Tom Blyth Says ‘Hunger Games’ Fame Was Quick-Lived

Tom Blyth‘s acting career hit a newfound peak when he starred as a young Coriolanus Snow in 2023’s “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” which topped the field workplace on its option to almost $350 million worldwide. Some may suppose headlining a serious Hollywood franchise film may deliver dramatically life-changing fame, however Blyth not too long ago instructed The Independent that fanfare round his “Hunger Games” prequel was short-lived and “calmed down very quickly.”

“In this age of social media, everything’s hot for a minute and then the next thing comes out,” Blyth stated. “It taught me really quickly not to buy into [things] too much. And I’m glad it happened when I was 27 and not when I was 19 or 20. I was like, ‘I know why I do this. It’s not for the attention. It’s for the love of it.’”

While “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” actually elevated Blyth’s profession, it seems the 30-year-old actor will not be actively searching for out one other Hollywood franchise. Sure, the celebrity increase he obtained from the prequel was large enough the place he’s now a fixture at trend week reveals, however even there Blyth stated: “You’re in this elite world for about five minutes and then you step back into real life.”

Blyth is likely to be getting one other big profession increase in the beginning of subsequent yr when Netflix streams “People We Meet on Vacation,” the streamer’s highly-anticipated movie adaptation of Emily Heny’s bestselling guide. Blyth headlines the romance reverse Emily Bader, and the film already has a baked-in fanbase that would flip the film right into a streaming sensation.

“It’ll probably last five minutes,” Blyth predicted to The Independent in regards to the anticipated success of “People You Meet on Vacation,” which streams Jan. 9, 2026, on Netflix. “Then I’ll be back to walking my dog.”