Her co-stars (Alyssa Milano, Penelope Ann Miller, Yunjin Kim and Shannyn Sossamon) do not, nosediving into delicious devilry and creating storylines that are as much fun as Aytes says the set is.
“When I found who out who was in the cast, I was so excited. And it’s been absolutely amazing. They’re all so talented. And humble. And Alyssa Milano, of course, [I’ve] been watching her since ‘Who’s the Boss?’ And she came in and was so kind and welcoming and generous. I just felt very natural and completely comfortable. We became a like a little family,” she says.
Among her large catalog of juicy film and TV roles, Aytes has thrived at portraying both the helpless victim as well as a woman of power and authority. In “Mistresses,” she plays a character with both of those mental attributes coalescing into a multidimensional, contradictory and therefore exciting character.
“This character is a combination of both, which is one of the reasons why I was so excited to play her,” she says. “Just like in life there was a moment where she feels like a victim, where she feels betrayed. But then she has the opportunity to show her strength and move forward. She definitely has both of those characteristics.”
