I Reincarnated and Tried to Become a Genius Child Actor. I Want to Quit. Chapter 5 Part1

Part 1 of Chapter 5. Two more parts to go.
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"This time, I was naive so it's my responsibility, so Nana doesn't have to feel responsible for this,"

When I told her that, she had a vague expression, and didn't seem to understand what I said.

Yes, Nana didn't do anything wrong; she just played the role of a villain.

If you act as the villain, your popularity will fall, and if you act as a strange role during your debut period, the image might become fixed.

However, Nana already played heroines in dramas and movies, and she was recognized as an orthodox child actress who can put adults to shame.

Although I didn't want her to accept the role as a villain, I respected her intention of, "challenging more acting roles to make me a better actress."

It's Nana's job to motivate herself, and it's my job to support her. Since she said that she never read the original work, I bought the entire set of "You and I in Moderato" and gave her j.a.panese and Western movies as reference material.

It's difficult to play a villain, especially a child, but, it's Nana, so I wasn't worried. Although it'll be bad for her image, at least she'll be recognized for her ability to play multiple roles. If she can play multiple roles, it'll be positive in the future.

Yes, I was optimistic.

When the shooting began, I saw the appearance of Nana playing as the beautiful villain, and I shuddered.

She usually has a cheerful smile in private, but, when playing as a Yamato Nades.h.i.+ko, she has a neat smile, and, when she plays a heroine of a tragedy, she has a fleeting smile. Yes, I knew that Nana could change how she smiled, but smile of Nana playing the beautiful villain is completely different.

It looks like a rafflesia, a fascinating smile that makes her feel s.e.xy even when she’s just an elementary student, a smile that looks down on others. And, she became a person who didn’t want to touch the commoners, a person who ordered her followers to bully, a person who would gain pleasure from seeing someone cry, a person so evil that it’d make me vomit.

And, with the original work’s author’s script writing skills combined with the skill of the new young director, they made Nana extra evil, thinking that, “If it’s Nana-chan, she could do it.”

The main character’s actress seemed to cry for real in front of Nana’s act that was realistic enough to be thought as real. Just watching the beautiful villain make you frown with an unpleasant expression.

Just look at the situation of the heroine’s actress. Yep, there’s only one actress skillful enough for this role, I can’t lose.

I heard that Nana was being careful not to be too scary. Wait, that’s real crying. Nana amazingly revised her acting, and she was in a hurry to apologize to the crying child actress.

Even then, during the shooting, after the bullying of the protagonist, the actress cried, and she’d have to comfort her after the cut. Such a thing was repeated, and, somehow, the child actress of the protagonist got emotionally attached to Nana.

I know this. It’s how bad hosts work.

I had a bad feeling about this, but I couldn’t stop the still-progressing shooting. And, as we celebrated the drama’s broadcasting, it became known that Nana was acting as the beautiful villain role, and we had high viewers.h.i.+p ratings on the first day. And, the viewers.h.i.+p ratings after each episode is aired were higher than the last. Normally, the viewers.h.i.+p ratings of dramas are the highest on the first day but don’t go up from there. This is strange.

And then, when Nana’s role revealed her villainous side, Nana took a bas.h.i.+ng. Normally, it’s different; people usually say, “being a villain doesn’t suit,” or, “acting is bad.”

The beautiful villain was portrayed with too much realism, and it was a topic whether it was Nana’s real personality or not.

The irresponsible wide show host said things like, "This isn't an act that elementary schoolers can do; originally, her character was bad~" or, "The main child actress didn't really act~ The crying was all real~ She was afraid of Nana-chan~" If you criticize Nana’s personality, the audience will definitely believe it.

…Well, the heroine’s actress did really cry, so there was some truth mixed in. In the end, he criticized Nana’s family, and what he said influenced people’s opinions.

Nana became isolated and bullied at school. The hara.s.sment got to her house. Nana said that he family was being hurt, so she’d quit being a child actress.

Just from acting as a villain, she was hated by people all over j.a.pan.

Though there was also the talent in being a villain.

I was too naive with Nana. So, this situation is my responsibility. Nana told me her story, and I told her to wait a while.

It’s necessary to recover Nana’s image soon, and the easiest and fastest way is to take a role as a “good” heroine. With Nana’s acting skill, she can easily remove her negative image.

But, there wasn’t any accomplishment in this whole fiasco. This time should be a stepping stone for Nana’s future accomplishments.

“Reborn, Hanasaki Nana.”

A light bulb slashed, and that phrase was born in my head.
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Should I start the Rikako x Nanami s.h.i.+p?