Speed ​​of Light (5)

 

In the wide filming area, ‘Joker’, Kang Woo-jin is receiving applause mixed with praise from hundreds of foreigners.

-Clap clap clap clap clap!

Director Ahn Ga-bok, who just gave the ‘OK’ sign to signal the end of all filming, producer Nora with her cheerful smile, the 100 or so staff members who have worked hard with us, the Hollywood actors who came out today regardless of whether there was filming or not, their team members, the staff and executives of ‘Columbia Studios’, and Kang Woo-jin’s team members including Choi Sung-geon.

Everyone gives a big round of applause to Kang Woo-jin of ‘Joker’.

-Clap clap clap clap clap clap!

Because ‘Pierrot: Birth of a Villain’, which has been the subject of much talk and controversy, has just wrapped up filming.

The applause from hundreds of foreigners was directed at Woojin, but it also included joy at finishing filming without any trouble. Soon, director Ahn Ga-bok briefly congratulated the staff and shook hands, and Chris and the Hollywood actors also laughed and chatted happily. The executives of Columbia Studios also shook hands with each other and shared their joy.

Choi Sung-geon, who was watching the scene, felt a boiling thrill. This situation was both strange and absurd.

‘The Hollywood monster film company ‘Columbia Studios’ is out and about laughing, and those Hollywood actors who are said to be hot are genuinely happy about the crank-up. And in the middle of it all.’

-Ugh.

‘Woojin is here.’

Kang Woo-jin, who still had his makeup off and was still in the same form as the Joker, was already surrounded by many foreign staff members. They were shaking hands and taking pictures together. As Choi Sung-geon watched Kang Woo-jin, he was reminded of the Cannes Film Festival around this time last year. That was when Woo-jin confidently declared, “See you in Hollywood.”

It seems like yesterday that day, but a year has already passed.

‘I don’t know how time flies when I’m with Woojin, haha.’

Because there are so many outrageous and absurd incidents. In fact, he recently won the Emmy Award for Best Actor. Now all that’s left is the Academy Award. And the Joker, surrounded by those foreigners, is aiming for this Academy Award.

‘Well, there’s a lot more to do than that.’

Woojin Kang still had a mountain of work to do, including the upcoming production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, which he was already filming, and with the recent ‘Guest’, Sunggeon Choi also had no time to rest.

At this time.

-Ouch.

Kang Woo-jin, who had just finished his photo time with the staff, approached Choi Sung-geon. Since he was wearing heavy ‘Joker’ makeup, anyone would have been surprised, but Choi Sung-geon, who was already used to it, smiled faintly and gave Woo-jin a thumbs-up.

“Thank you for killing the last cut, you worked hard, Woojin.”

Kang Woo-jin bowed his head slightly and answered in a low tone.

“Thank you for your hard work, sir.”

“I expected the answer, but how do you feel?”

How do you feel? Are you feeling irritated? That was Woojin’s honest feelings. However, he, who had a strong concept, shamelessly showed off his toughness.

“It’s just like that.”

“Haha, right. I knew you’d answer that. That must be Kang Woojin.”

“······”

Woojin, who had been silent, turned around and looked around the bustling scene. Except for the fact that all the staff and actors were foreigners, the flow of the scene was not much different from Korea. The joy of being carefree, the excitement of anticipating a bright future were written on their faces. Well, Kang Woojin was similar. However, there was one difference.

‘I feel a little weird – is it because this is Hollywood? I also feel a strange sense of emotion?’

The difference in location is the same. In Hollywood, the home of world filmmakers, he finished a film as the male lead in Columbia, one of the ‘Big Five’ film companies.

If you don’t feel any emotions as an actor, you’re a robot.

The emotion that Kang Woo-jin is feeling right now is overwhelming. And if we just wait a little longer, the whole world will see Kang Woo-jin’s ‘Joker’.

‘Oh my, I’m a little nervous.’

Even when the movie was shown in theaters in Korea and Japan, Kang Woo-jin was nervous. Thinking that it would spread all over the world, his heart was already pounding. Soon, Director Ahn Ga-bok, who was talking to executives from Columbia Studios, approached him. Woo-jin poured cold water on his chest to cool it down, and Director Ahn Ga-bok, with his wrinkled face, smiled at Kang Woo-jin.

“Finally, this day has come.”

Kang Woo-jin bowed his head slightly to Director Ahn Ga-bok, who was speaking in Korean rather than English.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“What did I do? It was easier than Korea. You had a harder time than me. You don’t show it on your face at all. Are you going to focus only on filming ‘Beauty and the Beast’ from now on?”

“maybe.”

“Okay, I’m going to start editing right away starting tomorrow.”

Director Ahn Ga-bok has given a reasonable overview of his upcoming schedule. The official filming of ‘Pierrot: The Birth of a Villain’ has ended, but there is still work to be done. There are still other versions of the posters to be filmed and post-production recordings to be done.

But those things can be sorted out within a few days.

Director Ahn Ga-bok, with his eyes filled with tragedy, placed a hand on Kang Woo-jin’s shoulder.

“I’m going to approach this edit as if it were the end of my directing career. I’ve conveyed my confidence to Columbia Studios, so I’ll have to deliver commensurate results.”

“······”

“I’m a little scared. Hehe, it’s not appropriate for my age. But my convictions are based on too much understanding and purpose.”

He mentioned the ‘Academy Award’.

“But surely, your ‘Joker’ will be eaten by the world.”

Kang Woo-jin added bravado to his answer.

“I think so too.”

After that.

The news of the crank-up for ‘Pierrot: Birth of a Villain’ spread throughout Hollywood the morning after Kang Woo-jin moved to film ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

‘As expected, you informed me right away. You were quick.’

Because it was a work with so many issues, from being the prelude to Colorbia’s ‘cinematic universe’ to Kang Woo-jin’s performance at the ‘Emmy Awards’, the foreign press covered the crank-up of ‘Pierrot’ quite noisily.

『LA TIME/“See or Not” Kang Woo-jin’s ‘Pierrot: The Birth of a Villain’, Official Crank-Up Yesterday』

『CNM/’Crank Up’ ‘Pierrot: Birth of a Villain’ ‘Columbia Studios’ “Release Date Negotiated”』

In general, foreign news articles included Kang Woo-jin, but the words “Academy Award” were not included anywhere.

‘I guess you wouldn’t expect it at all.’

As Kang Woo-jin was mumbling to himself just now, no one could have predicted that ‘Pierrot’, which had just finished cranking up yesterday, would be aiming for the ‘Academy Award’. Because it was unprecedented. In all of Hollywood, there was no such thing as postponing a worldwide release and then aiming for the ‘Academy Award’ after first opening in LA.

It was obvious that if this thing came to light, it would be quite a commotion.

Whatever it was, the news of the crank-up for ‘Pierrot: Birth of a Villain’ went beyond Hollywood to Korea and Japan.

『[Breaking News] Kang Woo-jin and Director Ahn Ga-bok’s ‘Pierrot: The Birth of a Villain’ cranked up yesterday! Fans are excited, saying ‘When will it be released?!’』

It gradually spread all over the world. Normally, it would be a simple issue, but for some reason, public opinion was in an uproar. It was a mess of cheers and curses, but it could be said that this was the level of interest in ‘Pierrot: The Birth of a Villain’ that the world’s public was watching.

Around that time, the issue of ‘Pierrot: Birth of a Villain’ grew in size.

“action!!”

Kang Woo-jin, without a care, returned to filming again in the form of a ‘beast’ rather than a ‘Joker’. No, to be precise, in tight tights. Perhaps because he had just finished filming ‘Pierrot’, Kang Woo-jin’s tension was high.

“Mr. Kang Woo-jin – You’re always great, but why don’t you have more energy today?”

“That’s right, even though I’m wearing that special costume, I still catch a glimpse of the wild ‘beast’?”

Meanwhile, the ‘Pierrot: The Birth of a Villain’ team led by Director Ahn Ga-bok began editing. It was the editing room in ‘Columbia Studios’, and quite a few key staff members were gathered. Director Ahn Ga-bok was looking at various devices, monitors, or a medium-sized screen in front.

‘Whew- Now it’s a fight against time.’

The first step in a grand plan has been taken.

Meanwhile, Universal Movies’ “John Persona,” which started the latest, was in the middle of its pre-production phase under the direction of director Danny Landis and Joseph Felton. Casting of the actors mentioned was completed, and the set construction and shooting schedule were confirmed according to the shooting storyboard.

‘John Persona’ doesn’t have any loud issues, but it feels like a quiet knife being sharpened.

of course.

“What are Kang Woo-jin’s thoughts on this list of actors?”

“He said it didn’t matter at all.”

Hollywood big shot director Danny Landis was gradually increasing his communication with Kang Woo-jin.

As so many things happened, time flew by.

It’s already the last day of September.

Part 2 of ‘Beneficial Evil’, which had high expectations due to the power of ‘Emmy Awards’ and Kang Woo-jin.

『[Issue Pick] ‘Beneficial Evil’ Part 2, This Time Again Running at Full Speed ​​to Become World No. 1!』

『Part 2 of ‘Beneficial Evil’, which has been ranked #1 worldwide for 2 weeks since its opening, is worth looking forward to next year’s ‘Emmy Awards’』

Another miracle was shown. He maintained his position as the world’s number one and maintained his speed. This solidifies the status of Korean content and Kang Woo-jin even more.

All this atmosphere was similar in the new bright October.

‘Pierrot: The Birth of a Villain’, which entered its third week of editing, has picked up speed even more, and ‘Beauty and the Beast’, which has already reached the midpoint of filming, has also completed its filming schedule without any major hiccups.

However, in October, a slightly different issue began to move.

It was the movie ‘The Guest’.

“Hello, Jennifer Thurman.”

“Welcome, CEO Choi.”

Sung-geon Choi. No, ‘Guest’, in which BW Entertainment is the main investor, has started in earnest. Sung-geon Choi, Jennifer Thurman, and others gathered at the small film company ‘A8 Media’ to hold the first meeting for the production of ‘Guest’. The main topic of this meeting was.

“The first thing that comes to mind is recruiting the director and the staff.”

Which director and staff will be in charge of producing ‘Guest’?

The names of numerous directors and Hollywood’s key staff were mentioned in the conference room. Of course, the names of Hollywood actors were also mentioned here and there.

but.

“Considering the size of the piece and the scale of our film company… it will be difficult to cast top-tier actors. However, we can easily send scripts to A-list actors.”

The reality of the movie ‘Guest’ was that even high-level Hollywood actors had a hard time trying. At this point, the main investor, Choi Sung-geon, was thinking of Kang Woo-jin’s voice for some reason. Recently, he had said something strange to Choi Sung-geon.

‘Sir, regarding actors, please try to spend as much time as possible during the pre-production stage.’

‘You’re wasting time? Why?’

‘I have some bait to throw in.’

Although it was difficult to understand what he was saying, Choi Sung-geon, whose faith in Kang Woo-jin was at the level of religion, took action without much doubt.

“Jennifer, let’s leave the acting part out of the discussion for now.”

“···I had that thought too. But when casting a director, there is a part where the actors are considered.”

“Well, let’s just use Kang Woo-jin’s special appearance as a smokescreen. Anyway, let’s talk about the actors later.”

Although things haven’t started right away, ‘Guest’ has also started the first step of pre-production.

And around the end of October.

“Mr. Woojin.”

On the set of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, Miley Cara spoke to Kang Woo-jin, who was looking stylish in a fancy ball gown and wig. Woo-jin looked like a ‘prince’ and Cara looked like ‘beautiful Bella’.

“I read this ‘guest’ scenario you gave me.”

Kang Woo-jin, who was sitting, asked her quietly.

“How was it?”

The blonde Kara smiled faintly.

“I was completely absorbed in it. It was fun. Especially, the directing and devices were unexpected. So- why did you give me this piece?”

Woojin, who was quietly looking up at Hikara.

“I think it will be okay, just a feeling.”

“persimmon?”

I started explaining to her about the ‘guest’.

A few days later.

The stormy month of October came to an end and the first day of November dawned. The world was already smelling of the end of the year, and people’s light clothing began to thicken once again.

On this very day, a video was uploaded out of the blue on the official YouTube channel of ‘Columbia Studios’.

-【’Pierrot: The Birth of a Villain’】1st Teaser｜Columbia Studios

This was the first teaser for ‘Pierrot: Birth of a Villain’.