Tom Blyth on workin with Viola Davis in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: "She's great"

Every victor needs a mentor! As Tom Blyth takes on the challenging role of the to-be tyrannical President Coriolanus Snow, we see him go up against Viola Davis in her villainous glory. Lionsgate’s latest theatrical The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes, sees Coriolanus from his humble beginnings to his challenging journey to becoming the President of the Hunger Games. Finding himself at constant moral crossroads, along with the conniving Head Gamemaker Dr. Volumnia Gaul, how long will it be before he slithers into darkness? With a cast including the likes of Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Anders Rivera and Jason Schwartzman, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is in your nearest theaters now!

Tom Blyth on workin with Viola Davis in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: “She’s great”

Talking about working with the iconic Viola Davis, Tom Blyth said, “I remember Viola and Francis describing Dr Gaul as like a Willy Wonka kind of, a Chocolate Factory-type villain. She's someone who's so interested in pain and torture and all these kinds of horrible things. But she does it with delight.”

Further adding on to what Viola brought to the character, the actor said, “What Viola has brought to it is this kind of constant playfulness and experimenting. The way she works, she's always trying something and then if that doesn't work, she tries something else. It just feels like she's got this big tool kit that she's just pulling things out of. As an actor playing with her, you're just kind of like dodging what she throws and throwing things back and vice versa. It just feels so rich at all times. She's just, she's great.”