Tom Blyth He likes the transition from darker roles to becoming a rom-com lead.
“I think I was ready to do something fun,” Blyth, 30, said exclusively Us Weekly about starring People we meet on vacationwhile attending the film’s premiere on Tuesday, January 6. “I’m ready to do something light.”
Before playing Alex in the romance based on Emily Henry‘s best selling novel of the same name, Blyth starred the hunger games prequel movie The ballad of the birds and the snakes like the young version of the villain Coriolanus Snow. Blyth also played the titular character in the Western series billy the boy and most recently appeared in 2025 Country clothes.
“I had done a lot of serious stuff back to back and I was ready to do something that lifted my spirits a bit,” he explained.
Emily Henry’s first book-to-film adaptation, People We Meet on Vacation, is officially here, and it doesn’t disappoint. The film, which premiered on Netflix on Friday, January 9, is based on Henry’s 2021 novel and follows the spontaneous and free-spirited Poppy (Emily Bader) and the reserved and tight-lipped Alex (Tom Blyth) after they connect on a trip home to (…)
Unlike his previous projects, People we meet on vacationwhich premiered on Netflix on Friday, January 9, is a light-hearted story of unlikely best friends Alex and Poppy (Emily Bader) who become travel buddies. But as life becomes more hectic, their dynamic changes and feelings begin to rise.
While preparing for her first romantic comedy role, Blyth decided to channel the main classic characters of the genre.
“All the old classics from the ’80s were my inspiration,” he said we. “Billy Crystal in (When) Harry met Sallyyou can’t help but notice the kind of homage we were playing with the car scene (when Alex and Poppy first meet).
Blyth was also inspired Tom Hanks‘ performances a You have mail i No sleep in Seattle. (As for his dream co-star? Elizabeth Taylor.)
According to the actor, a good old-fashioned romantic comedy is exactly what the world needs “right now.” She added that it was refreshing to have a change of pace in her career and get into the mind of a more beloved character.
Matthew McConaughey. Heath Ledger. Tom Hanks. Hugh Grant. You’d be hard-pressed to find an A-list actor in the 80s, 90s, or early years who didn’t dip into the rom-com pool. Films such as You’ve Got Mail, Notting Hill and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days dominated the film landscape and earned box office (…)
“I think we can take ourselves too seriously at times. And I’ve certainly been guilty of that at times,” Blyth said. we. “And I think it’s really worth it to do something fun every once in a while and remind you that what we do for a living is playful and fun and a luxury, and to lean on that and lean on love.”
Bader, 29, echoed similar sentiments about the romcom’s return to the pop culture zeitgeist.
“This genre means a lot to a lot of people. I think we can ask something from every genre of film. And I think the rom-com genre can be complex and have real character development and make you feel a lot,” Bader exclusively said. we. “I hope that by looking at the greats that we’re so inspired by, that we can get closer to the feeling I had as a kid watching them for people watching this movie, then I’d be happy.
People we meet on vacation now it’s on netflix.