But it’s only acting, daahrling

In her greatest (read: only) acting challenge since Hollyoaks, Marcus Bent’s better half is to star in forthcoming UK film Boogie Woogie. It also features Heather Graham, Gillian Anderson and Christopher Lee, and according to the synopsis on IMDB, it has bugger all to do with disco or pornography production in the 1970s.

Gemma’s raison d’être in the film is a ‘naked lesbian romp’ with Jamie Winstone, daughter of Ray. On the subject of the girl-on-girl fling, Ms. Atkinson told OK! Magazine:

“Jamie put me at ease completely. I just got on with it and thought, come on then, this is what being an actress is about! We had a shot of vodka each and just got down to it!”

She also tells the celebrity news rag that Marcus prefers her kissing girls, rather than the men she had to fool around with on Hollyoaks. Shocking, that.