Westside actor Jordan's CINEMATIC LOVE STORY

The Dark City: The Cleaner star shares a glimpse into his romance with filmmaker Liv

- Eva Bradley

He's a famous face from movies and TV, but when Westside and The Panthers actor Jordan Mooney first asked out his partner, writer and director Liv McClymont, two years ago, he was inadvertently friend-zoned.

After following each other on Instagram, the pair chatted back and forth, before Jordan suggested they meet in person, but Liv didn't get the hint.

"She wasn't quite picking up what I was putting down, so I had to be a little more explicit and say, 'You know I'm really asking you out on a date here?" laughs Jordan, 33, who also stars in the just-dropped drama series Dark City: The Cleaner.

Warning her it would be an early and short date because of his hectic filming schedule, Jordan met Liv, 30, at an Auckland wine bar, where they proceeded to talk for hours.

"We had an immediate connection and understanding of each other's backgrounds," says Liv, who has an impressive portfolio of award-winning short films, documentaries and music videos.

And while it could be easy to write off Jordan as someone not to be taken seriouslyespecially after his role as larrikin Eric Grady in Westside and playing his cocky namesake Jordan Luck in the 2017 TV movie Why Does Love? - Liv very quickly saw there was a side to the actor that not everyone gets to see.