Kill the Lights by Jangryang
Proofreader/Editor: Kaima
Two weeks later, when the day of filming arrived, the weather had already taken a turn for summer. Mason settled the sunglasses on his head and looked around the streets, where the sunlight was pouring. The streets, where people were preparing for the shoot, looked so familiar. The buildings and streets, and the people observing the staff preparing for the shoot, everything, of course, looked familiar.
“I’m back here again, so soon…..”
Mason mumbled, with a sigh. Today’s filming location, of the movie Real, was at the 120th Street, New York, a block away from his old apartment.
“Huh? What did you say?”
Tony, who was following him from behind, holding an umbrella, couldn’t hear him well and asked him again, and Mason said waving his hands, “No, I was just talking to myself”. He had felt so embarrassed about his past that, he’d said good-bye to this place, thinking he’d never see it again.
“Ah, it’s pretty scary near the slums, right? The director wanted to film it very realistically, so….”
Mason had an uncomfortable face, and Tony thought it was because he was scared. So he shivered his shoulders and acted as if he was scared too.
“Still, there are so many people around. So it’ll be alright, right? Just don’t walk around alone….”
Mason shrugged his shoulders. People still lived in places like this, so there was no need for such exaggerations. And this place wasn’t even that dangerous. Of course there would be some thieves trying to rob anyone who were walking alone, but well, was there any place that wasn’t like that. Mason looked around the area. A woman, who was at the side of where they were preparing for the shoot, felt Mason’s stare and ran towards him, providing a greeting.
“Ah, Tony, you came? Haley, nice to meet you. I’m the producer, Gloria Sue. Do you guys have a hotel to stay?”
“Not yet. Where is a good place?”
“Not sure. It’s better to take a car and drive a bit farther, before booking a hotel. You need to go at least three blocks away, to find a place where cockroaches don’t come out from under the bed.”
She sounded sick of saying it.
“But since you didn’t arrive late…. It’ll be hard to say, since it’s an action scene, but if you can work until late, we might be able to finish it in one day.”
Actually there weren’t many scenes. She looked sideways at Mason thinking, ‘this can’t possibly be, though’. Her eyes glittered when she laid her eyes on him and she soon grinned.
“Hahaha, we came a little early, right? This guy is a big fan of Director Vick. I told him it’ll be a nuisance if we go here too early, but he insisted that he wanted to see the director-”
Tony tapped Mason, who was standing still, and Mason looked around indifferently, smiling back at her.
“Hahaa…, really? Who wouldn’t be his fan? If they have eyes.”
Gloria smiled freshly and took them to a place under the shade.
“Unfortunately, the director didn’t come in yet. I’ll introduce you to the actors, who will be filming together.”
“The.., there are actors who came earlier than us?”
Tony, who acted triumphantly like ‘a manager whose actor came the earliest’, asked in surprise and Gloria had a proud face like ‘a producer who picked up the world’s best actor.’
“Oh my, of course! Didn’t you check who is playing the lead role in this movie? He is at-, oh my gosh!”
She looked around the area, with a lively face, to look for the leading actor, but she was startled and ran to a very tall man. He was walking, carrying a big luggage, like the other staff members, on his shoulders.
“Chase! Oh my, gosh! I told you not to do this. What if you get hurt? Joe, I told you, not to let Chase do this, didn’t I?”
“Oops, Gloria! When did you get here?”
A tall male actor dropped the luggage like it was hot and brightly smiled at her, showing his teeth.
“Wow…. It’s Chase Viller.”
Tony mumbled in amazement, and Mason frowned a little and backed away. The man named Chase, who was smiling as if the words ‘good man’ was written on his face, looked his way.
“Don’t you remember Chase? When a rumor leaked about him having a sex video, you didn’t even come out of your room.”
To masturbate…. Mason shook his head, at Tony’s bitter words.
“Not sure.”
He may have seen his face a few times on a poster, when passing by. But he didn’t know his face that well, and….. Because a very handsome man was smiling brightly, showing his teeth like that, for some reason Mason felt repelled, a little bit.
The man, who was listening to Gloria’s nagging, rolled his eyes and found Mason, just standing awkwardly and shouted, “Hello!”
“Are you the new actor who’s coming today? Ah…? –Haley Lusk?”
He looked slightly surprised, but soon smiled brightly and approached him. Haley wasn’t so short, but when the man came close with his tall healthy body, he looked like a big bear and gave him his hand.
“Wow, you look prettier in person. Nice to meet you, I’m Chase Viller.”
“Aren’t the cameras used by the paparazzi, really strange? Mr. Viller, you look better in person too.”
Mason smiled and properly held his hand. He managed to look a little surprised and shook with both of his hands.
“No, really. This is seriously unexpected. The atmosphere about you is pretty good and actually, I’m quite surprised right now.”
He put his hand on his chest, like he was being honest and said with a serious face. Mason just smiled, while Tony gasped, with his eyes wide open, at the top actor’s lip service. He seriously was not getting used to Hollywood’s amicable atmosphere.
“No, wow-.. This is- amazingly,”
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