Don't Dare to Dream (Korean: ì§ÂÓ ÃÂÂì ), also known by its literal title Jealousy Incarnate, is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Gong Hyo-jin, Jo Jung-suk, Go Kyung-pyo, Lee Mi-sook, Park Ji-young, Lee Sung-jae, and Seo Ji-hye. It aired on SBS every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST) from August 24 to November 10, 2016, for a total of 24 episodes.
Synopsis
Weather caster Pyo Na-ri (Gong Hyo-jin) and news anchor Lee Hwa-shin (Jo Jung-suk) work at the same broadcasting station, with a complicated history between them. Na-ri once harbored feelings for Hwa-shin, but when she crosses paths with the wealthy and well-mannered Go Jung-won (Go Kyung-pyo) â a close friend of Hwa-shin â tensions and romantic dilemmas emerge. Meanwhile, rivalries in both love and career between other characters (e.g., Lee Mi-sook, Park Ji-young, Lee Sung-jae) further complicate relationships.
Cast
Main
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.
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.
A polite, friendly man who is serious when it comes to love. Jung-won is the boss of a publishing company, and a chaebol heir of a large corporation that manages several luxury clothing brands. He falls for Na-ri at first sight.
A reporter-turned-anchorwoman. Jong-shin's first wife and Ppal-gang's mother.
Department head of SBC station and announcer. Jong-shin's second wife.
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.
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
Crazy 18
People around Hwa Shin
People around Jung Won
People at SBC broadcasting company
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
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 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 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 bidding war. 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".
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