Yr/TV Stn: 2012/KBS
Cast:
Lee Dong Wook ~ Park Moo Yul
Lee Si Young ~ Yoo Eun Jae
Oh Man Suk ~ Jin Dong Soo
Jessica Jung ~ Kang Jong Hee
Synopsis: (from Dramawiki)
Everything starts on the birthday of Eun Jae's dad. Eun Jae ran into Park Moo Yul, who is the 2nd baseman of 'Green Dreamers', when she is drunk. Eun Jae who is a fan of 'Blue Seagulls', starts a fight with Moo Yul who led the 'Green Dreamers' to victory. The next day, internet is on fire with the video called 'Humiliated Park Moo Yul'. Because of this video, career of both Moo Yul and Eun Jae, who recently got a job as a bodyguard, are in danger. In the end, they decided to put on a show against the public! They lie that Eun Jae is Moo Yul's private bodyguard and the video was recorded when Eun Jae was giving a self-defence demonstration to Moo Yul. Like this, Eun Jae becomes real bodyguard of Moo Yul. It seemed like everything worked out just fine, but the problem is that they can't stand each other's existence...
Why watch?
"Wild Romance" looks like a rom-com on surface, but the mystery element is very strong in the drama. I thought the blend of mystery in a rom-com was interesting. At least the drama does not look down right typical to me.
Lee Dong Wook returned to the small screen in such a short time! His character MY was quite different from his usual, and it was a good change for him. Mr Lee's acting is getting better, and his chemistry with his co-stars are always quite good.
Lee Si Young impressed me with her performance in "The Birth of the Rich". Recently, Ms Lee rose to A list rank with her first leading role in "Poseidon". Eun Jae is her 2nd lead role, and she changed a brand new image. Short curly hair & tom-boyish looking! I like actress who tries out different roles, and Eun Jae is not a very easy character to act. Lee Si Young's acting was kinda exaggerating but she got better later on.
Last but not least, we got to see SNSD's Jessica debut as an actress. Personally, I thought her performance was not that bad, but her image is still too idol to me.
Overall, all the characters in the drama were quite well developed, and they have different levels/depths. No one is portrayed as super nice or ultra bad.
Why skip?
If you don't like mystery plots, maybe you might find "Wild Romance" somewhat disappointing. (it's not a pure rom-com).
