From Hollywood Child Actor to Genius Actor - Episode 238

When you work in Hollywood, you realize how big the world is.

For example, we see enthusiasts who are suspiciously wealthy paying a lot of money at auctions for items that are difficult to describe as the star’s favorite items, such as chewing gum or a bite of toast.

So there is no reason to be surprised that the socks you used to wear have turned into goods and are now in someone else’s hands.

-I don’t know where I got these socks, but I was able to get a good night’s sleep for the first time in a long time because I had these. I feel a little more at ease.

…weird. These probably aren’t functional socks like that.

Maybe a hundred years from now, we won’t be able to make socks with that kind of performance, at least not with modern technology. No, even if there was such technology, I wouldn’t necessarily put that feature in socks.

-I asked him if he could completely hand it over to this child, saying he would pay for it, and he said I would have to get permission from Mr. Price.

“Is that so?”

Shouldn’t you have just given it to me without saying a word? If that were the case, I would have thought that one of the deer would have just taken it, just like before.

I don’t know if it was a placebo effect or something I didn’t know, but fortunately the other person didn’t seem to know exactly what the socks were.

‘Or maybe I don’t bother to think about it because I’m afraid I’ll feel uncomfortable the moment doubt turns into certainty.’

One thing was certain: I didn’t want to talk any more about this topic that was making my head ache.

“If you like it that much, I’ll give it to you as a gift.”

-Are you okay if I don’t get paid anything? I’m willing to pay a fairly useful price without being excessive.

There are no eternal secrets in the world.

He had no intention of adding to himself the title of Hollywood star who sold his socks to a senator for a price.

‘There are already a lot of ugly things.’

Things like unwelcome titles like cult leader or godfather of furry.

He had a strange expression on his face when he heard the word “gift,” but shook his head.

-It’s a gift, so I’ll be grateful. Let’s meet and say hello later when we have time.

“Let’s do that.”

It seemed that following Grant, there would be someone in the Republican Party who could be called a friend.

…It’s a secret sock friend relationship, though.

After getting what he wanted, he immediately changed the other party on the phone and saw Rio’s face rolling his eyes as if he knew he had done something wrong.

“It’s Rio.”

-Dad, I love you.

Hehe, Ian and Rachel burst out laughing at the sudden confession of love.

I didn’t intend to get angry over such a trivial thing in the first place, but it seemed like I couldn’t scold him.

‘Who do I resemble that makes me so clever?’

Thinking like this, I smiled brightly and responded.

“I love you too. And let’s talk about the details separately in a quiet place.”

-Eh…

What is ek?

If you were a little older, I would have told you to submit a police report, you guy.

***

Ian ran his hands through a stack of For The Future scripts.

From the few sentences Sophia left behind, to the first draft, to the revised version that was changed several times with the help of people around me, and to the final version after filming was completed.

Ernest Hemingway said that all first drafts are trash. This means that no matter how great a work is, it cannot be perfect from the beginning.

However, the scripts listed here were not simply a journey toward perfection.

“It was a process of getting to know my grandmother.”

It was a process of realizing that we didn’t know each other enough to put the fact that we had been living together under the same roof for a long time insignificant.

I belatedly realized the guilt that had been weighing on the old man’s heart for a long time, and I even felt a love that had not been expressed in words.

So this was a retrospective before it was a script.

“Even if you’re a family that’s been together for a really long time, there are a lot of things you don’t know.”

“I didn’t know Rio would see something like that.”

I nodded at Rachel’s words.

Even parents won’t know unless they tell them. This is not wrong, but if you had paid even a little bit of attention, you would have noticed it sooner.

‘At least, if you had suspected Rio when he suddenly picked up Spanish, you might have figured it out before he started speaking.’

Looking back, there were some suspicious circumstances.

“ray.”

“huh?”

“Once this movie schedule is over, I’d like to go on a trip here and there with the kids.”

When I think about it, I think I couldn’t spend a lot of time on things like family trips because I was working as an actor, a singer, a producer, a production company president, etc., so much so that even two bodies were not enough.

Rachel crossed her arms at Ian’s suggestion.

“It’s good. “I’ll have to ask the kids where they want to go.”

I said it was a good idea and called right away to ask the kids about their travel destination.

-Where do you want to go?! Amazon or Africa!

-Um… it’s a psychic spot. Also, I would like to meet Korean shamans.

One person said that they would film the animal kingdom, and the other said that Director Gavin would jump up and down and choose a place he would like to film a cool special.

I really asked for no reason.

Ian shook his head and left the rest to his future self.

I have somewhere to go right now.

Ian headed to the airport with Nathan. The destination was New York.

***

“You’re here.”

“Director Isaac.”

Rather than the director’s smile not hiding his joy, Ian turned to the wrinkles and age spots that had increased further.

The voice that once resonated so loudly on the set now came out as a faint hoarse sound, and it seemed difficult to move without a cane.

Isaac wiggled his eyebrows as his gaze silently examined him.

“If anyone saw me, they would think I was going to die tomorrow.”

“Hey, why do you say that? It’s because I’m glad to see you. “It’s nice to meet you.”

“I mean.”

He snorted playfully and brought the two to his study.

We could get a glimpse of his life as a filmmaker through the books on the bookshelf and the numerous trophies on the cabinet.

However, what attracted the two’s attention more were the things that were placed in places that were easiest to reach.

In the meantime, I was obsessed with all of Ian and Nathan’s works.

“Maybe it’s because I’m old, but it’s better to have something like this in real life rather than streaming or anything. “It’s easy to take out and look at it when you’re bored.”

A happy smile appeared on the old man’s lips.

Even though, unlike himself, who had stopped after retirement, it was a proud look at his precious people who were not satisfied and were moving forward.

“Unlike Ian, my grandson seems to be producing work worth watching now.”

“Grandpa, it’s against the law to compare yourself to Ian.”

“Hmm, isn’t that right?”

Chuckling, Isaac patted the seat next to him and made Ian sit down.

I gently brushed his shoulders, where his childhood features still remained, no matter how much he covered it with his beard.

“You used to ask Gavin and the others about Sophia?”

“yes.”

“I don’t know what you heard. You may have already heard this from others, but there is a story she tells me every time she meets me.”

What do you say every time you meet?

When I gave him a curious look, he answered.

“I said that the time I spent with you was fun and happy. “He said that the reason he was anxious about you and waiting for you to come was because he was so happy to be with you.”

Because it was a crude expression, I felt like I knew how she felt about herself.

Isaac, who conveyed her feelings, smiled softly.

“That goes for me too. It was always fun spending time with you. Wouldn’t our meeting be worth it just for this alone? “I really wanted to tell you this when I met you.”

He let go of Ian’s shoulder, who was mulling over his words in silence, and looked at Nathan and said.

“Let’s have a meal together, rest, and then go back.”

“Already?”

“The director doesn’t know that time is money in movie production. Instead of wasting time on useless old people, you should focus on your work. “I will be waiting here for you all this time anyway.”

He continued, squinting his eyes as he pointed to the place where the two works were placed.

“And I’ve been watching the same work over and over again, so I’m starting to get bored of it. “Why don’t we stop making the old man wait and bring in a new piece quickly?”

The two burst into laughter at the sly remark.

After finishing their short schedule in New York, the two returned to Hollywood and, as the director said, wasted no time.

An editing room where a monitor plays back footage and an editing program runs.

No matter how easy and fast the editing process becomes with technological advancements, it is ultimately human hands that complete the film.

Ian sat here and spoke to the people.

“Okay, then let’s start editing.”

With the declaration, people sweated hard in the editing room.

Work to mark completion.

Two months passed like this.

***

A quiet rural neighborhood.

In an area where many things had changed despite the passage of time, Ian looked up at a building.

A two-story old house.

This is a house where my parents’ childhood memories reside, and the house that Sophia cleaned up and moved up to was later purchased and managed separately by Ian.

Thanks to this, it was able to keep its old appearance intact, unlike the surrounding houses that were torn down and newly built.

“Ian, do you remember when you jumped from the second floor before?”

“Of course I remember.”

How could you forget that?

The moment when he personally prevented the greatest tragedy of his life.

Can the tragedy be prevented not just with the memory of that time but also with the child’s body? Wouldn’t it be better not to come here so that my parents can be safe?

Did you clearly remember the countless things you had worried about?

‘It was dangerous, and if I had made a mistake, I would have repeated the same tragedy.’

If you couldn’t open the door where the gun is located, if you couldn’t have fired a threatening shot, if the criminal didn’t panic and reacted well, or if you couldn’t jump out and catch the criminal.

If just one thing had gone wrong, I wouldn’t have been able to have this moment.

but.

“I don’t know what my father will say, but I think I did a good job back then.”

I was able to gain happy memories instead of regrets that would last a lifetime.

In response to Ian’s assertion, Dylan roughly brushed his hair like he used to do when he was young.

“Who said anything? “At that time, she wanted to say thank you.”

The two smiled at each other and slowly walked down the street until they reached their destination.

Cemetery.

On one side of the place where residents sometimes take walks during the day, people could be seen crowded together.

“This guy, an actor, can’t even adjust the direction of the screen properly? “Since you’re lying down, you don’t have to adjust accordingly.”

“Damn you, you peacock. “What does that have to do with actors?”

“Oh, I don’t know. “You insisted on doing it yourself with Ian, so do your best.”

Ben and Damian bicker.

“Leo, can’t you see grandma?”

“You must have been to a good place, but what would it look like? Instead, I think there are other people. From over there…”

“Rio, I hope you can put up with this story that is bad for your heart.”

Director Gavin is disgusted by the conversation between the two children.

“Huh, so I heard you had a hard time because of Joy for a while.”

“Our Rio is quiet.”

“well. After spending some time with him, I realized that Rio wasn’t that quiet either. “I don’t know what he was doing, but one day, I saw him and he was friendly with a Republican senator.”

“Because our Rio is cute.”

The two godmothers, Audrey and Charlotte, were talking eagerly about their godchildren.

“Just in case, I asked for the understanding of not only the manager but also the village residents one more time.”

“I’m sorry for causing you trouble.”

“Sophia has often taken care of us since we were young. “This much is natural.”

Chloe, her mother, and Dorothy and Daniel, who came after taking a walk around the neighborhood.

Ian stopped walking as he passed the bustling crowd of people.

I saw two tombstones.

My grandfather’s old tombstone and my grandmother’s still clean tombstone, which I had never seen before but said I looked forward to meeting him.

As she had always missed her grandfather, the two lay side by side as she wished.

Ian, who had been swallowing complicated feelings such as longing and joy, calmed his emotions and said what he wanted to say most with a bright smile.

“Thank you so much.”

After saying a short greeting, Ben tapped Ian on the shoulder.

“Ian, I’m ready.”

Ian shook his head and pressed the play button.

For The Future.

A farewell message filled with gratitude was played.

With the meaning that we will continue to be happy with those gathered here.

<Completion of side story>