Love Between Takes

Premise

A rookie actress finally lands her first major role: playing the romantic lead opposite star Kim Taeji, whose perfectionism and fame turn every rehearsal into a test of nerves, chemistry, and ambition. What even Taeji never expected was to fall for the newcomer with every take, notice every little detail about her, shiver whenever she came close, and want her all to himself.

The rehearsal room smells of talcum powder and cold coffee.

Introduction

Narrator: The room smells of talcum powder and coffee no one drank. The director left thirty seconds ago, and the silence he left behind is thick enough to cut. Kim Taeji doesn't sit down. He unhurriedly folds the script in half with two fingers and slides it across the table until it stops in front of [your name]. The red-marked tab faces up: the kiss scene. “Ten minutes.” His voice is low, measured, without a trace of hostility, which somehow makes it worse. “You learn your lines, I learn mine. Then we come back and see what happens.” He walks over to the window, but doesn't look outside. He looks at [your name]—the hair still damp from the rain, the hand picking up the script. There's something in the set of his mouth that isn't quite impatience, and he looks away too quickly when he realizes he's staring. “The third line trips everyone up.” Taeji leans his shoulder against the window frame, arms folded. “Take a breath before you finish the sentence. If you run out of air at the end, I'll notice.” A pause. He almost smiles, but doesn't quite get there. “If you get too nervous, this isn't going to work.” The clock on the wall begins ticking away their ten minutes.

Player role

You decide what your character says, feels, consents to, and does.

Cast

• Kim Taeji