>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR WHO STARS IN THE NEW
"HUNGER GAMES" PREQUEL, "THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS
AND SNAKES." >> WON'T SURVIVE A MINUTE INSIDE
THAT ARENA. WE HAVE TO MAKE EVERY SECOND
BEFORE THAT COUNT. GET HER TO SING AGAIN.
>> I WOULDN'T SING A NOTE FOR YOU.
>> SHE'S DISTRICT. SHE KNOWS WE HATE HER AND SHE
WANTS US DEAD. >> IMAGINE IT WAS YOUR NAME THEY
PULLED AND YOU HAD BEEN RIPPED FROM YOUR HOME.
I WOULD JUST WANT TO KNOW SOMEONE STILL CARED ABOUT ME.
DON'T DISCOUNT HER JUST BECAUSE SHE'S DISTRICT.
YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE IN COMMON >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO
"THE LATE SHOW," TOM BLYTH. HELLO, TOM.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NICE TO HAVE YOU ON.
>> Tom: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE A BRIT. HE SPENT MOST OF YOUR TIME HERE
OR IN THE U.K.? >> Tom: I LIVE HERE.
I LIVE IN BROOKLYN. [CHEERING]
>> Stephen: YOU DO HAVE A THICK BROOKLYN ACCENT.
SEVEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. I'M GETTING THERE.
>> Stephen: THE CHARACTER IS A YOUNGER VERSION OF DONALD
SUTHERLAND'S CHARACTER, PRESIDENT SNOW, FROM THE OTHER
STORIES FOR YOU DON'T SEEM LIKE THAT MUCH OF A VILLAIN.
WHAT GIVES? >> Tom: IT'S SET 64 YEARS
BEFORE SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY TO MAKE HIM A LITTLE BIT
NICER. THANKFULLY BECAUSE HE'S PRETTY
MEAN AND THE OTHER FILMS. >> Stephen: WERE YOU A FAN OF
THE BOOKS? >> Tom: I GREW UP WATCHING
THESE THINGS. MY MOM AND MY SISTER AND I USED
TO GO TO OPENING WEEKEND TO SEE THE MOVIES.
SO YEAH, GETTING TO PLAY HIM FOLLOWING HIS FOOTSTEPS IS A
REAL HONOR. >> Stephen: PEOPLE BECOME
OBSESSIVE ABOUT THESE STORIES. PEOPLE ARE EXCITED FOR ANOTHER
CHAPTER OF THIS TO BE COMING OUT.
WAS THERE SOMETHING WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER, OTHER THAN THIS.
DID YOU HAVE A FAN BASE THAT YOU ARE PART OF?
>> Tom: I WAS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A FAN BOY GROWING UP AND
I USE TO LOVE DRESSING UP AS MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS.
HARRY POTTER. YOU NAME IT.
I WOULD MAKE MY OWN CHARACTERS UP, A MISHMASH OF DIFFERENT
CHARACTERS WITH COWBOY OUTFITS, WIZARD OUTFITS.
>> Stephen: HARRY SKYWALKER. >> Tom: HOW DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU DO THAT TOO? >> Stephen: DID YOU DO
COLLECTIBLES? >> Tom: I HAD DOZENS AND
DOZENS OF "STAR WARS" FIGURINES LINING THE SHELF.
>> Stephen: DO YOU STILL HAVE THEM?
>> Tom: I HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY ARE WORTH SOMETHING.
I THINK THEY ARE IN MY MOMS BASEMENT SOMEWHERE.
>> Stephen: TELL HER NOT TO THROW THEM AWAY.
I SAW "STAR WARS" THREE WEEKS BEFORE IT OPENED BECAUSE WE WERE
IN A TEST CITY AND NOBODY KNEW WHAT IT WAS AND I HAVE THESE
REALLY ON COLLECTIBLES. I HAD A LUKE SKYWALKER SHAMPOO
AND CONDITIONER SET WITH A LITTLE BAR, AND ORANGE BAR OF
SOAP THAT HAD LUKE SKYWALKER IN HIS EX WING HELMET CARVED INTO
IT AND A COMB BUT HAD A X-WING ON THE HANDLE IN THE PACU COULD
PUT ON YOUR BELT. SO YOU COULD WEAR IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD WEAR SOAP ON YOUR BELTS.
>> Tom: THIS WAS PRE-PANDEMIC. THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING.
>> Stephen: MY MOTHER, GOD BLESS HER.
MY MOTHER LOOKED OUT ONE DAY AND SAID HE'S NEVER GOING TO USE THE
COMB AND SO SHE KEPT THE TWO BOTTLES AND THREW EVERYTHING
ELSE AWAY. NOT COLLECTIBLE.
>> Tm: YOU DON'T HAVE THEM ANYMORE.
>> Stephen: VERY LOVELY WOMAN, I TOLD THIS STORY ONCE IN AN
ARTICLE IN SOMEBODY SENT ME A REPLACEMENT VERSION WHICH I KEEP
IN MY DESK IN MY OFFICE AT ALL TIMES AND I WILL NEVER EVER GET
WET. YOU WERE BORN AND BRED BRIT.
YOU HAVE THE DEBILITATING ACCENT.
BUT YOU HAVE AN AMERICAN ACCENT ON THIS AND YOU PLAYED BILLY THE
KID ON MGM+. KIND OF A SOUTHWESTERN ACCENT.
DO YOU FIND, PARDON ME IF YOU GET THIS TOO MUCH BUT I'M KIND
OF OBSESSED WITH HOW LOVELY I THINK A BRITISH ACCENT IS.
AND THEN TO ME OF COURSE THERE'S NO STANDARD AMERICAN ACCENT.
I DON'T SOUND LIKE ANYTHING. DO I HAVE AN ACCENT?
>> Tom: TO ME, YOU DO. >> Stephen: COULD YOU SOUND
LIKE ME? >> Tom: ONLY IF YOU PAID ME.
NO, DON'T. >> Stephen: DID YOU KNOW HOW
TO RIDE BEFORE YOU PLAYED BILLY THE KID?
>> Tom: NO. I HAD TO GO RIDING LESSONS IN
ENGLAND WHEN I WAS A KID AND I FELL OFF AND I NEVER GOT BACK ON
THE HORSE AND THEY SAY THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET BACK ON
THE HORSE. THAT'S WHERE THE PHRASE COMES
FROM. >> Stephen: THAT IS THE THING
THEY SAY. >> Tom: I MADE THE MISTAKE AT
THE RIPE AGE OF SIX NOT GETTING BACK ON THE HORSE.
>> Stephen: SOMEONE HAS TO PUT YOU BACK IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
A CHILD ISN'T GOING TO NORMALLY JUST GET BACK ON THE BEAST THAT
JUST THREW HIM THAT WEIGHS 1500 POUNDS.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, TOM.
>> Tom: I HAVE INTERNALIZES GUILT FOR YEARS.
>> Stephen: SO YOU HAD TO LEARN.
I THINK I HAVE A PHOTO OF YOU AS YOU HAVE TO RIDE WITH ONE HAND
AND SHOOT. >> Tom: I AM SHOOTING, LASSO
WING COWS AND STUFF WHILE I'M WRITING.
>> Stephen: YOU LASSO COWS WHILE YOUR WRITING?
>> Tom: SEASON ONE. I'M NOT GREAT AT IT.
I'M OKAY. IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PANDEMIC. A NEWLY GRADUATED ACTOR.
THERE WAS A KIND LADY DOWN THE ROAD WHO RESCUED HORSES AND
MUSTANGS. SHE REHABILITATES THEM.
SHE WORKS WITH SOLDIERS AND NEXT SOLDIERS.
DOING REHAB STUFF. SHE SAID I'LL TEACH YOU.
GREAT, AMAZING. I WENT DOWN TO A FARM.
LITTLE DID I KNOW THE REHAB SHE DOES IS YOGA AND REIKI AND
ENERGY WORK. >> Stephen: SHE DOES YOGA WITH
THE HORSE? >> Tom: TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES
AND LAY ON THE BACK OF A HORSE AND LAY THERE.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE DOING YOGA ON THE HORSE?
>> Tom: THE HORSE IS A YOGA MAT.
>> Stephen: I WAS PICTURING A HORSE DOING DOWNWARD DOG.
>> Tom: THAT'S WHERE WERE GOING TO GO NEXT.
>> Stephen: YOU EVENTUALLY LEARN TO RIDE.
>> Tom: I DID. IT DIDN'T HELP BECAUSE ONCE I
LEARNED HOW TO DO THIS I GRADUATED TO WRITING.
ONCE I GOT UP TO CANADA AND STARTED FILMING THE MOVIE HORSE
WHICH WAS SUPER WELL-TRAINED. >> Stephen: WE HAD PAUL
GIAMATTI OUT HERE. HAVE YOU MET PAUL?
>> Tom: JUST NOW. I WAS FREAKING OUT.
HE'S AMAZING. >> Stephen: THE PHOTO OF HIM
PLAYING HAMLET. ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING
THINGS AND ACTOR CAN DO IS PLAY A GREAT SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY.
IS THERE SOMEONE YOU'D LIKE TO PLAY?
>> Tom: I LOVE THE OLD ROMAN PLAYS.
I WOULD LOVE TO JULIUS CAESAR TRAINED BRUTUS.
IN DRAMA SCHOOL THEY HAD ME PLAY A CHARACTER IN 12TH NIGHT, THE
CLOWNISH LARGELY ENDOWED CHARACTER.
A BIG MAN. >> Stephen: FAT.
NOT LARGELY ENDOWED >> Tom: LARGELY ENDOWED IS A
VERY DIFFERENT THING. >> Stephen: SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT. THAT IS P.R.
THAT IS P.R. >> Tom: WHEN I PLAYED HIM HE
WAS LARGELY ENDOWED. >> Stephen: I GET IT.
"THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES" IS IN
THEATERS THIS FRIDAY. IT'S TOM BLYTH, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.