When actor and singer Ayesha Madon received the call that she’d been cast in Heartbreak High, Netflix’s smash reboot of the Aussie classic, she sobbed in the shower. “Happy tears!” she insists. It was a life-changing moment for the 26-year-old, who was starting to believe an acting career wasn’t on the cards for her. “If you’re not getting callbacks, it’s hard to continue going,” she told PEDESTRIAN.TV. “You’re like, am I delusional? Or am I believing in myself? What’s the difference?” Landing the role of star Amerie Wadia was “good timing”, she said — and life hasn’t been the same since.
