Her outlook on women who stay in toxic relationships was also altered after playing a woman who was cheated on.
“She [April Malloy] ended up taking it personally that her best friend was involved in an affair, and they had some words. Thinking about these relationships, you look at it from the outside and you say ’if that were me, I would leave or I had preconceived notions about how I would act.’ But it really changes when you are living in that person’s shoes. It really does. And things change when you start looking from a child’s perspective, because I have a child,” Aytes says.
Aytes, ironically, played on a similar show five years ago on the Lifetime channel. As a character actor, Aytes has gotten totally absorbed with each character, and she looks completely different from one role to the next.
“I think [that’s] true, and coming from background of dance and studying acting, we would change up. And I would put on a short blonde wig if I had to because it’s all about the character, not about Rochelle. I think that’s what’s so much fun,” she says, “I don’t want to look exactly the same in everything I do. And if I’m not identifiable, then that can be a blessing or a curse. But I’m fine with it. Because at the end of the day, I’m still working and I’m enjoying what I do.”
