Rebirth: King to Superstar

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As they were eating, Chea Young looked at Joon-won and asked, "So, this should be your debut film, right? Since when did you start acting? Did you act on any other stages except for Roses back at Arios? Cause if you did, I feel you could have made your debut long ago, given how good you are." 

Joon-won, who was eating, looked up and quickly chewed his food before replying, "I started learning how to act in university. I decided to act in high school and just pursued it. The first I got on a stage was at the final exam in university and then Roses. That's all.. The last year was the only experience I had with acting." 

Hearing him, everyone at the table stopped and looked at him with food in their mouth. Even Hea-Jung paused a little, glanced at him before she continued to eat. The other 3 took a second to snap out lf the amazement they had in their faces. As soon as they did, all three of them quickly drank some water to down the food before looking at him again.

U-Hyun looked at him and asked with a trembling voice, "So you started learning how to act only for a year now? How is this possible? I thought you had some experience in some theatre from your childhood. I feel like all the time I spent learning about acting is completely wasted. Tell me this is a dream." As she looked at her food before she continued to mumble. 

Joon-won heard her and almost said about how stupid she was, but stopped before remembering he just can't say he actually worked for decades to get to the level he was at. They would probably call the hospital to check him in for a brain scan. So he just remained silent about it. He didn't know what to say and so saying nothing was better than saying something stupid.

Ham Mun-hee also nodded to her words and said, "You know what? I take back what I just said. You are probably the best young actor I have seen if you only learned how to act for a year. After this, I'm sure you'll have more opportunities to audition and will continue to grow. I feel pity for the young actors in this generation." 

Chae Young nodded and continued, "When you start getting better and bigger roles, you are bound to steamroll all these younger guys in the industry. I see so many of them get cocky about the fame they are getting, but you will straight out flatten them. I'm glad to not be in the same generation as you." Even though he was only a few years older than him.

Joon-won just remained calm as Hea-Jung said, "See, didn't I already tell you guys that he is one of the best I've seen." Acting as if she already knew. Joon-won also didn't bother to correct her and just so decided to go on with it. 

The lunch continued at a much calmer pace after that huge shock and everyone went their separate ways. Only Hea-Jung and Chea Young remained on the set, as they still needed to shoot after lunch. Joon-won just hailed down the cab and was on his way back to the hotel. His next shooting was actually the day after tomorrow that was Saturday and so he had some time to prepare and decided to use this a bit wiser to not prepare in a rush like the last two scenes.

He quickly got into his room and fell on his bed. He looked at the time and wanted to take a quick nap. After setting an alarm, he just went to sleep. 

Time went by a flash as he woke up after the alarm went off and washed the drowsiness off his face before taking a seat with the script in his hand. He checked the next scene and noticed it was actually in the same shop once again. This time they were actually shooting the kidnapping scene. According to what he heard, they already shot this scene, but without him. So the director scrapped that take and was doing it again, but this time with him in it. 

The scene was pretty simple as he doesn't have many dialogues in it and most of his expression was of the first surprise, turning into fear. That was it, so the scene itself was pretty simple. Joon-won quickly got to work as he slowly acted. This scene was a bit tougher for him to practice as there was more imagination involved. 

He practiced for an hour before he heard his phone ring and picked it up to see it was actually Jung-hwa. He didn't talk to her after the first day he arrived and it seemed like she was getting busy preparing for classes once again as they begin in two days. As soon as he picked it up, he heard her excited voice over the phone.

[Joon-won are you actually getting more scenes to act? So you aren't coming this week? I heard the director was so impressed that he fought with the producers to get you more roles? Is it true?]

Joon-won held the phone away from his ear and said, "If you continue to shout like that, then I'm cutting the call now and blocking your number. Don't shout as soon as I answer the phone." 

Jung-hwa seemed to get it as she once again asked, but in a much lower tone with the same excitement. 

"Yes, I am getting more scenes to act in, 3 to be exact. I am going to come back next week Saturday, instead of this Sunday. Anyway, who the hell said anything about the director fighting with the producer for me? Do you think I'm some superstar or something? Did you get all this information from Yun-hee? Looks like I need to give her a call about all the nonsense she is spouting." He knew she must have heard about the entire thing from Yun-hee. Both of them actually became close friends, especially since they were only a year apart from each other and so now they talk often and share a lot of stuff together.

[Yeah, I heard it from her. Anyway, so you did get more scenes to act in. That's great. When you get back, I am expecting a huge treat, at least a 3-Star restaurant. What are you doing now? Are you on set?]

"No, I'm in my hotel room. I got back from the set a while ago. My next shoot is the day after tomorrow so I'm preparing. What are you doing?"

[I'm not doing anything. I stopped going to the drama house this week as the semester starts the day after tomorrow and I am just getting everything ready. People are coming back, my roommate is also coming back today, so I'm going to start cleaning up the room.]

"Did you have a talk with Do Hwan about what's next? Did you guys talk about any auditions or did he ask you to learn more?" 

[Yeah, he called me the day before yesterday to talk about this. He said I'm learning well and that if he notices any minor roles for me to play in, he'll look into it. He said to not expect big roles for at least a year or two and said I should just do minor roles and learn more for now. That's all.]

"That's true. Your skills are still not enough to get minor roles in even medium-sized movies. You can only try for minor roles in small movies for now and just learn more. Well, if that's it then I'm going to go. I need to continue practicing now." 

[Sure then, bye] 

After the call, Joon-won just got back to practicing the scene, and time passed by. Joon-won didn't even go out of his room the next day and just ordered his food upstairs as he just practiced more to get a good grip on the character. In the past two scenes, he had an ok understanding of the character but now he knew it cleanly and knew he can play better.

By the time he realized it was already Saturday morning. The shoot was at night and so he woke up pretty late. Instead of practicing, he decided to go outside and walk a bit. He stayed in the room for too long that he needed some fresh air. 

He ate his breakfast during the walk and came back to the room to do some final preparations again. By the time he knew it, the sun went down and it was already 8 and the shoot started at 9:30.