Wild Romance (TV series)
| Wild Romance | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Romance Comedy Sports Suspense |
| Written by | Park Yeon-seon |
| Directed by | Bae Kyung-soo Kim Jin-woo |
| Starring | Lee Si-young Lee Dong-wook Oh Man-seok Hwang Sun-hee Jessica Jung |
| Ending theme | Jessica Jung - What to Do |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Korea |
| Running time | Wednesday & Thursday 21:55 (KST) |
| Original release | |
| Network | KBS |
| Release | 4 January – 23 February 2012 |
Wild Romance (Korean: 난폭한 로맨스; RR: Nan-pok-han Ro-maen-seu) is a 2012 South Korean television series. The screwball romantic comedy is about the love-hate relationship between an obnoxious superstar professional baseball player (Lee Dong-wook) and his tomboyish bodyguard (Lee Si-young).[1]
Plot
Brash, arrogant Park Mu-yeol (Lee Dong-wook) is the star player of the pro baseball team Red Dreamers, renowned for both his skill and his bad temper. Stubborn bodyguard-by-trade Yoo Eun-jae (Lee Si-young) hates him; she's a lifelong fan of the Blue Seagulls, the Red Dreamers' rival team. The two mortal enemies are suddenly thrown together by fate.
A chance meeting during a drunken night of karaoke leads to a scuffle, which former judo athlete Eun-jae easily wins, flipping Mu-yeol on his back. The fight was captured on video however and soon erupts into a huge scandal, with Mu-yeol's reputation and Eun-jae's career as a bodyguard at stake. To fix things, their respective employers agree to assign Eun-jae to act as Mu-yeol's bodyguard. The mismatched pair are now around each other round the clock, and in the midst of constant battling and working to find each other's weak spots, they find out more about each other than they realized.[2][3]
Cast
- Lee Dong-wook as Park Mu-yeol[4]
- Lee Si-young as Yoo Eun-jae[5]
- Oh Man-seok as Jin Dong-soo, Mu-yeol's best friend and former teammate
- Hwang Sun-hee as Oh Su-young, Dong-soo's wife
- Jessica Jung as Kang Jong-hee, Mu-yeol's ex-girlfriend
- Kang Dong-ho as Kim Tae-han, PR manager of the Red Dreamers
- Im Joo-eun as Kim Dong-ah, Eun-jae's best friend and housemate[6]
- Lee Hee-joon as Go Jae-hyo, reporter
- Lee Han-wi as Kevin Jang, Eun-jae's boss
- Lee Won-jong as Yoo Young-gil, Eun-jae's father
- Jang Tae-hoon as Yoo Chang-ho, Eun-jae's younger brother
- Hong Jong-hyun as Seo Yoon-yi
- Lee El as Mi-jin
- Kim Jin-woo as Jin Woo-young
- Lee Bo-hee as Yang Sun-hee, Mu-yeol's aunt
- Kim Yun-tae as Mi-jin's partner
Reception
In the same timeslot as hit period drama The Moon that Embraces the Sun,[7] Wild Romance garnered meager ratings of less than 10 percent. But the series gained a loyal following among TV drama fans. When it first began airing, the series was criticized for erratic editing, excessive sound effects and an implausible storyline, but those criticisms soon subsided as viewers praised writer Park Yeon-seon for her smart and irreverent comedy, tension-filled mystery thriller tropes, insightful lines full of depth, creative use of dialogue and intelligent characterization.[8][9]
References
- ^ Noh, Hyun-gi (3 January 2012). "Lee Si-young to play tomboy who falls in love". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Kim, Myung-hyun (4 January 2012). "PREVIEW: KBS TV series "Wild Romance"". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Lee, Ga-on (5 January 2012). "REVIEW: KBS TV series "Wild Romance" - 1st Episode". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (2 January 2012). "Lee Dong-wook pulled off all action scenes for new series because of Lee Si-young". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "'Boxing Actress' Lee Hopes to Take on More Action-Packed Roles". The Chosun Ilbo. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
- ^ Lee, In-kyung (10 March 2012). "Interview: Lim Ju Eun Sets Off on New Start after 'Wild Romance'". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (24 February 2012). ""Moon" blows away competition, ratings hit 40 percent mark". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "'Wild Romance' Gains Support of Loyal Fans Despite Dismal Ratings". KBS Global. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Lee, Woo-in (5 March 2012). "Cast Members of 'Wild Romance' Celebrate Airing of Last Episode". KBS Global. Retrieved 2012-11-18.