Tom Blyth opened up in regards to the advanced characters that he’s been drawn to painting.
The 29-year-old actor performed a youthful, extra morally conflicted model of The Starvation Video games‘ principal villain Coriolanus Snow within the 2023 prequel film The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. He additionally portrayed the titular outlaw in his collection Billy the Child.
Throughout a current interview, Tom opened up about entering into character to play the darker roles. He additionally revealed if he was desirous about taking part in a “good man” subsequent.
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Chatting with Vman, Tom stated that he was “actually drawn to dangerous guys for some motive.”
“Or to morally advanced characters,” he continued. “I feel that’s as a result of I see the world that means. I take a look at folks and assume, nobody’s actually good or dangerous. Everybody’s this big mixture of ambitions and goals, and so they’re all form of clashing on daily basis. I’m fascinated by the gradients between the 2. Like, what’s the psychology behind individuals who perhaps begin off with good intentions after which wind up giving up on them?”
He continued, saying that it was “the last word train in empathy” to determine people who you don’t agree with.
“I may by no means actually pull the set off like Billy the Child does, you recognize? I may by no means do what Coriolanus does in that film,” he added.
When requested if he tries to not take the darker characters dwelling with him, Tom stated that he couldn’t essentially depart them at work.
“It’s a high-quality line as a result of if I don’t take the characters dwelling somewhat bit, I discover that I’m not going deep sufficient,” he stated. “I do let it come dwelling with me as a result of I need to ruminate on them and virtually assume the character’s ideas.”
That being stated, Tom drew the road together with his latest character for the film Watch Canine. He stated that he stops serious about him at 7pm, including, “I don’t need him in my room at night time,”
Will Tom proceed to play this form of character?
“I truly lately mentioned with my agent that perhaps it’s time to play some good guys for a bit,” he stated. “Simply because the final two movies I’ve performed, together with the one I’m doing proper now, they’re very morally advanced characters, if not verging on evil. It’s a lot enjoyable attending to do stuff that you’d by no means do in actual life, and I attempt to discover what’s so scrumptious about it. However it does take a toll. I get extra uninterested in taking part in these guys. On the finish of the day, I’m emotionally taxed.”
We only in the near past realized that Tom was solid in one other extremely anticipated challenge.