When Angela Bloomfield first read the script of her new project, in which she plays a lesbian woman searching for love, she had to take a big, deep breath. With its opening scene involving a very racy Zoom call, the former Shortland Street star was forced to muster all her courage.
“But I was so excited, I practically said yes before I’d even finished reading the script,” laughs Angela as she sits down to chat about Joey’s Heart, a romantic short film in which she plays Joey, a self-described “gay Bridget Jones”.
The character couldn’t be more different from her iconic role as Shorty’s Rachel McKenna, but Angela relished the chance to challenge herself.
“Some aspects did take bravery on my part, but that’s what made me think,
