''Don't Dare to Dream'', also known as ''Jealousy Incarnate'' (), is a 2016 South Korean television series starring

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, Jo Jung-suk,

Go Kyung-pyo Go Kyung-pyo (; born June 11, 1990) is a South Korean actor. He gained recognition for his roles in the television series ''Reply 1988'' (2015–16), '' Don't Dare to Dream'' (2016), and '' Chicago Typewriter'' (2017). He has since transitioned ...

, Lee Mi-sook, Park Ji-young,

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, and

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. It aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 ( KST) on SBS from August 24 to November 10, 2016, for 24 episodes.

Synopsis

Weather caster, Pyo Na-ri (

), and

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, Lee Hwa-shin ( Jo Jung-suk), are long-time colleagues at SBC broadcasting station. Na-ri had a crush on Hwa-shin three years ago but things change when she meets the perfect man Go Jung-won (

), a

chaebol A chaebol ( , ; , ) is a large industrial South Korean conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family. A chaebol often consists of multiple diversified affiliates, controlled by a person or group. Several dozen large South Kore ...

heir and close friend of Hwa-shin. Meanwhile, Sung-sook ( Lee Mi-sook) and Ja-young ( Park Ji-young), who are rivals in both love and career, get entangled with Kim Rak (

), a restaurant owner and landlord of the building where Na-ri lives.

Cast

Main

as Pyo Na-ri :Na-ri is a weather broadcaster with an optimistic personality. Graduating from a third-rate college and having no money or connections, Na-ri is full of insecurities, but continues to persevere and work hard to keep her place at the station. She used to have a crush on Hwa-shin for 3 years. * Jo Jung-suk as Lee Hwa-shin :Hwa-shin is a star reporter and news anchor with a great education and family background. He has a proud, competitive and macho personality; and gets jealous when Na-ri is with Jung-won as he starts developing feelings for her. *

as Go Jung-won :A polite, friendly man who is serious when it comes to love. Jung-won is the boss of a publishing company, and a

heir of a large corporation that manages several luxury clothing brands. He falls for Na-ri at first sight. * Lee Mi-sook as Kye Sung-sook : A reporter-turned-anchorwoman. Jong-shin's first wife and Ppal-gang's mother. * Park Ji-young as Bang Ja-young :Department head of SBC station and announcer. Jong-shin's second wife. *

as Kim Rak :Chef and owner of a restaurant, and landlord to Nari and her family. A kind and caring man who cares for his tenants like family. Jung-won's uncle. *

as Hong Hye-won :The daughter of the Senior Secretary to the President for Public Affairs and a news anchor for the 7PM news. She's intelligent and capable in her career. However, in her 29 years of life, she hasn't had one ordeal to deal with and she doesn't believe people are equal, making her conceited.

Supporting

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* Moon Ka-young as Lee Ppal-gang, Hwa-shin's niece * Kim Jung-hyun as Pyo Chi-yeol, Na-ri's brother * Ahn Woo-yeon as Oh Dae-goo

People around Hwa Shin

* Park Jung-soo as Hwa-shin's mother *

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as Lee Jong-shin, Hwa-shin's brother and Ppal-gang's father

People around Jung Won

* Choi Hwa-jung as Kim Tae-ra, Jung-won's mother and Kim Rak's sister * Park Sung-hoon as Secretary Cha

People at SBC broadcasting company

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as Oh Jong-hwan *

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as Choi Dong-ki * Yoo Jae-myung as Uhm Ki-dae *

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as Keum Soo-jung * Park Eun-ji as Park Jin * Seo Yu-ri as Hong Ji-min * Kim Ye-won as Na Joo-hee * Jun Ji-an as Im Soo-mi * Yoo Jung-rae as Kan Mi-young * Lee Chae-won as Yang Sung-sook * Park Seo-young as Jang Hee-soo * Sung Chang-hoon as New agency staff * Lee Myung-haeng as 7 o'clock news anchor

People at Rak Villa

* Seo Eun-soo as Lee Hong Dan, Na-ri and Chi-yeol's step mother * Sul Woo-hyung as Pyo Bum, Na-ri's step brother * Suh Hyun-suk as Lee Seung-han

People at Sun Hospital

* Bae Hae-sun as Keum Suk-ho, Oncologist *

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as Nurse Oh Jin-joo

Extended

* Min Jung-sub * Song Ha-rim as School office clerk who attended the festival * Yeo Un-bok as surgeon * Choi Kyu-sik as Taxi driver * Lee Do-yeop * Jang Hae-min * Lee Yoon-sang as Executive Officer of Yonee Group's hotel * Kwan Eun-soo

Special appearances

* BamBam as Guy in Thailand nightclub (Ep. 1) * Vivian Cha as Guy's girlfriend (Ep. 1) * Yoo Jae-myung as news anchor * Lee Jung-eun as Orthopaedist * Oh Se-deuk as Chinese restaurant chef * Jung Kyung-sun as Pyo Na-ri's mother *

Han Ji-min Han Ji-min (; born November 5, 1982) is a South Korean actress. After minor roles in ''All In (TV series), All In'' (2003) and ''Dae Jang Geum'' (2003–2004), Han had her breakout role in revenge series ''Resurrection (2005 TV series), Resurrec ...

as Han Ji-min, Hwa-shin's blind date (Ep. 11) * Kim Kyung-ran as announcer open recruitment judge (Ep. 14) * Ahn Hye-kyung as announcer applicant (Ep. 14) * Jun Hyun-moo as announcer applicant (SBS announcer) (Ep. 14) * Oh Jung-yeon as announcer applicant (Ep. 14) * Kim Yoon-sang as announcer applicant (SBS announcer) (Ep. 14) *

Lee Sun-kyun Lee Sun-kyun (; March 2, 1975 – December 27, 2023) was a South Korean actor. Internationally, he was best known for his role in Bong Joon-ho's Academy Award–winning film ''Parasite'' (2019), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award alo ...

Na-ri's blind date (Voice) (Ep. 15) * Ko Sung-hee as Hong Soo-young, Hwa-shin and Jung-won's first love (Ep. 17)

Broadcast rights bidding

KBS 2TV and SBS both expressed interest in broadcast rights for ''Don't Dare to Dream''. When the casting was first announced in February 2016, the drama was then in talks to air on KBS 2TV, but SBS decided to join the

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. In April 2016, it was announced that SBS won the drama's broadcast rights.

Original soundtrack

Charted songs

Ratings

Awards and nominations

Miscelleanous

The show has been analyzed as "a case study of the application of the Tie-Up Theory to a romantic narrative as a form of simulation of human mating processes with social cognition valence".

References

External links

* {{Seo Sook-hyang Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas 2016 South Korean television series debuts 2016 South Korean television series endings South Korean romantic comedy television series Television series about television Television series about journalism Television series about cancer Television series by SM C&C Television shows written by Seo Sook-hyang