Wild Romance (TV series)

{{Other uses|Wild Romance (disambiguation){{!}}Wild Romance}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Wild Romance poster.jpg

| image_upright = 1.15

| caption = Promotional poster

| alt_name = Aggressive Romance

| genre = Romance
Comedy
Sports
Suspense

| writer = Park Yeon-seon

| director = Bae Kyung-soo
Kim Jin-woo

| starring = Lee Dong-wook
Lee Si-young
Oh Man-seok
Hwang Sun-hee

| music = Kim Seon-min
Kim Gyeong-beom

| opentheme =

| endtheme = What to Do by Jessica Jung (ft.Kim Jin-pyo)

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| num_seasons =

| num_episodes = 16

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Hwang Eui-kyung
Oh Sung-min

| producer = Hwang In-hyuk

| editor =

| location = Korea

| cinematography =

| camera =

| runtime = Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)

| company = GNG Production

| channel = KBS2

| first_aired = {{start date|2012|1|4|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2012|2|23|df=yes}}

| related =

}}

Wild Romance ({{ko-hhrm|난폭한 로맨스||Nanpokhan Romaenseu}}) is a 2012 South Korean television series. It aired on KBS2 from January 4 to February 23, 2012 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. 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).{{cite web|last=Ko|first=Hong-ju|title=Posters of Wild Romance Released|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/2410|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130708062513/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/2410|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2013|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2013-07-08|date=27 December 2011}}{{cite web|last=Noh|first=Hyun-gi|title=Lee Si-young to play tomboy who falls in love|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/02/201_102173.html|work=The Korea Times|access-date=2012-11-18|date=3 January 2012|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030933/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/02/201_102173.html|url-status=live}}

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 squabbling and working to find each other's weak spots, they find out more about each other than they realized.{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Myung-hyun|title=PREVIEW: KBS TV series Wild Romance|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2012010417433559720|work=10Asia|access-date=2012-11-18|date=4 January 2012|archive-date=2013-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927222859/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2012010417433559720|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Ga-on|title=REVIEW: KBS TV series Wild Romance - 1st Episode|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012010514273107554|work=10Asia|access-date=2012-11-18|date=5 January 2012|archive-date=2013-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927223122/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012010514273107554|url-status=live}}

Cast

Lee Dong-wook as Park Mu-yeol{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=Lee Dong-wook pulled off all action scenes for new series because of Lee Si-young|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012010217423981058|work=10Asia|access-date=2012-11-18|date=2 January 2012|archive-date=2019-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625084245/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012010217423981058|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Jin-ho|title=Lee Dong Wook On Action Scenes with Lee Si Young|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/2521|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130708062445/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/2521|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2013|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2013-07-08|date=2 January 2012}}
Lee Si-young as Yoo Eun-jae{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Jin-ho|title=Lee Si Young Cast in Wild Romance|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/1609|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130708062542/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/1609|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2013|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2013-07-08|date=17 November 2012}}{{cite web|last=Choi|first=Eun-hwa|title=Lee Si Young Sports New 'Do For Drama|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/2055|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130708062434/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/2055|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2013|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2013-07-08|date=9 December 2011}}{{cite web|last=Choi|first=Eun-hwa|title=Lee Si Young Goes Wild for Wild Romance|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/2601|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130708062544/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/2601|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2013|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2013-07-08|date=5 January 2012}}{{cite web|title=Boxing Actress Lee Hopes to Take on More Action-Packed Roles|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/01/18/2012011800536.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=2012-11-22|date=18 January 2012|archive-date=2013-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617225010/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/01/18/2012011800536.html|url-status=live}}
Oh Man-seok as Jin Dong-soo, Mu-yeol's best friend and former teammate{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Jin-ho|title=Oh Man Seok Talks about his Ideal Woman and Wild Romance|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=2528|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216111748/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=2528|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2013|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2013-02-01|date=3 January 2012}}
Hwang Sun-hee as Oh Su-young, Dong-soo's wife
Jessica Jung as Kang Jong-hee, Mu-yeol's ex-girlfriend{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Jin-ho|title=Lee Si Young and Jessica Show Off Their Cuteness|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/3635|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130708062546/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/article/3635|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2013|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2013-07-08|date=19 February 2012}}
Kang Dong-ho as Kim Tae-han, PR manager of the Red Dreamers
Lim Ju-eun as Kim Dong-ah, Eun-jae's best friend and housemate{{cite web|last=Lee|first=In-kyung|title=Interview: Lim Ju Eun Sets Off on New Start after Wild Romance|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=4177|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129004909/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=4177|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2013|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2012-11-18|date=10 March 2012}}
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 maid
Kim Yun-tae as Mi-jin's partner

Reception

In the same timeslot as hit period drama Moon Embracing the Sun,{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=Moon blows away competition, ratings hit 40 percent mark|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent7&idxno=2012022408495518851|work=10Asia|access-date=2012-11-18|date=24 February 2012|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035030/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent7&idxno=2012022408495518851|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|title=Wild Romance Gains Support of Loyal Fans Despite Dismal Ratings|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/TVRadio/BehindtheDrama/view.html?No=1287|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221000619/http://english.kbs.co.kr/TVRadio/BehindtheDrama/view.html?No=1287|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2013|work=KBS Global|access-date=2012-11-18|date=25 January 2012}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Woo-in|title=Cast Members of Wild Romance Celebrate Airing of Last Episode|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/gallery_view.html?No=1339|work=KBS Global|access-date=2012-11-18|date=5 March 2012|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044751/http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/gallery_view.html?No=1339|url-status=live}}

=Ratings=

in the tables below blue numbersrepresents lowest rating and red numbers represents highest rating .

width=100 \| Date ! width=100 \| Episode ! width=100 \| Nationwide ! width=100 \| Seoul
class="wikitable"
align=center \| 2012-01-04	01	7.1% ,	8.8%
align=center \| 2012-01-05	02	6.7%	8.7%
align=center \| 2012-01-11	03	6.2%	7.2%
align=center \| 2012-01-12	04	6.5%	9.1%
align=center \| 2012-01-18	05	5.8%	9.4%
align=center \| 2012-01-19	06	5.3%	8.6%
align=center \| 2012-01-25	07	4.9%	8.5%
align=center \| 2012-01-26	08	5.8%	7.3%
align=center \| 2012-02-01	09	3.9%	8.1%
align=center \| 2012-02-02	10	4.0%	8.0%
align=center \| 2012-02-08	11	6.0%	9.5%
align=center \| 2012-02-09	12	5.9%	9.1%
align=center \| 2012-02-15	13	4.7%	8.8%
align=center \| 2012-02-16	14	4.0%	9.3%
align=center \| 2012-02-22	15	4.7%	7.8%
align=center \| 2012-02-23	16	5.0%	8.2%
align="center" ! colspan=2 \| Average	5.4%	8.5%

Source: [http://www.tnms.tv 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/hanryu-select/wildromance/ |title=乱暴＜ワイルド＞なロマンス |language=ja|access-date=2014-06-30 |archive-date=2022-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922215053/http://www.tbs.co.jp/hanryu-select/wildromance/ |url-status=live }}
In Thailand aired on True Asian Series in mid-year 2013.{{cite web|script-title=th:รักพลิกล็อคของหนุ่มเบสบอล|url=http://m.truevisionstv.com/program_info.php?title_id=478623|work=TrueVisions|access-date=2016-05-11|date=|language=Thai|archive-date=2016-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806105830/http://m.truevisionstv.com/program_info.php?title_id=478623|url-status=live}}
In Vietnam aired on VTV3 on September 10, 2013, under the title Chuyện tình nữ vệ sĩ.

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable"
Year ! Award ! Category ! Recipient ! Result
2012 \| 2012 KBS Drama Awards \| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries \| Lee Dong-wook \| {{nom}}

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Recipient

! Result

2012

| 2012 KBS Drama Awards

| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries

| Lee Dong-wook

| {{nom}}