Dali & Cocky Prince (Korean: 달리와 감자탕) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Kim Min-jae, Park Gyu-young, Kwon Yul, Hwang Hee, and Yeonwoo. It is about the romance between a parvenu who lacks education, and the daughter of a prestigious family who tries to save a collapsed art museum. It aired on KBS2 from September 22 to November 11, 2021.
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Synopsis
Visiting researcher Kim Dali meets restaurateur Jin Moo-hak in a case of mistaken identity in the Netherlands. When her father dies, Dali returns home to take over management of her family's struggling art museum. Moo-hak is a major creditor of the art museum, and they meet again unexpectedly when he arrives to collect his debts. Gradually, Moo-hak realizes that he wants to turn the museum's fortunes around to help Dali rather than solely get his money back.
Cast
Main
Kim Min-jae as Jin Moo-hak, the director of Dondon F&B, a company that started as a small gamja-tang restaurant and has grown into a global food service company with more than 400 franchise stores. He has natural sense of talking skills, trade, and money.
Park Gyu-young as Kim Dali, a visiting researcher at Saint Müller Museum who later becomes the director of Cheong-song Art Museum. She is well-versed in various fields, fluent in seven languages and has a good personality, but lacks skills in household chores – including cooking.
Kwon Yul as Jang Tae-jin, Dali's first love who is the head of Century Group's planning and coordination team.
Hwang Hee as Joo Won-tak, a detective from the violent crime squad who was supported by Dali's father.
Yeonwoo as Ahn Chak-hee, a gallerist and the daughter of a National Assembly member.
Supporting
Jang Gwang as Kim Nak-cheon, Dali's father who is the director of Cheong-song Art Museum.
Woo Hee-jin as Song Sa-bong, a curator at Cheong-song Art Museum.
Ahn Se-ha as Han Byung-se, an elite curator at Cheong-song Art Museum.
Yoo Hyung-gwan as Hwang Gi-dong, facility management department engineer.
Song Ji-won as Na Gong-joo, an intern at the art museum.
Lee Jae-woo as Kim Si-hyung, Nak-cheon's nephew.
Ahn Gil-kang as Jin Baek-won, Moo-hak's father who is the chairman of Dondon F&B.
Seo Jeong-yeon as So Geum-ja, Moo-hak's stepmother and Baek-won's wife.
Lee Je-yeon as Jin Ki-cheol, Moo-hak's stepbrother and the head of Dondon F&B's planning department.
Hwang Bo-ra as Yeo Mi-ri, Moo-hak's secretary.
Special appearances
Jeong Kyu-soo
Hong Seok-cheon as Chef Hong Seok-cheon (Ep. 1)
Park Sang-myun as Ahn Sang-tae
Production and release
The male lead role was first offered to actor Lee Jae-wook.
Filming was scheduled to begin in April 2021. The series was originally scheduled to be aired between November and December 2021, but KBS decided to premiere it earlier.