''Wild Romance'' () is a 2012

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. It aired on

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from January 4 to February 23, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. The

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is about the love-hate relationship between an obnoxious superstar professional baseball player (

Lee Dong-wook Lee Dong-wook (; born November 6, 1981 ) is a South Korean actor, host, model and entertainer. He is best known for his leading roles in the television dramas '' My Girl'' (2005), '' Scent of a Woman'' (2011), ''The Fugitive of Joseon'' (2013), ...

) and his tomboyish bodyguard (

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Plot

Brash, arrogant Park Mu-yeol (

) 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 (

) 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 squabbling and working to find each other's weak spots, they find out more about each other than they realized.

Cast

as Park Mu-yeol *

as Yoo Eun-jae * Oh Man-seok as Jin Dong-soo, Mu-yeol's best friend and former teammate *

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as Oh Su-young, Dong-soo's wife *

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as Kang Jong-hee, Mu-yeol's ex-girlfriend *

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as Kim Tae-han, PR manager of the Red Dreamers *

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as Kim Dong-ah, Eun-jae's best friend and housemate *

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as Go Jae-hyo, reporter *

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as Kevin Jang, Eun-jae's boss *

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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 *

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as Mi-jin *Kim Jin-woo as Jin Woo-young *

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as Yang Sun-hee, Mu-yeol's maid *Kim Yun-tae as Mi-jin's partner

Reception

In the same timeslot as hit period drama ''

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'', ''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.

Ratings

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TNmS Media Korea

International broadcast

* It began airing in Japan on TBS on May 7, 2013 as part of the network's " Hallyu Select" programming. * In Thailand aired on True Asian Series in mid-year 2013. * In Vietnam aired on

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on September 10, 2013, under the title ''Chuyện tình nữ vệ sĩ''.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * * {{IMDb title, 2265089, Wild Romance 2012 South Korean television series debuts 2012 South Korean television series endings Korean Broadcasting System television dramas Korean-language television shows Baseball television series South Korean romantic comedy television series