The Face Genius Actor

Episode 077

The sudden death of his first love left a huge hole in Han Ji-hoon’s heart.

Han Ji-hoon was a character who lived with that hole in his heart.

However, as he met Lee Young, the hole was gradually being filled.

If they had a little more time, Han Ji-hoon’s hole would have completely disappeared.

The breakup scene of the two in Part 12, Scene 38, evoked the viewers’ sympathy in this respect.

That’s not to say Lee Young wasn’t understandable.

It was painful to love someone while comparing oneself to a deceased person.

The feeling that no matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to open your heart.

This alone was enough reason for a couple to break up.

Rather, even in this situation, Lee Young loved Han Ji-hoon fiercely.

As fiercely as she loved, she was more painfully hurt.

Eventually, the two faced a heartbreaking farewell in Part 12, Scene 38.

And “Let’s Live Together, Princess” entered a new phase.

From Part 13, the dimensional travel of a new character, which had been a plot point throughout the drama, began.

It was the appearance of Kim Jung-heon, the traitor who had rebelled and tried to kill Lee Young.

* * *

It’s confusing.

I know that Lee Young has traveled through dimensions.

At first, I couldn’t believe it, but now it’s different.

If it’s not dimensional travel, Lee Young’s existence can’t be explained.

The existence of Lee Young, who looks exactly like my first love but is completely different.

But it’s hard to believe that someone else has also traveled through dimensions.

Moreover, the fact that this person happens to look exactly like the serial killer who terrorized South Korea.

-Next news. There have been numerous sightings of Kim Jung-heon, the Yuju serial killer who caused a stir by taking his own life last year.

-The problem is that rumors are circulating that Kim Jung-heon has come back to life and committed another murder. HBC has investigated.

Watching the news with my manager, I feel my heart racing.

I immediately take out my phone and search for Lee Young’s name.

As I get up, my manager follows and asks,

“Hyung. What’s going on?”

“I need to go somewhere.”

“Now? You have an appointment with the CEO.”

“Can you explain it to him? I’m sorry.”

“Hyung! Hyung!”

As expected, Lee Young doesn’t answer the phone.

I hurriedly drive to places where Lee Young might be.

Why am I doing this?

Even if I meet Lee Young now, there’s nothing I can do.

Was it really that person who looks like the serial killer who traveled through dimensions?

For a moment, the thread of reason tries to hold me back, but it’s useless.

My mind is filled with thoughts of Lee Young.

I need to see Lee Young.

I need to see Lee Young and confirm that she’s okay.

Only then can I be at ease.

Meanwhile, I recall the conversation I had with Lee Young about Kim Jung-heon.

Lee Young pointed at Kim Jung-heon’s image on an old wanted poster on the wall.

‘This person. Is he still here?’

‘The serial killer Kim Jung-heon? He committed suicide in prison.’

‘Suicide… I see. So he’s not alive here.’

‘But why? Don’t tell me Kim Jung-heon was also a serial killer where you lived?’

‘Similar. He betrayed someone he was trusted by and killed many innocent people.’

That’s not all.

Lee Young once sat looking at the small island in the middle of Buyong Pond at Buyongjung, reminiscing about the past with a distant look.

‘Even if I could go back, I’m afraid. There would be no place for me there.’

‘But there must be people you love still there. Family, for instance.’

‘Everyone… was killed. I saw it with my own eyes. It was his doing.’

‘His?’

‘Kim Jung-heon.’

According to Lee Young, Kim Jung-heon of the Korean Empire is no less than the serial killer here.

To Lee Young, he’s even worse than a serial killer.

So I can’t just sit still.

Home, hotel, cafe, restaurant, convenience store, supermarket…

I search thoroughly every place I’ve been with Lee Young.

But I can’t find Lee Young anywhere.

When my heart feels like it’s about to burst with urgency.

Suddenly, a place comes to mind, and I rush there.

Dasan City Wall Trail, where you can overlook the scenery of Seoul at a glance.

Fortunately, Lee Young is there.

“Lee Young!”

Lee Young turns her head at the sound of my voice.

There’s a look of puzzlement on Lee Young’s face.

“Han Ji-hoon?”

But it doesn’t matter.

What’s important now is that Lee Young is safe.

I run over in one breath and embrace Lee Young.

It was something I did without realizing, and now I can be sure.

I love Lee Young.

It’s not because she’s a substitute for my first love.

I love Lee Young herself, whom I’m holding in my arms.

Now, it has to be Lee Young.

I open my mouth to say those words.

“I know now. I…”

But I can’t finish my sentence.

Thud.

A cold, foreign sensation.

What pierced my back was Kim Jung-heon’s knife.

“Han Ji-hoon!”

* * *

“Cut! Okay!”

“Good work!”

“Great job everyone!”

As soon as Director Yoo Sung-hyo gave the okay sign, voices of the on-set staff could be heard from all around.

It couldn’t be helped.

We had just finished filming the last scene of Part 13.

Filming the last scene of Part 13 wasn’t easy.

It could be said to be the scene that most dramatically showed Han Ji-hoon’s emotional change.

Especially the moment when he realizes his feelings for Lee Young with Kim Jung-heon’s appearance.

The fact that he’s critically wounded by a knife was bound to evoke sympathy from the viewers.

As such, it was the most important scene for Han Ji-hoon’s performance throughout “Let’s Live Together, Princess”.

So I was paying more attention than usual, and it seemed like we finished filming successfully.

With this, we were one step closer to the finale of “Let’s Live Together, Princess”.

Just as I was catching my breath, satisfied with the results of the last filming of Part 13.

“Si-joon! Great work!”

Cindy approached me with a bright voice.

Cindy didn’t look at all like someone who had just been crying while acting as Lee Young.

Her smile was spotlessly clean.

A change that might seem somewhat dramatic.

For me, I was now used to this aspect of Cindy.

It was natural since we had been working together for quite some time now.

At first, I felt bewildered seeing Cindy so easily slip out of her character’s emotions.

It felt somewhat eerie to see someone who had just been sobbing brightly greeting people around the set.

On the other hand, I felt respect for this aspect of Cindy.

Cindy was the person I knew who could best separate herself from her character.

Thanks to this, she could easily act out various scenes without greatly consuming her emotions, and always maintain bright energy on set.

Also, considering that many actors suffer from depression and other illnesses after a project ends, it was a great advantage.

How could she do this?

The conclusion I reached while observing Cindy up close was that she was born with this talent.

Perhaps this is also why Cindy can easily juggle activities as both a singer and an actor.

‘What an enviable ability.’

I thought this even more because recently, I felt it was becoming harder to get out of my character’s emotions.

After quickly organizing my thoughts, I smiled lightly at Cindy and replied.

Fortunately, at this moment, I too had easily slipped out of Han Ji-hoon’s emotions.

“You worked hard too, senior.”

“No. Si-joon worked the hardest. Part 13 was centered around Han Ji-hoon, after all.”

“It just turned out that way. Now I’ll be lying in bed watching your performance.”

It wasn’t just Cindy’s emotional changes that I had become accustomed to.

I had also become quite close to Cindy on a personal level.

That’s why I could make jokes like this.

Cindy, understanding my joke, quickly replied.

“Ah, don’t say that. Someone might think you’re really sick. Hehe.”

As you can roughly guess from my conversation with Cindy.

I was scheduled to be bedridden in critical condition until about two-thirds of Part 14.

This meant that now Cindy had to perform actively, just as I did in Part 13.

The main content of Part 14 was Lee Young getting angry and confronting Kim Jung-heon after Han Ji-hoon loses consciousness.

Lee Young had seemed to strongly avoid confrontation with Kim Jung-heon until now.

It was natural since he was a traumatic figure for her.

But Lee Young would prepare for the final battle with Kim Jung-heon, thinking she couldn’t lose Han Ji-hoon too.

She decided to break the chain of blood with her own hands.

However, Kim Jung-heon was a more powerful being than expected.

His mind had completely collapsed after repeated acts of slaughter.

He was almost no different from a monster.

Eventually, Lee Young would be in danger on a cliff, and that’s when Han Ji-hoon, who had regained consciousness, would appear.

And Kim Jung-heon, frightened at the sight of Han Ji-hoon, would step back and fall off the cliff to his death.

This was because Han Ji-hoon’s face looked so much like his younger brother’s, the first person he had killed.

For reference, when Kim Jung-heon critically wounded Han Ji-hoon, he swung the knife from behind and fled without seeing his face.

Part 14 would end with Kim Jung-heon, overwhelmed with guilt, losing his life.

In the end, I would have almost no appearances until the latter part of Part 14.

While I was mentally organizing the rough content of Part 14 like this.

Cindy asked.

“So what will you be doing while we’re filming the early and middle parts of Part 14?”

After thinking for a moment, I answered.

“First, I plan to come to the set occasionally to watch your acting, senior.”

“You don’t have to do that. I don’t want to seem like an authoritative senior.”

“I’m coming because I want to. Besides, I need to know the content of Part 14 to practice for Part 15.”

“That’s true. You can’t say you fully know the content of Part 14 just from the script. So you’ll just come to the set and practice as usual?”

“I’ll probably handle other schedules for a day or two.”

“Oh! That’s good! What kind of schedules? Photoshoot? Interview? Don’t tell me you’re going on a variety show?”

“A variety show?”

“Like, you’ve discovered the true taste of variety shows after appearing on ‘Amazing Sunday’, something like that.”

“Ah. I’m not going on any variety shows.”

The schedule I needed to make time for this time wasn’t a photoshoot or an interview.

“Then what kind of schedule?”

“I’m going to shoot an advertisement.”

“An advertisement! Right! You should make money when you have time!”

“I heard you also shot a few advertisements this time…”

“I had some free time during Part 13, so I did. It wasn’t that many. About three?”

“Three… As expected, you’re amazing. I’ve only gotten one so far.”

“One could be better than three. What kind of advertisement is it?”

I recalled being surprised when I received a call from Kim Bo-mi a few days ago.

I still felt dazed about whether I was really shooting this advertisement.

Hiding these feelings, I answered Cindy’s question.

“I’m going to shoot an advertisement for KC Card.”