand that Ha-eun's Han Yu-hwa would grow up to be Yoo Seong-ah's Han Yu-hwa in the future.
The confidence that lingered on her beautiful face every moment was also a familiar type to Ha Yoon-sung.
He had seen child actors imitating the expressions, gestures, and voices of adult actors before.
But this was the first time he had seen a child actor who imitated even the inner emotions to the point of déjà vu.
‘Come to think of it, she said she spent her time only learning acting during her hiatus.’
So, a few days ago.
Ha Yoon-sung, recalling the brief Q&A during the audition for the role of young Han Yu-hwa, said.
“Hey, Ha-eun. To celebrate the successful completion of your first shoot, how about taking a picture with me─”
He judged Ha-eun to be a genius who even put in effort.
In other words, the type of person who could become Ha Yoon-sung's connection.
He tried to take a picture with Ha-eun to post on social media.
“…Huh? What, where did she go?”
Ha-eun literally disappeared in that short moment when he turned his head, leaving him blinking in bewilderment.
It was thirty minutes later that he heard about Ha-eun's whereabouts from a staff member he happened to encounter.
"Ha-eun? She went to the parking lot with her manager earlier, didn't she?"
"Why already? Does she have another schedule after this?"
"Well, it's almost 9 o'clock, Yoon-sung. Adults might not, but kids like Ha-eun get sleepy around this time."
"...Are you dissing me for being old right now?"
"Of course not. If your face is old, then I'm already a ghost with only bones and dust left."
In the end, Ha Yoon-sung had to postpone posting a picture with Ha-eun on his social media until a few days later.
However, contrary to Ha Yoon-sung and the staff's expectations that she would have already gone home, Ha-eun was currently.
"Order whatever you want to eat. I have enough money for that."
"...Don't people usually not say things like that in a café?"
"Ah, anyway. Think of it as a reward for accepting the interview request."
She was sitting at a table with Heo Ju-eun, accompanied by Ju Jeong-yun, at a café located near the set of You Who Came From the Stars.
The interview with child actress Lee Ha-eun, which Heo Ju-eun had been so eager for, began a little later.
However, for some reason.
"You haven't had any major projects since . What have you been doing during that time?"
"I went to school."
"Um, other than that?"
"Exercise? Or, academies?"
"No, well, did you go on a trip abroad with your family or anything like that? Any special events?"
"Not really... no."
Almost all of Ha-eun's answers were.
"I know that Min Da-yeon was also among the child actors who competed with Ha-eun for the role of young Han Yu-hwa. In what areas do you think your acting surpassed Min Da-yeon's acting?"
"Hmm, Da-yeon... ...No, Min Da-yeon's acting was also excellent. I don't think there was anything I noticeably surpassed."
Slightly different from what Heo Ju-eun had expected.
"What are your resolutions for filming You Who Came From the Stars this time?"
"I will work hard."
"...Is that it?"
"Yes."
To put it nicely, they were ordinary answers befitting a child of that age.
To put it badly, they were bland answers with no unique characteristics of Ha-eun that one could find even with a magnifying glass.
'...Where did the person who used to silence reporters with eloquent speech go?'
Heo Ju-eun's tension deflated like a punctured balloon.
However, Ha-eun knew to some extent what Heo Ju-eun was expecting from her.
"Um, reporter. I'd like to do another interview in a few months, is that okay?"
"What do I have to be okay with? I can interview you anytime as long as you're okay with it, Ha-eun."
Even if not right now.
She promised to satisfy Heo Ju-eun's expectations around the time the scene that Ha-eun was putting the most effort into was broadcast on TV.
Of course, Heo Ju-eun had no way of knowing what scene Ha-eun was talking about.
For now, she just considered it as having created a save file for an entertainment article in advance.
But a few months later.
｢...With this sinful body, I dare to ask of you, my noble lord.
Please... be well.｣
When a certain scene Ha-eun appeared in became a decisive factor, and the viewership ratings of You Who Came From the Stars began to rapidly increase.
"How is interviewing a 12-year-old kid like picking a star from the sky!"
"Heo, Heo reporter. Don't you have any more sources on Lee Ha-eun?"
She belatedly realized how much value the promise Ha-eun had made at that café had.
"I'm just asking in case, Seong-ah. Do you have a daughter hidden from your brother?"
"Um, I definitely didn't have one until a few days ago? But, I think I got one recently."
Only lacking in seriousness.
Nothing more, nothing less than a light joke.
Even so, Yoo Seong-ah and her manager couldn't take their eyes off Ha-eun over there, because Ha-eun's acting looked so similar to Yoo Seong-ah's acting.
Of course, it's not that her appearance was exactly the same as Yoo Seong-ah's childhood.
There's no way Ha-eun is really Yoo Seong-ah's biological daughter.
However, in other aspects, it felt as if the younger Yoo Seong-ah was directly playing the young Han Yu-hwa.
Not only her expressions, tone, and fleeting gestures.
Even the underlying emotions were completely similar to what Yoo Seong-ah had shown in front of the camera.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Yoo Seong-ah couldn't help but recognize these similarities.
Just like Yoo Seong-ah had told Hwang Min-soo PD during the audition for the role of young Han Yu-hwa, Yoo Seong-ah herself was the one who knew Yoo Seong-ah's acting the best.
｢My manager brother knows too. My mom doesn't just need a daughter Han Yu-hwa, she needs a daughter Han Yu-hwa who earns money.｣
‘So it's not just nonsense that kids these days are so scary.’
The character of Han Yu-hwa that Yoo Seong-ah has been showing in front of the camera until this moment is, in a word, someone who lives for their own excellence.
Her self-esteem and pride are sky-high, and she doesn't easily back down from anything.
However, behind that shining facade, she also has a less-than-peaceful family environment.
She tends not to rely on anyone, including her blood-related family.
This also applies to the young Han Yu-hwa, who has not yet escaped from her parents' shadow.
That's why Yoo Seong-ah kept overlapping the image of Ha-eun playing the young Han Yu-hwa with her own acting.
Of course, in general, comparing a child actor's acting with that of a top star like Yoo Seong-ah is a harsh thing to do.
After all, even if they're a child actor, they're still a child who is inevitably less mature than an adult.
Child actors, who are inferior to adult actors in terms of vocalization and expressiveness, inevitably receive small and large considerations in their acting.
And, especially in the case of child actors who have to play the childhood of adult actors, some degree of compromise and consideration is almost essential.
In most cases, child actors are not forced to be exactly the same as adult actors, nor can they be forced to be.
In really unavoidable cases, they sometimes get away with just looking somewhat similar to the adult actor.
Usually, in such cases, the arrows of criticism would be directed at the production team who made the wrong decision, not at the child actor.
‘Well, that won't happen with that kid.’
The acting that Yoo Seong-ah has seen from Ha-eun so far is the kind of acting that 'doesn't need consideration'.
It was acting that allowed them to consider only the original purpose of capturing Han Yu-hwa's childhood on camera, without having to take into account the fact that she was a child actor.
｢...If I had known it would be like this, I would have rather been born in an orphanage.｣
The frustration caused by parents who, far from helping Han Yu-hwa, only unilaterally seek her help.
Nevertheless, the bitterness towards herself for trying to hide these emotions and putting on a facade in front of the full-length mirror.
To anyone, including Yoo Seong-ah, it was Han Yu-hwa in her childhood.
She was already aware of her star quality, but she was frustrated by the existence of her parents, who saw Han Yu-hwa only as a source of money and tried to trap her, and she was trying to escape somehow.
｢Haa... Even a zoo monkey is better off than me.｣**
A girl who shines brighter than anyone else, but is lonelier than anyone else.
Ha-eun was now performing acting that fit the character of Han Yu-hwa as interpreted by Yoo Seong-ah.
"Cut! Good job, Ha-eun. Just keep going like this in the future."
"Ah, yes... Thank you."
In that way, today's filming also ended well within the scheduled time without any particular problems.
And then, Yoo Seong-ah, who blocked Ha-eun as she was about to head to her manager as usual.
"Ha-eun. Do you have a moment?"
With her unique and impressive aura, she asked if they could talk briefly about the upcoming filming.
For a moment, Ha-eun was slightly curious about what would happen if she flatly refused, saying she didn't have time.
But considering her position in the entertainment industry and her debut date, Yoo Seong-ah was like a senior to Ha-eun.
'...I should use the story of meeting Yoo Seong-ah alone on a broadcast later.'
Now that it had come to this, she decided to add the meeting with Yoo Seong-ah to Ha-eun's list of stories.
📝 Translator’s Note:
You may notice that certain lines or phrases in this novel appear both in their original Korean (or Hanja) form and in English translation.
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To preserve their original tone and authenticity, the raw text has been kept for reference, while the English interpretation is provided right before or after it. This helps convey both the literal and cultural nuance of the original work.
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