50. Can we go one more time?

Horses are distinctly different from dogs and cats. Dogs and cats need to be cared for and played with, while horses need direct empathy. Horses are extremely wary of unfamiliar opponents, and instinctively avoid strange sounds or unfamiliar creatures.

It wasn’t simply because he was timid, but because of his instinctive rejection of unfamiliarity. Therefore, it was a common way to become friendly with a horse by keeping it in constant contact with the horse.

If it’s a normal situation.

Kyuha and Chic confronted each other. The two gazed into each other’s eyes as if searching, but soon after, Kyu-ha strode closer and stroked Chic’s face.

“Heyyying”

Seeing as if Kyuha’s touch was good, Chic let out a pleasant sound.

“You are a good boy.”

Kyu-ha naturally sat in the saddle of Chic.

Among the instincts of horses, there was an instinct to follow the leader. This is also the reason wild horses have a herd habit, and even when they are with people, the instinct to obey by instinctively judging the rank remains like a habit.

Seek instinctively obeyed, knowing that Kyuha’s rank was at the top of everyone here.

“No, I can’t do that… He’s not that kind of kid.”

Horse Valley Equestrian Club CEO Kim Seon-ki alternately looked at Kyu-ha and Chic with a surprised face.

“Director, can I take him for a run?”

Director Kim Jeong-nam was also looking at him with a surprised expression, then answered Kyu-ha’s question in a daze.

“Yes, of course.”

“Let’s go chic.”

Gyu-ha, riding on Chic’s back, started running around the field in Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province.

“her···. Oh my God.”

Hearing CEO Kim Seon-ki’s admiration, director Kim Jeong-nam asked with a curious face.

“Is that enough to ride very well?”

“Ugh! It’s great that you can’t ride well. How should I say it, should I express it as an innate rhythm… Anyway, it’s not at the level of riding well, but I can believe that I learned elite horseback riding. That’s enough.”

“I heard that this is your first official historical drama, where did you learn it? Even if you know it, you don’t know it.”

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“Whoa”

Kyu-ha, who had been running happily, came down from Chic’s back and approached director Kim Jeong-nam and CEO Kim Seon-ki.

“Is your horse in good condition? I can see how well the representative took care of me in general.”

When he recognized and praised Chic, who had raised him like a child, Kim Seon-gi, who was in a good mood, smiled cheerfully.

“Ha ha ha, yes. So, whether it’s a movie or a drama, wouldn’t the main actors only want to ride that guy? It’s because the Tae that is captured on camera is different.”

Excited, CEO Kim Seon-ki boasted about his chic look for a while, and then assistant director Woo Jae-mok approached them.

“Here, Director. We are preparing to shoot the falling horse scene. Do you want to prepare a wire?”

At that time, a wire was tied to the horse’s leg to make it run, and a person pulling the rope caused the horse to fall forward and shoot a falling horse scene.

“Yeah? no what is that did i hear wrong? Surely you’re not talking about how to tie a rope around a horse’s leg and deliberately knock it over? Are you using a cinematography technique that would only be available in Hollywood in the 1930s? Did I hear you wrong, Director?”

“Oh, CEO, of course not. Assistant director Woo Jae-mok said this without knowing it. Who ignorantly shoots like that these days? Animal protection organizations will also make a fuss, and I will never do such ignorant and primitive filming.”

Director Kim Seon-ki opened his mouth as if grumbling at Director Kim Jeong-nam’s stubborn wife.

“I know very well that Director Kim is not that kind of person. In fact, there are still places where older directors still use that ignorant cinematography technique. They do such ignorant things without knowing how cruel it is. I mean! If a leg is broken, it is virtually impossible to get better, so we have to euthanize it right away. They average five hundred kilos. Five hundred kilos! And they spend most of the day or night standing up. If one leg is broken, the other leg is also broken. I can’t even lie down. It’s just hurting your lungs. I didn’t even know that, and how much they filmed while saying that they would pick out a good scene… I was really pissed off.”

Possibly recalling bad memories from the past, CEO Kim Seon-ki couldn’t calm down his excitement and breathed heavily. Woo Jae-mok realized that he had made a mistake and apologized.

“Chief Kim, calm down. It was my first time to do a falling horse scene, so I pretended to know it based on what I had heard somewhere before. I was wrong. When I think about it, it is really cruel and undesirable.”

Kim Seon-gi, who calmed down a little, went away saying that he was going to check other words, as if he was embarrassed, and Kim Jeong-nam and Woo Jae-mok discussed filming.

“Yumma! What should I do if I talk like that in front of CEO Kim? Aigoo testimony.”

“I’m sorry, Director. Stop pretending to know.”

“done. I’ve actually done it that way a lot in the past, so it’s not entirely wrong. We’ll just take a separate shot of the actor falling off the horse, shoot it in different compositions with the puppet horse, and edit it to look real.”

“Yes, manager. Knowing that, I will prepare.”

***

Due to skin disease, one of the chronic diseases passed down from generation to generation in the Joseon royal family, the kings of Joseon frequently went to hot springs. Seoin also actively recommended a hot spring outing to strengthen the relationship between the Jungjeon Min family and King Sukjong.

It was a time when spring rains were frequent, but that day was a good day for a long time. Jang Ok-jeong (Jang Hee-bin) came out first after getting ready, but there was no palanquin for her and only one horse was prepared. Jang Ok-jeong was afraid because she was not used to riding a horse, but since it was a precedent, she was determined to grit her teeth and do it.

After a while, King Sukjong and Queen Inhyeon appeared on a gorgeous kite. On both sides of Queen Inhyeon’s palanquin, the chairperson of the Queen’s Palace followed in order, and it boasted great grandeur.

After that, Jang Ok-jeong rode alone and followed.

It wasn’t even half a day since we were on the road that suddenly dark clouds began to form in the sky, and soon it started to rain heavily. At least Sukjong and his wife were able to escape the rain in a palanquin with a roof, but Jang Ok-jeong was hit by the rain and her lips turned blue from the cold.

And with a roar, thunder struck, and the frightened horses began to struggle uncontrollably. Because of this, many people fell off horses, and the horse that Jang Ok-jeong rode was no exception. Even Jang Ok-jung’s horse suddenly started to run forward like crazy.

“aaah please help me.”

At that moment, King Sukjong got off the palanquin and climbed on a horse next to Jang Ok-jeong. Sukjong, who sped up, moved to Jang Ok-jeong’s horse as it was in a situation where he was confronted side by side with Jang Ok-jeong’s horse. The horse suddenly slowed down and King Sukjong fell to the ground holding Jang Ok-jeong in his arms.

“Cut!”

This shoot was dangerous enough to be close to action, so a professional stunt actor acted as a substitute. The scene where Jang Ok-jeong’s horse suddenly galloped forward was ridden by a female stunt actress skilled in horseback riding, and the scene where Kyu-ha chased Jang Ok-jeong’s horse on a chic ride was filmed without a substitute.

Later, the scene in which Sukjong was transferred to Jang Ok-jeong’s horse was filmed as a separate take using a horse puppet, and the stunt actor and actress

It must have come together through a lot of practice, but when I put all these scenes together, it came out as a pretty good picture.

“The problem is… I don’t like it when Sukjong gets on Jang Ok-jeong’s horse at the end and the horse has to resist so hard that he falls off the horse, but he stops too slowly.”

Director Kim Jeong-nam, who advocates hyper-realism, has only one scene that is eye-catching.

It was because the horse’s speed was gradually decreasing, and the sudden fall from the horse felt somewhat awkward at first glance.

‘But you can’t use a wire like a real madman. Oh, is there any way?’

At that time, Kyu-ha, who was taking a break, approached director Kim Jong-nam.

“Director. Can I speak to you for a second?”

“Oh, Mr. Kyuha! What are you doing?”

“Everything is good, but I don’t like the falling horse scene. Can we go one more time?”

Surprised, Kim Jong-nam asked, seeing Kyu-ha pick up on his concerns and demand a reshoot.

“Are you okay!? But I don’t think it’ll make much of a difference. In such a situation, if someone else gets hurt for no reason, it becomes embarrassing.”

“This time, I want to try acting myself without a substitute. I think it’s possible because I’ve become close with Chic a lot.”

“Gyuha himself? I think it would be too dangerous… Are you okay? If the lead actor gets hurt, this will not be an answer.”

“I can do enough.”

Director Kim Jong-nam was deeply troubled, but soon nodded.

Originally, there would never have been a re-shoot like this, but I’ve seen Kyu-ha for several months, and he never said anything nonsense, and he was an actor who always exceeded his expectations.

Trust in Kyu-ha was already firmly established within director Kim Jong-nam, so there was a belief that he would do it in any way.

“good. Let’s go again.”

It was decided to reshoot the falling horse scene, and the staff moved busily again. Anyway, the scene of crossing from horse to horse was filmed separately through the horse brother, so it was a reshoot of the scene where Sukjong and Jang Ok-jeong were riding on a horse, and then Sukjong fell off the horse with Jang Ok-jeong in his arms.

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Seemingly still not satisfied after running like that, Chic pushed his head to Kyu-ha to run quickly and was harassing him, and Gyu-ha, who had come after receiving instructions on how to fall and safety from the martial arts director, stroked Chic’s face as if to soothe him.

Lee Da-hee, a double stunt actress for Jang Ok-jeong, also warmed up to the sound of reshoots and prepared. Then, he glanced at Kyuha, and there was a small uneasiness in her eyes.

“Ugh···. Why do you have to do it yourself… It’s hard for me to take care of men.”

Lee Da-hee, a 10-year veteran stunt actress, has been through many filming locations and has been through similar situations. In particular, I have often seen male actors being taken to the hospital after insisting on acting without a stand-up just because they were boxing when they were young and did some fitness exercises.

“huh! The stunt looks good.”

He also underwent shoulder surgery for numerous injuries while living as a stunt actor for 10 years, and was missing right Achilles tendon and knee cartilage. Even if you pay that much attention, stunt actors always have to live with injuries.

At that time, Kyu-ha, who was with Chic, approached Lee Da-hee.

“hello. I ask you to sing. We know that stunt actors always struggle. I hope you enjoy this shoot.”

Lee Da-hee, taken aback by Kyu-ha’s sudden greeting and praise, stuttered.

“Go, thank you. I wish you well too.”

While some actors tend to ignore stunt actors, when Kyu-ha praised stunt actors, Lee Da-hee felt somewhat relieved.

At that time, director Kim Jong-nam’s autograph came out.

“ruler! We will start filming.”