Arye Campos talks about her acting career and the digital age

Arye Campos. Photo Credit: Mikel Healey.

Actress Arye Campos chatted about her latest endeavors in the entertainment industry, which includes “She’s Obsessed with my Husband” on Lifetime.

She started in the entertainment industry at a young age in Brazil, but grew up in Tampa, Florida.

‘Rio Connection’

On being a part of “Rio Connection,” she said, “It was fantastic. It was my first big role. It was one of the best experiences that I’ve had so far in my career.”

The show is a smash hit in Brazil right now.

‘Passport to Freedom’

In “Passport to Freedom,” she played Tina Fallada, which marked the first time she played a Brazilian character. “Ironically enough, that opened the door to ‘Rio Connection.’ It was my first time acting in my home country since it was filmed in Brazil (even though we shot it in English),” she said.

“This was the first time that I acted in Brazil since I was 11, and I worked with a director that I worked with when I was a child (we did commercials when I was eight or nine years old). It was pretty wild,” she said with a sweet laugh.

‘She’s Obsessed with my Husband’ on Lifetime

The new Lifetime movie “She’s Obsessed with My Husband” was directed by by Doug Campbell.

The synopsis is: A woman moves in next door to her high school crush, now married, and schemes to end his marriage so she can become his wife instead. “That was my most recent Lifetime movie that came out in February, and it was my second film with Doug Campbell. I get to go brunette in it, which is fun.”

“I tend to play strong woman but this character was a bit of a victim so I got to explore that side of things. It was a fun thriller,” she noted. “In this film, don’t trust crazy neighbors,” she said with a sweet laugh.

Campos had great words about working with actor Matthew Pohlkamp as the male lead Garrett in it. “This is my second time working with Matt on a Lifetime film, he is fantastic,” she exclaimed.

“I think a big part of this movie’s lesson is seeing the growth internally of Daisy, and you have to trust your partner and family regardless of outside forces. Honestly, you should trust in yourself.”

“My character is insecure about herself because of the way she looks and she doesn’t see her own qualities outside of her looks. It’s not about the outside, it’s about the inside, and I think Garrett sees that in Daisy. Basically, don’t judge a book by its cover,” she acknowledged.

The digital age

On being an actress in the digital age, she explained, “The digital age is both a good thing and a bad thing.”

“Social media is great because you can connect with an audience and you can build a fan-base. You can get more personal with them and you can get to share things with them, and you can show them who you are off-screen so that is fantastic,” she explained.

“Social media gives you a platform to keep in touch with them and continue to grow that fan-base,” she noted.

“The downside of social media is that you do one thing wrong, and then the whole world knows it,” she said. “The good thing is that social media allows me to connect with people from all over the world from an international standpoint.”

Stage of her life

On the title of the current chapter of her life, Campos said, “The Harvesting Phase.” “I feel like I’ve spent a lot of years planting seeds and now these seeds are starting to finally grow,” she said.

“I am finally starting to see the fruits of the labor,” she added.

Advice for young and aspiring actors

For young and aspiring actors, she said with a sweet laugh, “Don’t do it.”

“First and foremost, you have to really love this industry in order to succeed because it’s not easy. You have to do so much more than the reward it gives you, and you have to be okay with the amount of rejections,” she said.

“You have to be really proactive in your career. You can’t just sit back and wait for auditions to come in. You have to really love the craft and the business because it’s showbusiness. Otherwise, it is very difficult to succeed in this industry,” she added.

Success

On her definition of the word success, Campos said, “Success means accomplishing something that you’ve put your mind to regardless of what the world around tells you. If that is what your heart desires, then you are successful.”

To learn more about Arye Campos, follow her on Instagram and check out her IMDb page.