The question was out of the blue. It was difficult to even discern who ‘you’ was in ‘it’s you isn’t it?’. He didn’t seem to be referring to Junghyuk and Minyoung who were sitting on either side of him, so Maru put down his chopsticks. The elderly actor was staring holes at him, so there was only one ‘you’ he could be referring to.

“What is it?”

It was hard to discern what the elderly actor’s expression meant. He seemed to be pissed, annoyed, and yet somewhat joyous as well.

“You don’t know me?”

He couldn’t even tell what those series of questions were meant to ask. Perhaps Maru made a mistake during the shoot? Just as he was about to apologize out of habit,

“I guess you don’t. Everyone’s like that. They know my face, but not my name. I used to be pretty famous, you know?” The elderly actor joined them like it was natural.

Junghyuk and Minyoung scooched sideways to put some distance from the elderly actor. As a result, Maru ended up facing the elderly man face to face.

“The one calling out names in front of the interview room. That was you, wasn’t it?”

Only then did he realize what ‘it’s you’ meant.

“Yes, that was me.”

“You seem totally different from when I saw you back then. I thought you’d be all skinny, but you’re actually quite decent with your shoulders straight like this,” said the elderly...