We’re pretty sure they don’t let actors exist in England without doing some form of theater in their youth, and Tom Blyth is no different. He’s racked up a bunch of experience treading the boards, and has said in a variety of promotional interviews for “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” that he’d love to do so again.
According to Blyth’s United Agents resume, his most notable theater roles include Orsino in Shakespeare on the Sound’s production of “Twelfth Night,” Simon in the Panther Creek Arts production of “Hay Fever,” and Dr. Brodsky in the Nottingham Playhouse production of “A Clockwork Orange.” This list isn’t even counting the work Blyth did at Juilliard — and yes, this guy went to Juilliard. Perhaps all the intensity and bonding involved in theater productions helped Blyth when it came to tackling his major film role, years later, as young “Coryo” Snow. It certainly seemed to have helped when he and co-star Rachel Zegler bonded during pre-production.
“Rachel and I started texting and sending voice notes to each other about the characters and our lives trying to connect,” Blyth told Vanity Fair. Even after Blyth caught COVID-19 near the start of the shoot, Blyth says, “She would update me every day and tell me how the day had gone. It was a pretty arduous shoot, so it was good to have a partner in crime there to lean on.” If that kind of connection doesn’t scream theater kid energy, what does?
