"Tom Blyth, best known for playing young Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, could soon become known for something more surprising: his dance moves. His most recent film, Plainclothes, in which he plays a closeted police officer who is hired to catch gay men cruising in public restrooms - and then falls for one of his targets - isn't exactly a laugh riot. But there's a small, tender moment where Blyth's Lucas and his mother, Marie (Maria Dizzia), dance around in the kitchen that's truly transcendent."
"Actually, I really like dancing. I like a bit of disco, house, and techno myself," Blyth tells me."
"As an adult, when you rediscover going out, and you're not drinking to get drunk and you're not trying to hide from yourself, you're just truly expressing yourself. It's f*cking awesome."
"It becomes like going to church a little bit for people who maybe don't go to church - a way of expressing yourself, a way to connect with other people. Nightlife is back, baby!"
Tom Blyth moves beyond his Hunger Games role to deliver unexpected, tender physicality in recent projects. Plainclothes features Blyth as a closeted police officer whose arc includes a transcendent kitchen dance with his mother. Wasteman contains a freeing moment when Blyth and a cellmate groove in a claustrophobic space. Blyth stars with Emily Bader in Netflix's People We Meet on Vacation, a rom-com arriving Jan. 9, 2026, that includes a pivotal dance scene. Blyth names disco, house, and techno as influences and describes nightlife as a form of self-expression and connection.
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