There's no indication that actress Ashlyn Pearce had anything to do with the decision to kill off her character, so it seems the show just wanted things to go down that way.

Aly's death, of course, added more complexity to the storyline of one of the show's central characters, Steffy, played by Jacqueline MacInnes Wood. In an interview with TVInsider, Wood essentially confirmed that the decision to leave wasn't Pearce's.

"I’m really sorry we had to lose Ashlyn. She’s such a wonderful girl, a really good friend and so incredibly talented. That’s the sad part about this industry we all chose to enter. These things happen. But Ashlyn has a fantastic career ahead of her."

As for how that career's going, Pearce is currently filming a part in the indie feature "You Above All," due out in 2016. She's a prolific Twitter user, and has posted on the social media site that at the same time she's also been driving around all over town doing auditions.

She also took to Twitter the day Aly was killed off to thank fans for their support. "Aly Forrester was a role I feel so blessed to have been able to play."

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