Joker (4)

 

Maria Armas, who has attractive maroon eyes, is from Spain and is currently on par with Miley Cara. Maria bit her lower lip slightly as she heard Kara’s question back.

‘It doesn’t suit me as expected, I don’t like it.’

Because Kara threw a fastball, saying out loud, ‘Even though you lost to me?’ Honestly, there are few actresses in Hollywood who act like Miley Cara without her back. This was possible because she was Kara, and Maria swept her hair, changing from brown to blonde from the top of her head to her shoulders. She glanced at her surroundings and answered softly.

“Yes, even though I lost to you.”

Although her expression was pretending to be calm, Maria was currently feeling very proud. But here she has too many eyes to squeal. Moreover, even though she was rejected for the role of ‘Beautiful Bella’, she joined ‘Beast and Beauty’ because she knew herself well.

‘Calm down, calm down.’

I had to somehow pretend to be calm. Kara’s reaction was somewhat predictable. Maria opened her mouth without any trouble as she looked around the crowded surroundings.

“I was greedy for ‘Beautiful Bella’, but the other roles are also great.”

“okay?”

Kara, with a smile on her face, tilted her head slightly. He then said, recalling Maria, whom he had seen in the past when auditioning for the role of ‘Beautiful Bella’.

“Besides, it felt like you were risking your life during the audition, didn’t you? Anyway, it’s surprising. “Maria, I didn’t know you would play a main or supporting role, not the lead role.”

“······How long are you going to be sarcastic?”

Kara, brushing her blonde hair away, laughed at the sharp look in Maria’s eyes. And then, while pretending to know Kara as she passed by, she spoke in her characteristic cold tone.

“What a sarcasm. She just meant it. So, if you joined – it would be the ‘kettle’ role, of course.”

This was an intentional attack. The role of ‘Kettle’, the main and supporting character in ‘The Beast and Beauty’, also had a name. But Kara.

‘When will I make fun of you or when will I make fun of you like this?’

I didn’t bother to leave out the name from the ‘kettle’ station. Naturally, Maria’s pride was bruised. She forced a smile and whispered coolly.

“Miley, you still have a dirty personality. “That’s why I get the nickname ‘blonde robot’ because of my personality.”

“···what?”

“why? You know it too. “People are treating you hard.”

Silence for a moment. The two top Hollywood actresses only quietly exchanged glances with each other, but a quiet spark was clearly flying. That was about 5 seconds.

“under-”

Kara let out a short sigh and was the first to break the silence, brushing her blonde hair again.

“I know you hate me, and I don’t like you either. But why did you decide to join ‘Beast and Beauty’? “I’m asking this purely out of curiosity.”

It was Kara who spoke her sincerity. In fact, ‘The Beast and Beauty’ so far has been perfect. She was confirmed as ‘Beautiful Bella’ and finally met Kang Woo-jin as the lead role. Although it takes some time, I heard that the professional stage of ‘Beast and Beauty’ is going smoothly. However, as Maria was mixed in, the color of perfection became a little cloudy.

Maria, who made the muddy water, stared at Kara and answered.

“That’s easy, because I wanted it enough to join ‘Beast and Beauty’ even though the situation wasn’t that great. The original ‘Beast and Beauty’ is a work I love, then and now. “It’s natural for people to be greedy about making a live-action version of that work.”

It was true. In fact, Maria was a so-called ‘true fan’ of the original ‘Beast and Beauty’. What she said behind Kang Woo-jin’s back the other day, ‘The Prince should be more handsome’ was, in a way, a mistake made out of her fan sentiment. Whatever it was, Maria was able to shatter her strong pride and somehow rub it into another role in ‘The Beast and Beauty’.

Well, there was one more reason.

‘Kang Woo-jin – I’m a little curious about him.’

It was Kang Woo-jin who I saw at the audition for ‘Beautiful Bella’. Although her view of Woojin was still not favorable, on the contrary, his attitude and piano skills that she saw at the audition attracted Maria’s curiosity.

‘I’m a little curious. How to digest ‘The Beast’. Also, how will he enter the Academy Awards that he ignored?’

Then suddenly.

“ah.”

Maria remembered something and clung to Kara a little more.

“But Kang Woo-jin.”

Blonde Kara’s blue eyes widened slightly at the sudden mention of Woojin’s name.

“Kang Woo-jin? Why is he suddenly like this?”

“Did you live in Spain? “Study abroad or something.”

“What are you talking about?”

“···Because I’m good at Spanish. He was local, of course I thought he had spent some time in Spain.”

“Spanish?”

“okay. “You may not have known, but Kang Woo-jin was probably in Spain in the past.”

“······”

Maria spreads misunderstanding. Kara narrowed her brows at this. Spanish? There is no way this woman would lie so blatantly. For a moment, Miley Kara was reminded of Kang Woo-jin, who was speaking French fluently at Cannes.

‘French-Spanish?’

That’s true for English and Japanese, but I couldn’t even think about Spanish. Then the two women started walking side by side. Because the event is about to start. Of the two women moving around the hall, Maria glanced at Kara a few times before opening her mouth first.

“Are you dating Kang Woo-jin?”

Stop. The blonde Kara stopped walking and asked back with a puzzled look on her face.

“···it’s crazy?”

“no?”

Maria smiled playfully as she asked again.

“Then I can seduce you.”

“That’s not allowed.”

Kara answered immediately and coldly.

but.

‘what? What should I say now-‘

Why did you do that even after you said it? I wanted to. At this, Maria’s smile deepened.

“hmm? “You said you’re not dating?”

“huh.”

“But why not?”

“I’m not saying it can’t be done, I’m just saying it won’t work. “He’s not particularly interested in women.”

Maria passed by Kang Woo-jin, who had been indifferent to her.

“······It did seem that way.”

It was a completely wrong answer. This time Kara spreads her illusion to Maria.

“Kang Woo-jin is crazy about acting, and all he thinks about is his role.”

Kang Woo-jin is constantly being spit out from the mouths of the two top Hollywood actresses who are competing for first and second place. Then, when she almost arrived at the event hall, Kara asked again.

“But why did you think I was dating him?”

“I guess it’s like that, right? You were particularly sensitive to the album, so you suddenly worked with Kang Woo-jin and appeared in the Korean production ‘Beneficial Evil’. This time, you were cast side by side in ‘The Beast and Beauty’, right? It’s natural because it happens often. Rumors are going around, if it’s not true then you better be careful, right? “It seems like the reporters smelled it.”

“Are you worried about me?”

“no way.”

Maria, snorting, spoke again.

“There are various reasons, but the reason I really thought you and Kang Woo-jin were dating was-”

She trailed off, recalling Woojin’s indifferent line.

‘You’re uglier than Miley Cara.’

But if I said it as it was, it hurt my pride, so I changed my words.

“Kang Woo-jin told me that you were prettier than me. So I concluded that you were dating.”

“···I said I was prettier than you? “That Kang Woo-jin?”

“okay.”

The blonde Kara’s blue eyes twitched slightly.

same night. L.A.

‘Columbia Studio’ has over 20 stages. In other words, a dark night fell on the entire vast set. However, many foreign staff were still crowded in front of the pizza restaurant.

This is the ‘Cierrot: Birth of a Villain’ team.

The first filming, which was yesterday, lasted until night, and it looks like the second filming, today, will be filming until quite late as well. Director Anga Bok was in the middle of a conversation with the key staff.

-Sigh.

I stood in a place where several monitors were placed. Then, cameras held on both sides by two members of the filming team were put in front of the pizza restaurant, and the full-shot camera and Jimmy’s restaurant were activated. Dozens of foreign staff members are absent while maintaining the filming zone. Before we knew it, about 100 staff members had gathered around Director Gabok Ang.

-Sigh.

An actor with an indifferent face walked trotting in front of the set pizzeria. It was Kang Woo-jin, wearing a sloppy zip-up hood, wet hair, and making a ‘Joker’ face with flour and blood. The filming storyboard was to film ‘Henry Gordon’ after turning the pizza restaurant owner into a piece of meat.

Woojin stood in front of the door of the pizza restaurant.

“······”

Cameras held on both sides by two members of the filming team were prepared in front of him, and as director Ang Bok sent a sign somewhere, heavy rain suddenly poured down on the entire filming zone. A female staff member raised a slate in front of the camera.

-widely!

Director Anga Bok’s old voice rang out through the loudspeaker.

“action.”

At the same time, the camera that was capturing Kang Woo-jin or ‘Henry Gordon’ slowly and slowly closed up Woo-jin’s grotesque face. He had a hood over his head and was expressionless. His shoulders were also hunched. A faint odor wafted through the air. It was the ‘Henry Gordon’ of the past.

Of course, we’re just pretending.

He rolled his eyes. right left. It was a matter of paying attention. There are few people. It’s natural for such heavy rain to fall.

-Saaaaa!

Kang Woo-jin with the ‘Joker’ face looked up at the rain pouring sky. The camera follows his gaze. Although it is raining heavily, the store tent blocks the rain. Woojin then lowers his head. He looked back at the pizza place where pieces of meat were lying around, then turned his gaze straight ahead again and suddenly laughed.

There were already torn lips thickly drawn with blood, but when he raised the corner of his mouth, the strange red lip drawing was torn even further.

“Huh-”

Kang Woo-jin’s field of view slowly rises as he looks at the front camera. Straighten your hunched shoulders and posture. I confirmed that there was no one around, so let’s enjoy the feeling of having just awakened. ‘Henry Gordon’ and ‘Joker’ still coexist.

Woojin Kang.

-Sigh.

He raised his clenched fists to his chest and shook them wildly. His mouth was full. It was silent joy. I feel like I’m dying, it’s so fantastic, why did I hold back until now? Why have you been living like an idiot?

Anyway, enjoy now.

Woojin, who was shaking his fists frivolously, also used both feet. The sight of him running around with that face was like a ‘clown’ itself. I burst out laughing without realizing it.

“Hee hee, hee hee hee. Hehehehe.”

The sound was drowned out by the heavy rain, but Kang Woo-jin, who mischievously observed his surroundings, covered his mouth with one hand. But his laughter continued to come out through the gaps between his fingers.

Then the laughter stopped.

“······”

Kang Woo-jin slowly lowered his hand covering his mouth, turned his head and relaxed his neck. As if he was stretching, he also raised both his hands to the sky. A flexible yet grotesque gesture. He takes out a cigarette pack from his pocket. Woojin put a cigarette in his mouth and lit it.

The smiling face suddenly became indifferent.

“Whoa-”

Long puffs of cigarette smoke spread widely through the heavy rain. Kang Woo-jin, who was looking at the cigarette smoke, took his first steps into the world of heavy rain.

-Tap-tap-tap.

Compared to his hunched shoulders and weak past, he was very confident now. He put the cigarette he was smoking in his mouth and took off the hood that Woojin had put on his head. The camera captured his face as he walked backwards. Heavy rain pours down on Kang Woo-jin’s face.

-Tap, knock, knock.

The white flour and bloody eyes, nose, and mouth are slowly, very slowly washed away by the rain. Gradually, his once pale face began to take on a normal color. The red eyebrows turned black and the thick, torn lips disappeared. The entire process is vividly captured on camera.

The hundred or so foreign staff members watching the various monitors could not take their eyes off it, and Director Anga Bok, who had his nose almost pressed in, was constantly getting goosebumps.

‘Yes, like that. It’s like a mask is slowly coming off.’

It was the direction he wanted, and Kang Woo-jin expressed it by amplifying it several times. On the monitor, Kang Woo-jin, whose entire body was soaked with rain, touched his cheek with one hand, and then coolly brushed his long hair that covered his chin with both hands.

“I want my hair to be red.”

Eventually, everything that was drawn on Woojin’s face as he stared at the camera was erased. The mask of ‘Joker’ was not removed.

“······”

‘Joker’ wears the mask of ‘Henry Gordon’.

Two days later, on the morning of June 15th.

The door of one of the many trailers on the set of ‘Cierrot: Birth of a Villain’ was suddenly opened. The one who entered was Kang Woo-jin with an indifferent face. The voices of Choi Seong-gun and his teammates could be heard behind him, and Woojin nodded appropriately and closed the trailer door.

At the same time, he discovered something.

‘oh-‘

I let out a small sigh inside. Because I saw the costumes prepared on hangers in the trailer. Red jacket and pants, blue shirt, yellow vest, and worn brown shoes.

‘Yes, it started today.’

It was ‘Joker’s’ clothes.