I Was Mistaken as a Monstrous Genius Actor - Chapter 279
I Was Mistaken as a Monstrous Genius Actor Chapter 279
(Past (10))
Cannes Film Festival, ranked first among the world’s three major international film festivals. Also called the Cannes Film Festival, it is a festival attended by many renowned filmmakers from around the world. Of course, it is weaker than the world-famous Academy Awards, but the Cannes Film Festival was also an event of enormous scale from an actor’s perspective.
The same goes for the ripple effect and influence.
Thanks to this, even top Hollywood actors are working hard to win awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Koreans also make quite a few appearances, but most of them are directors, and those who win awards as actors are rare or only a handful.
Cannes Film Festival, France.
What can I say – these were words that had no sense of reality to Kang Woo-jin, who had his cell phone glued to his ear.
‘It’s Khan. Cannes? Is it because I didn’t see it in person? ‘I’m not really nervous.’
Of course, I saw it a few times on TV or in articles, but that was it. The atmosphere is probably similar to the Blue Dragon Film Festival. It was a little bigger than that. Anyway, even though he heard Director Ga-bok Ang’s message over the phone, Woojin did not shake too much. Just ‘Oh – the Cannes Film Festival opens on September 30th?’ That was it.
I can only imagine, but it was quite pale.
Nevertheless, Woojin lowered his voice. Because I had to show a heavy tone to director Angabok.
“I will remember September 30th.”
“hmm. It’s not something to take lightly, but there’s no need to be too biased. “I’m just getting impatient, but I just know that there’s still time.”
“yes. “I’ll just remember it for now.”
“I don’t have to contact CEO Choi separately, right?”
“Of course, I will pass it on.”
“is it so. Let’s see you when we return to Korea. Ah, that’s right, this is the resentment of an old man. Even if we work on many projects, we must not forget ‘Park Ha-seong’ from ‘Leech’.”
What does this old man think of me? Still, Woojin vaguely understood Director Gabok Ang’s concerns. How many works is Woojin currently working on? Moreover, I am in another country, Japan, not Korea.
‘Well, rather than doubting me, I guess it’s really just an old woman’s feelings.’
Among all Korean actors, Kang Woo-jin was the only one who could handle such a crazy schedule. Of course, this would have been the first time I had seen it in director Angabok’s decades-long career.
As if to prove this, Director Anga Bok’s old voice was heard again through the cell phone.
“Hehe, the older I get, the more I worry.”
Kang Woo-jin thought he should pay lip service to this old man.
“I always keep ‘Park Ha-seong’ in mind.”
“…Woojin is more trustworthy than anyone else, if you say so. Okay, let’s hang up.”
“Yes, Director.”
-Suddenly.
Kang Woo-jin slowly lowers his cell phone like that. Currently the external parking lot of ‘A10 Studio’. Woo-jin had stopped walking while talking on the phone, and it looked like the team members, including Han Ye-jeong, were waiting, so Kang Woo-jin nodded slightly.
“Okay, let’s go.”
Kang Woo-jin’s team is on the move again. Meanwhile, Woojin walked at the back and searched the Cannes Film Festival on his cell phone. Naturally, a lot of information and data poured out.
A huge amount from the past to the present.
In the article, you can also see what Director Gabok Ang said.
『[Overseas IS] Cannes Film Festival confirmed to open on September 30th. Including director Ahn Ga-bok’s ‘Leech’, how many films will be selected this year?』 Woojin, with a solemn face, muttered to himself
.
‘Anyway, it’s amazing. Just looking at the atmosphere, it feels like being invited to Cannes is a big deal.’
I’m talking about the Korean movie version. In fact, Korea’s footprints in Cannes were the faintest. As a result, Japan was even ahead. Next, Woojin, who was watching the Cannes Film Festival, put his cell phone in his pocket.
‘I don’t know – I’ll find out then. I’m really looking forward to going to France, right? ‘Crazy, how many times am I going abroad this year alone?’
And then I changed the subject of my thoughts.
-Sigh.
As we got closer to the ‘A10 Studio’ building, Woojin took out the script that was stuck to his side. What could it be? It was a script for episode 1 of the anime ‘Boyfriend: Remake.’ For reference, today’s script reading will only be about episode 1.
‘Right now, this is better than Khan.’
The mindset of taking care of things in front of you rather than the distant future. Not only was this a first for Khan, but it was also the first animation voice actor for Kang Woo-jin. From the time I received the offer to be a voice actor for ‘Male Friend: Remake’ until now, I have studied and studied materials whenever I had an idea.
There was only one conclusion.
Clearly, acting as an actor and acting as a voice actor are completely different.
Choi Seong-gun, who was passing through materials related to voice actor dubbing, also said this. Voice acting definitely helps with acting, but it’s a completely different field. However, I also added that we should proceed step by step.
It was the correct answer, but for Kang Woo-jin.
-Poof!
There was a fraudulent item, Subspace. Before entering ‘A10 Studio’, Woojin entered subspace first. Then I see the white square of ‘Boyfriend: Remake’.
-[10/Script (Title: Boy Friend: Remake) SS level] Since the
voice actor has no experience in reality at all, he needs to have a lot of reading (experience) in subspace. At least that was Kang Woo-jin’s judgment.
“The plus animation world is also fun.”
Kang Woo-jin’s fingers moved to enjoy the feeling of being in another world.
[“……Ready. This is a very high-quality script or scenario. The implementation level is 100%. “The reading begins.”]
A large gray figure immediately loomed over him.
How long has it been?
He lived in the world of the animation ‘Boyfriend: Remake’. Kang Woo-jin returns to reality again.
‘Wow, it’s fun too.’
I was satisfied. As expected, the world of animation was novel and had a lot to enjoy. The animation ‘Boyfriend: Remake’ is based on the original ‘Boyfriend’, but it was adapted with the unique flavor of Japanese animation. The overall background changed 180 degrees, and the characters and content also changed a lot.
In other words, it was a completely different world from ‘male friend’.
First of all, the background is high school. Of course, the names of the roles also change. The ‘Han In-ho’ that Woojin hit in ‘Male Friend’ was ‘Sengoku Tooru’ in ‘Male Friend: Remake’. He is a musical genius with vocals and piano, but has scars from his past. It is currently sealed.
‘Lee Bo-min’, played by Hwarin, was changed to ‘Enma Kyoko’.
‘Enma Kyoko’ is a childhood friend of ‘Sengoku Tooru’ and is the most popular at school perhaps because of her good style. But his personality is fierce. The anime ‘Boyfriend: Remake’ begins when Woojin or ‘Sengoku Tooru’, who had no presence, suddenly dons a costume for the school culture festival.
As he transforms, Sengoku Tooru’s hidden handsomeness explodes.
Next, Kang Woo-jin, who was recalling the world of ‘Boyfriend: Remake’ and the voice actor relationship, muttered to himself as he entered the first floor lobby of ‘A10 Studio’.
‘More than that, everything has been imprinted on me – it seems like voice acting won’t be that difficult.’
There was no reason for it to be difficult.
Meanwhile, the conference room of ‘A10 Studio’.
A large conference room with numerous desks set up in a U-shape with various famous animation characters on the walls. Among the many conference rooms in the huge ‘A10 Studio’ building, it was the largest.
This conference room has already been transformed into a script reading room.
Dozens of employees are busy finishing the setup of desks that have been placed, role cards and water bottles on the desks, extra scripts, and simple chairs surrounding the U-shaped desks.
The voice actor introduction and script reading for ‘Boyfriend: Remake’ was similar to the readings for other works. If I had to point out something different, it would be that there was a microphone on the desk and a very large monitor in front of the conference room. The reason for the monitor was simple. Because the key is to kiss while watching the completed ‘Boyfriend: Remake’ animation.
Whatever it was, looking at the seats at the L-shaped desks, it was obvious that at least a dozen voice actors would come to the reading today.
About 70% were famous and popular tier 1 voice actors.
Among them, Asami Saya, who had a close relationship with Kang Woo-jin, was included. Looking at the seating arrangement, the male lead, Kang Woo-jin, was immediately to the left of the director’s seat, and Asami Saya was on the other side of Woo-jin.
In the meantime.
“do you know? “I heard that voice actors have a bad opinion of Kang Woo-jin being cast.”
Some of the staff finishing setting up quietly whispered. In Japanese, of course.
“Ah, I heard the rumor too. But even though I’m a pretty popular voice actor, I think it would be a bit uncomfortable.”
“Eh really??”
In fact, the current view of Kang Woo-jin in the Japanese voice actor industry is not positive. Of course, there were some who felt good about it, but it was true that more than half expressed discomfort. Because the voice actor market in Japan is as big as the actor version.
In other words, there is nothing to regret.
Script analysis is important in animation, just like in movies and dramas. However, as the face and expressions are not shown, the focus is on speech and voice.
In addition, various skills were considered important and had to be used.
Clear pronunciation such as diction, as well as matching the mouth with the role, breathing situation such as the role, tone of voice according to the event, stress, timing of the line, controlling the speed of the line, nuance, rhythm, and numerous other techniques besides rest periods for long lines.
Voice acting may seem similar to acting at first glance, but it is 180 degrees different.
In acting, the actor becomes the role itself, but in voice acting, I felt like I became the vocal cords of an already existing role. Therefore, greater delicacy is required. A difficult area that can be quite tricky.
For this reason, rookie voice actors often make mistakes from their first lines.
This is because it is difficult to determine the timing of the dialogue.
In short, the problem was assimilating with the anime characters. Of course, all voice actors go through trial and error while overcoming numerous mistakes.
It’s just a difference in age and experience.
“Honestly, from the voice actors’ perspective, Kang Woo-jin is a bit of a rock that suddenly rolled over.”
“iced coffee. Still, I think there will be a breath of fresh air.”
“It certainly has to be that way, but the voice acting industry in our country is not difficult. Rather, it is closer to a boom. “I think there are some things that feel a little unfamiliar.”
“Still, I think it’s much better than new voice actors. First of all, diction is guaranteed. And controlling emotions.”
Opinions are sharp.
Additionally, Kang Woo-jin was a Korean actor. On the other hand, ‘Boyfriend: Remake’ is a Japanese animation. So, in addition to speaking Japanese at a native level, you have to express the abilities and emotions of the male lead in the play.
It may be my first experience, but there are so many obstacles.
Although the actors and voice actors are similar, but obviously in different fields, Kang Woo-jin, a voice actor who became a huge hit in Japan, was cast as the male lead, even though I don’t know anything about it? In the eyes of Japanese voice actors, Woojin had a strong sense that he was chosen because of his popularity. There are an incredible number of aspiring voice actors in the Japanese voice acting industry, and it is difficult to achieve that much success.
Thanks to this, there are many voice actors who are worried or jealous.
Well, it wasn’t a strange phenomenon.
The same situation is not uncommon in the Korean entertainment industry, which is connected by blood ties, school ties, and even bad relationships.
Therefore, Kang Woo-jin is very hot among Japanese voice actors.
The same was true for several male and female voice actors who had already arrived at this reading venue and filled their seats.
“Oh, Kang Woo-jin is coming today, right??”
“Of course. “He’s the male lead in the work, so there’s no way he wouldn’t come.”
“Wow, I’m so excited. After I was confirmed for this animation, I watched ‘Boyfriend’ on Netflix to better understand the work, right? From there, I completely became a fan of Kang Woo-jin.”
“Is that so? But I’m a little weird.”
“Eh…why?”
“well. “There is a strong feeling that they were cast based on popularity or issues.”
“ah.”
“Of course, I know he’s good at acting. He is also the lead actor in director Kyotaro’s work. So, you must be pretty good at analyzing animation scripts. But voice actors have completely different skills.”
The main topic of conversation among the five or so people who knew each other was, of course, Kang Woo-jin. The voice actors who left the reading room, went to the bathroom, and walked down the hallway seemed to be excited as well. However, lower the decibel to the minimum.
“After Kang Woo-jin was cast, the popularity of the topic increased significantly. But somehow, don’t you think the voice acting industry is being seen as easy?”
“Oh, I can definitely see that nuance.”
“Even the senior voice actors didn’t look at it kindly.”
“It’s not easy for professional voice actors for every project, but they chose an active actor – and a Korean actor at that – as the male lead. “First of all, I think the Japanese pronunciation is the problem.”
“hmm. If you look at the videos of interviews in Japan, the pronunciation is pretty good, right? “I’m Korean and I’m good at Japanese.”
“It’s different from what I normally do well. “You need to convey everything about the role in your lines, but also have hit-and-run skills according to the picture.”
Voice actors who had never experienced Kang Woo-jin had no choice but to have average standards for him.
No, it might be territorial.
“Maybe it’s because ‘A10 Studio’ has been in vain recently – it’s good that it’s becoming a hot topic, but I hope it’s not unreasonable.”
“Anyway, today will be a bit tiring… Because Kang Woo-jin is an amateur, he will make a lot of mistakes.”
“How about a bet?”
“What bet?”
“Whether he speaks from the first line or not.”
It was then. A cold male voice suddenly cut in behind the voice actors who were opening the glass door at the entrance to the conference room or reading room.
“great.”
It was in Japanese in a low tone.
“Let’s bet.”
The male voice actors flinched for a moment and turned their heads back. A man with black hair and a stern face was standing there. The voice actors quickly realized who he was.
“Go strong…Woojin.”
Kang Woo-jin, accompanied by the teams, approaches them while maintaining a poker face as if it were the correct answer. And then he said it again.
A cynical tone without hesitation.
“Among the voice actors, including me, an amateur, and two professionals, who has more money? What do you think?”
Of course, everyone in the reading room heard it.
( Chronicles (10) ) End