Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 54

Chroma key surrounded the empty spaces.

Wow, thats cool. Can I take a picture? Lee Min-joon asked, his eyes shining at the black exterior of the spaceship.

It was an empty structure from the back, but the front resembled the spaceship of Natra they had seen in Shadowman 1.

Jonathan smiled and nodded. Sure. Well display it at the Marine Museum after shooting Shadowman 2. Its only the outside thats intact, though. The inside is hollow. We have a separate set for the interior.

Really? Seo-joon, lets take a picture and show off to mom and uncle! Lee Min-joon exclaimed.

He and Seo-joon posed with bright smiles in front of the black spaceship. Jonathan snapped a photo of them with his camera.

Evan Block and Rachel Hill, who had finished their makeup and appeared on the set, joined them for another picture.

Meanwhile, the staff completed the preparations for the shooting. The camera pointed at the set, and everyone returned to their places. Ryan, the director, sat in front of the monitor.

-Ready,

[(Evil) The sad scent of a flower that bloomed alone is activated.]

Seo-joon took a deep breath. Tension filled the air as everyone watched the actors.

-Action!

Bell and Mac stared at each other in silence. Macs mind flashed back to Jin Natras words.

Goosebumps crawled up his skin. He opened his mouth and spat out with a trembling voice.

You are that kid?

Jin Natra gave him a cold look.

What does that matter now?

What?

Mac yelled. He remembered the woman who had collapsed and sobbed. A damp scent wafted in the air. Mac let out a choked cry.

Your parents are waiting for you! If youre alive, you should run to them right away!

With this body?

Jin Natra pointed at himself. Mac gasped, his words dying in his throat.

A child who looked about ten years old. The strange wormhole of Natra had happened a year ago. The child who had been four years old couldnt have grown so much.

How?

Natra and Earth have different times.

Bell stepped between them. He grabbed Jin Natras shoulder, not knowing what to do. Jin Natra followed his lead and turned around.

Lets go back.

Okay.

They headed for the spaceship. The entrance lowered and touched the ground. Inside, Natras soldiers in armor poured out.

Wait a minute!

Mac shouted. The two stopped in their tracks. Only Bell looked back at Mac. Macs face twisted as he screamed.

I understand, I might understand. They love you so much!

Jin Natra glanced at the open spaceship, then at the sky. It was blinding.

He watched the inside of the spaceship with his moist eyes. He never looked back.

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Mac cried out desperately.

Come back! William!

Im the real Natra.

And the spaceships door closed.

-Cut! OK!

***

Stuntman!

Seo-juns eyes sparkled. Evan Block and his stuntman stood side by side in front of Seo-jun.

They look exactly alike.

They had the same height and body silhouette. They both wore Shadowmans costume, so it looked like there were two Shadowmen.

The shooting of the combat scene began. The heroes battle was the most spectacular and indispensable scene in the movie.

The most capital and technology were poured into the combat scene. The shooting days were also the longest.

Ryan Will, the director, and the stuntmen started shooting. The staff, who were more nervous than usual, tensed their nerves and did their jobs.

Seo-jun and Rachel Hill, who came to watch, sat together with Evan Block, who had to appear in the combat scene and say some lines.

It wasnt as flashy as in the movie, but the stuntmens coordination was so well matched that it was thrilling.

I want to try it too!

Seo-jun punched along with Shadowman. Evan Block and Rachel Hill laughed softly at his short length.

Wed better not shoot dangerous scenes if we can.

Why?

Do you know why Redbone 2 was delayed?

The Redbone actor got hurt.

Evan Block and Rachel Hill nodded.

It might be okay if theres a replacement actor, but for actors who appear in movies that are planned as a series like us, we have to be careful with our bodies more than anything. The audience likes us playing our roles, but if another actor comes out, theyll be disappointed.

I see.

But Seo-jun still looked at the scene where the stuntmen were fighting with regret.

Shadowman easily took care of the enemy and pretended to throw something. When the CG work was done, a spear made of shadows would be in Shadowmans hand.

Still.

Evan Block got up from his seat. He saw Jonathan, who came to deliver the directors words.

If its not a dangerous scene, you can shoot as much as you want.

Evan Block followed Jonathan into the shooting and switched places with his stuntman.

The shooting started again. Seo-jun, who was watching the combat scene, tilted his head and asked.

Is that not a dangerous scene?

Evan Block ran around and coordinated with the stuntmen who played the enemies.

It didnt look as flashy as the previous scene, but it was still an action that could hurt him badly if he made a mistake.

Evan has been going to action school since a long time ago. He mastered various martial arts. Now hes better than most stuntmen. And he knows how to shoot as safely as possible. Look at that.

As Rachel Hill said, Evan Block checked the floor for anything that could hurt his body and talked enough with the stuntmen who would play the opposite roles. He also lightly matched the coordination.

That kind of thing is really a big deal if someone makes a mistake. Actually, Evan wants to shoot everything himself. He wants to act perfectly from beginning to end. But if he gets into a big accident, hell hurt everyone here, so he doesnt do that.

Seo-jun saw the staff working hard in his eyes.

The stuntmen, the actors, the makeup artists, and even the CG workers. Many people were working for this movie.

Jun, if you want to participate more in the movie, you should learn some exercise. If you work out hard from now on, you can join more action scenes than Evan.

Seo-jun nodded. He had to go to a taekwondo academy as soon as he returned to Korea!

***

From the scheduled shooting to the additional shooting. The filming of Shadowman 2 was not over, but Seo-juns filming was all done.

On the last day of shooting, a Marine Corps PR staff asked him if he would attend the premiere in the US. Seo-jun shook his head when he heard the date of the premiere.

Good luck with the shooting!

Jun, take care. Call me if you come to the US!

Heres my phone number and email address. Contact me anytime.

Ah, me too!

Evan Block handed Seo-jun a paper with his neat handwriting. Rachel Hill quickly found a paper and wrote her email address with flying letters.

Seo-jun smiled brightly as he took the two papers.

Be careful with the shooting. The combat god is dangerous.

Dont worry! Im very tough, you know.

Let me know when you film a movie or a drama next time. Ill definitely watch it.

The three actors who had been together throughout the shooting period couldnt part easily. In the end, Evan Block and Rachel Hill left the hotel when it was time for Seo-jun to sleep.

Dad.

Yeah?

The father and son lying side by side on a large bed talked.

Seo-jun, who lay on his side in case [()Summer Bears Hibernation] was activated, recalled the time he spent in the US, from the Central Park shooting to the set shooting.

He also went out with his dad whenever he had some free time.

It was so fun. I wish mom was here too.

Yeah. Lets come back with mom when you enroll and have summer vacation.

Lee Min-joon, who was lying face to face with his son, smiled softly at his sons expression full of satisfaction and joy.

Yeah. Oh, I want to film again.

You want to film again after all that?

Yeah! I have to ask Uncle Chan if he has a good script!

Yeah. Lets do that.

Seo-juns eyes slowly closed as he lay flat.

I have to play with Jack tomorrow

he did. Lee Min-joon tucked in his sleeping sons blanket.

The next day, Jack Smith, who was a year older than him, was shocked by Seo-juns height and burst into tears. His parents scolded him, saying, You dont eat well, thats why! He lay on the floor and sobbed.

But soon he forgot why he cried and Jack and Seo-jun had a blast at a nearby amusement park.

Seo-jun started attending a taekwondo academy when he returned to Korea.

The instructor who saw Seo-jun coming to register at the nearest taekwondo academy tilted his head and said nothing. He was not interested in movies.

The adult and middle/high school classes had different times, and many of Seo-juns kindergarten friends also attended the academy, so the parents had already experienced Seo-jun and he could attend without any trouble.

Today I learned this!

Seo-jun threw punches in the air. Yap! Yap! Seo-eun-hye and Lee Min-joon couldnt help but laugh at Seo-juns face full of spirit.

How is it? Im awesome, right?

Seo-jun is the best!

Hes really good! He could be a taekwondo athlete!

And that actually happened.

Let Seo-jun be an athlete! Seo-juns mom!

It was not even two weeks when the taekwondo master grabbed Seo-juns waist. On the wall of the small counseling room, there were medals that the masters had won at the national championships.

An athlete?

Seo-jun is amazing. Hes really good! He learns the moves in one go after being taught once.

Seo-jun is a bit smart, isnt he?

The master nodded his head vigorously.

Hes not just a bit smart! He has strength, agility, and flexibility! Hes still young, so theres no need to say more!

Seo-jun sipped the orange juice that the master gave him.

[(Sun)Hwangbo Se-gas youngest sons pet dog-low rank]

You can see a little bit of the flow of martial arts.

You can reproduce Hwangbo Se-gas martial arts.

Limit: dog

They say a dog in the village school for three years can recite poetry, right?

Seo-jun had lived as Hwangbo Se-gas youngest sons pet dog for a whopping 10 years.

He followed the youngest son around and roamed around Hwangbo Se-ga, and from some point on, he could go anywhere that the youngest sons authority worked.

Who would dare to treat the youngest sons only pet dog, who received the love of Hwangbo Se-ga, carelessly!

The most fun thing in the boring Hwangbo Se-ga was to get snacks near the kitchen, and the second was to tear up snacks in front of the Se-ga people who were training, while emitting the smell of snacks.

Most of the Se-ga people were angry, but they couldnt do anything to the youngest lords pet dog.

And on those days, the youngest lord would apologize and give him something delicious, so soon the Se-ga people would wait and wonder if the lords dog would come today.

That ended when Hwangbo Se-gas youngest son was fifteen years old.

There was a surprise attack. The dog didnt know who the enemy was or how it ended.

Seo-jun found out after reading a book. The enemy was the Demon Sect, and Hwangbo Se-ga barely survived.

The dog, who blocked the enemies with Hwangbo Se-gas martial arts that he learned by sight, eventually died after saving his master.

The youngest son, who had lost all his brothers and became the lord of the province, ordered to bury the dog that saved him next to his tomb. And he harbored revenge against the Demon Sect.

If it werent for the dog, I wouldnt be able to use Hwangbo Se-gas martial arts. Its because Im low rank.

But he felt like he knew how important the eye of observation was.

He had to know the difference between the standard and himself to correct and fix the mistakes.

Using his ability, Seo-jun could take a more accurate posture than the master who was showing the demonstration.

The mother said to the master who was trying to persuade her with a long story that she was too young to think about it.

Leaving the disappointed master behind, Seo-eun-hye and Seo-jun left the academy.

I knew you were good, but I didnt know you were good enough to be an athlete.

Im really good!

It was taekwondo that he learned with his eye of observation from the martial arts-filled world. He could easily learn what the master taught him.

Seo-eun-hye poked at her sons face, which was full of confidence.

Then. Do you want to be a taekwondo athlete, Seo-jun?

No! No! No!

Seo Eun-hye burst into laughter at the sight of her son, who shook his head so hard that he was dizzy, rejecting her in an instant.

When I learn taekwondo, Ill learn kendo next! And hapkido too!

Then mom should look for a school quickly.

No way.

She never imagined that every school Seo-jun enrolled in would beg her to let him be an athlete, saying that the Olympic gold medal was only a matter of time.