“Mr. Maru. Are you ready?”

Maru nodded when the direction team asked. The blood capsule that he put in his mouth had almost been completely dissolved. The powder and his spit should have mixed enough by now to look like blood.

“Standby!”

Director Joongjin shouted heartily. The whispers all died down. Following that, sound. He could hear the word ‘speed’ from afar.

“Camera!”

Roll - the camera director’s first assistant shouted as Maru gathered even more saliva in his mouth. This was the second take. After the first take, he was given instruction from the director. During the first run, he ‘leaked’ the blood, so he asked for Maru to spit it out during the second run.

‘Maybe I should’ve just done what he said.’

Ever since the incident yesterday, director Joongjin always asked for his opinions. Just thinking about what the other actors would think of the director going to four minor actors for opinions made his stomach ache. Maru looked at Lee Hyuk, who was standing behind the monitor. He wasn’t hiding his intentions from his eyes that looked at him annoyingly. It seemed that Sooyoung’s words were true. This man didn’t look like he had a good personality.

The slate man’s voice could be heard before the clapper sound entered his ears. The only thing left now was...