“It’s hot.”

“It sure is.”

Just sitting in the shade was not cool enough. Although the beginning of autumn was behind them^[1], there was no autumn to be seen. Feeling fooled by the small words printed on the calendar, Maru wiped the sweat off his forehead.

“I wonder when this will end.”

A minor actor younger than him asked in a tired voice. After they shot the crowd scene after lunch, they’ve been waiting ever since. Even the ones that were excited about seeing actors in real life calmed down and just watched the shoot in a daze after around an hour or so.

“Hyung, do we always have long waiting times like this?”

A boy with a big nose asked. Maru nodded.

“If you’re unlucky, you might not do anything for three hours and just go home.”

“I was overjoyed that I was supposed to be a minor actor, but like this, we’re no different from background actors.”

“That’s because we’re minor roles without much significance. But we still do get to appear on camera a lot, right? Unless they cut it out during editing, you’ll appear on TV. Take consolation from that.”

“There’s all this stuff on my face. Would anyone even recognize me?”

He sighed as he slightly smudged the black makeup on his face.

“At least it’s better than the passersby who go by unnoticed.”

“That’s true, but still. Ah, the wait is too long. We are actors to...