Profile
- Drama: Pinocchio
- Revised romanization: Pinokio
- Hangul: 피노키오
- Director: Jo Soo-Won
- Writer: Park Hye-Ryun
- Network: SBS
- Episodes: -
- Release Date: November, 2014 --
- Runtime: Wed. & Thu. 21:55
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Drama series follows reporters for a broadcasting company as they chase the truth.
Notes
- "Pinocchio" takes over the Wednesday & Thursday 21:55 time slot previously occupied by "Too Lovely Girl for Me".
- Actor Kim Woo-Bin was offered the lead male role, but declined due to scheduling.
- Director Jo Soo-Won and screenwriter Park Hye-Ryun previously worked together in 2013 SBS drama series "I Can Hear Your Voice."
Cast
Lee Jong Suk as Choi Dal Po
Lee Jong-seok plays a young reporter who’s been working at the news desk for a year. He’s tall and good-looking (well duh), but his shabby appearance — rundown clothes, bowl-cut hair (ack!) — hides all his good features and nobody gives him a second glance. But he’s eloquent and has an especially sharp memory, and just needs the right grooming and cultivating to put his best foot forward.
Park Shin Hye as Choi In Ha
Park Shin-hye plays the heroine who suffers from a form of Pinocchio syndrome, which makes her hiccup whenever she tells a lie. For some odd reason she chooses to be a news reporter because of this, likely because she’s idealistic enough to think she won’t ever have to lie on the job.
Kim Young Kwang as Seo Bum Jo
Kim Young-kwang plays a chaebol heir with a sunny disposition, who’s never once had to live like a commoner while growing up. He spent a year working at a fashion magazine and quit, and tries his hand at broadcast news instead. Unlike the hero, he’ll be the kind of well-dressed, confident, handsome man to turn heads everywhere he goes.
Lee Yoo Bi as Cha Hye Seung
Lee Yubi plays an ex-sasaeng-fan (in her high school and college days) who turns her idol fangirl know-how into useful skills as a reporter. She’s described as timid but extremely dogged, which sounds contradictory and yet perfect to describe a rabid fan.