Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Cast Test How Well They Know Each Other

[Tom whistles melodically]

[Rachel] That's impressive.

That made me nervous, why does that--

Yeah, you were shaking.

I know, did you see my lips quivering?

Yeah, I was nervous for you.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. [playful electronic music]

Hi, I'm Tom Blyth.

I'm Rachel Zegler.

And I'm Josh Andres Rivera.

We are the cast of the Hunger Games.

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

And today, we're gonna be competing against each other

to see how well we know our friend Tom Blyth.

All right, let's get it going.

Okay. [playful music]

Okay, first question.

What is my biggest fear?

[laughs] Oh no, it's kind of funny to

look at you and be like, let me guess. [laughs]

Let me guess, you don't wanna die alone.

I have a guess.

I mean, mine is gonna be

probably a little bit more shallow,

but I think I got a guess, too.

[Tom laughs] Mine's the opposite.

You have a fear of like open water.

Ooh. Okay you don't.

What, is that your guess?

[Rachel] Yeah, that's my guess.

Okay, Josh?

I was gonna say mountain lions.

[Rachel laughs]

In what ways is that more shallow?

I thought-- You ever seen Tarzan?

I thought you were gonna say something like conceptual.

Actually, ironically, and this is like my childhood fear,

which I've since gotten over.

Yeah. Snakes.

That's so funny. Yeah,

I was, he was afraid of snakes as a kid

because I saw Indiana Jones a lot.

Yeah, that'll do it. I'd watch a lot

of Indiana Jones, and because he was afraid of snakes,

I think that fear transferred onto me.

Because cool people can be afraid of snakes.

Because cool people are afraid of snakes.

So to be cool, you have to be afraid of snakes.

Yeah, yeah.

On set, we had two live snakes and Tom never let on

that you were afraid. I'm not anymore.

You were there on set. I did a lot of therapy.

I know. With snakes.

So that's not your biggest fear.

So it's technically not.

It was my biggest childhood fear.

It's the one that first comes to mind

if you ask me that question.

Who is my ideal dinner guest?

This is not anything that has ever come up.

I know, Kafka. [laughs]

I'm gonna say Francis Lawrence,

director of The Hunger Games. [Josh laughs]

To be fair, we have all been his dinner guests,

and he's the best dinner host.

He's a great dinner guest,

or host rather. Yeah.

He knows all the hot spots.

And I feel like you, that's your ideal,

somebody who can tell you about the wine

and loves the food.

Yeah, well that's Josh's ideal.

Francis turned Josh into a fake wino.

I'm not a fake, I'm a real wino now.

He's still mad. [Tom laughs]

He's still mad about it.

What was the question?

His ideal dinner guest.

You know, Cyndi Lauper.

Sure, okay, I think it would be David Bowie.

Yeah, I wasn't gonna get that.

Which is, I just think it'd be a lot fun.

We're doing terrible.

Okay, so that's again, no points for Josh or Rachel.

I think I made a compelling argument.

Yeah. I'm gonna give myself

a point in my head.

I think you'll get the next one.

Oh, me?

Okay, maybe, actually, I think I've told you this.

That makes it worse. [laughs]

What is my go-to karaoke song?

I didn't go to karaoke with you.

[Tom] Because we did go to karaoke.

I didn't go to karaoke with you guys.

I don't think you sang, though.

I did sing. Oh no, okay.

I'm gonna say, it was definitely like,

some punk rock thing.

Do you want a clue?

Yes. What, no.

Okay, no.

You also get a clue too, then.

Yeah, but I wasn't there.

Well, I might as well have not been there.

I don't remember. I will give you a clue.

It's probably not what you would expect.

I don't really. Mambo Number Five.

Mambo Number five from Josh, what's your guess?

I'm gonna say--

No, I'm gonna change mine to All the Small Things.

All the Small Things, okay.

I'm gonna say I Miss You by Blink 182.

Oh wow, we're in like a real like 2000s--

♪ Where are you ♪

Yeah, like, those are the ones.

What is it?

The answer is, somewhat surprisingly,

Senorita by Justin Timberlake.

I think because I like the challenge.

[Tom laughs]

It really goes hard on the falsetto.

[laughing] Oh my god.

There is not-- There is no way, yeah.

I know, I told you you wouldn't expect it.

You did not sing it together, though, so no way.

I was not gonna get that in a million years.

I actually think we did.

I'm honestly sure we did. Do you know Senorita?

I don't think I know the words to the song.

Well, that's the point of karaoke,

they're up on the screen.

That's not the point of karaoke.

How does it--

You don't need to know the words.

Anyway, moving on.

What is my favorite mode of New York transportation?

You should both know this one.

Wait, no, of New York transportation, like--

Oh, okay, I'm gonna rephrase it.

What is my favorite mode of transport

to get around New York?

You have a motorcycle.

You do have a motorcycle.

I'm gonna say motorcycle. Do you motorcycle around?

It's a motorcycle.

Motorcycle, and I'm gonna take an extra step

and say, I think it's a Honda.

The answer is motorcycle, but Josh is wrong.

It's not a Honda, so at that point goes to Rachel.

[point dings]

Sorry, Josh.

This is what happens when you give 110%.

[Rachel and Tom laugh]

Is this the example that we wanna set?

For our children? For the youth of America?

Okay, so Rachel gets one point.

Josh gets three-quarters of a point.

He gets 75% of a point. 75%, ridiculous.

Next question, if I wasn't an actor,

what would my profession be?

Like, my other dream profession.

I wanna say something really interesting

like a wildlife photographer.

But that's what I wanna be.

Okay.

Is this if you were not in the industry whatsoever,

or just not an actor?

I'll give you a clue.

It is not in the industry.

It's not in our industry. Okay, there we go.

I like thinking you're gonna be a wildlife photographer,

'cause I feel like you could be really still,

and then the jaguars would,

the mountain lions would come up to you,

which you're so deathly afraid of.

The mountain lions, and the snakes.

I wanna say, I'm gonna say architect.

Oh, okay. That's nice.

Well, it's not it because you were surprised by it.

No, no, but I'm glad you think I'm sophisticated enough

to want to be-- I do think

you're sophisticated.

To be a, the answer actually, since I was a kid,

I've always thought if I wasn't gonna be an actor,

I'd wanna be a safari park ranger.

Really close.

Wait, I was close!

And you were pretty close,

so I think that's like 0.75 for Rachel.

I'll take it. [Tom laughs]

Yeah.

Next question, what is my coffee order?

I think you drink black coffee.

Yeah.

Is that my order?

Everyone drinks black coffee.

I say an almond milk latte.

Or an oat milk latte.

Oat milk latte.

I'm changing my answer to oat milk latte.

I think it's just a coffee with with almond milk.

No, that's mine.

I'm gonna say a coffee with a little bit of cream

and some sugar, why not?

My answer actually is oat milk latte.

No way! [laughs]

So that is a point to Rachel.

She just pulled ahead from Josh's 0.75.

[laughs] To be fair--

You look so pissed.

You look so pissed right now.

You're so mad.

What is my biggest pet peeve?

So many things come to mind that annoy Tom.

[Tom laughs]

Am I a grumpy old man to you?

You are a grumpy old? Oh man.

No you're not, you're not.

But you're opinionated, and you make it known,

and I love that about you.

Yeah? Yeah.

Tom has always been so relaxed and easy-going.

Go ahead and put a point on the board.

[Rachel laughs]

Yeah, that that point goes to Josh.

One point to Josh.

I actually feel like,

it's people who, it's wasted time.

You don't like wasted time.

Okay, that's pretty good.

I'm gonna say loud chewers.

That actually is correct. Yeah!

Josh is on the board.

[Tom] That is it actually, exactly.

Told you I'd get it back.

Good job. You're on a roll man.

[Rachel laughs]

Okay,

Listen, I'm one away from being tied.

Hey, hey. [laughs]

What was my first job?

[Rachel] Oh my god, it was with Oscar Isaac, wasn't it?

Well, I supposed it depends if you mean first acting job,

Oh, your first ever job. What do you mean?

In life.

I've had a lot of jobs.

I have done everything that a surviving actor can do,

pretty much. Hitman.

[Tom] Yeah, I was also a hitman.

I know this one. Do you actually?

Which is really frustrating.

Well, you told me a long time ago.

What do kids do? [laughs]

I'm gonna go ahead and guess, grocery store stocker?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Like a stock boy?

[Tom] Like a shelf stocker for Shopway.

Like you did at the gas station.

I did that for summer. Yeah, yeah.

It was a lot of fun.

I'm gonna say you shine shoes.

A shoe shine boy? Yeah maybe.

Like a Victorian child?

You're talking about yourself

as if you were Oliver Twist. [laughs]

Yeah, I know I am, yeah.

My first ever job when I was 13 or 14 was a paper boy.

I did, I had a paper route.

So you were Oliver Twist, you were a newsie.

Oh that is really classic.

So I literally, I had like a trolley, a little cart,

and I went and dropped papers off in people's yard.

♪ Aint it a fine life ♪

But I think Josh was a lot closer, so--

[Rachel] You're gonna give him a point?

Yeah, I dunno, I'm just in a mood.

I'm gonna give Josh--

A point? Because your answer was,

what was your answer again?

A point, a shoe shiner.

A shoe-shine point.

They're both like 1930s chic.

Okay, fine. You both get a point

just for being like all close. [point dings]

For being hot. All right, none of that.

Rachel is at 3.75 and Josh, is it 2.75.

We both got a point.

Because both of our answers had boy.

What is my hidden talent?

I'm not sure how I even know what my--

Well this is-- Well, then this is great.

Well think of, think of yours

and when you got it, then I'll guess.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.

Oh, oh.

I know what mine is.

I think you both will know this

because I think you've both mentioned it, but.

You're good at whistling.

Is that it?

You made a face!

You didn't gimme a chance to answer.

I haven't answered, I haven't said anything.

Because I was gonna say that you're good at whistling.

No, you were not. [Tom laughs]

You're so full of shit.

I was. Well you, you are.

You're very good at whistling.

Because I have so many videos on my phone

of you being like [imitates whistling]

and I can't do stuff like that.

All right, so the answer is whistling.

Yeah, I had a feeling.

So both Josh and Rachel will get a point.

I have like a weird melodic whistle.

You are so, that is such. [warbling]

[Tom whistling melodically]

[Rachel] That's impressive.

That made me nervous, why does that?

Yeah, you were shaking.

I know, did you see my lips quivering?

Yeah, I was nervous for you.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Next question. All right.

Where is my dream destination?

In general?

If I could live anywhere in the world.

Oh, I can imagine you just with a house in the mountains,

you want land.

He is scared of mountain lions.

[Tom and Rachel laugh]

For the sake of having a different answer than you,

I'll say Spain.

Spain, nice.

This was a hard one. 'cause I think I wanna go everywhere.

[Rachel] You do, you are, you're a nomad.

I kind of want to travel everywhere.

But I think if I had to like be stuck somewhere

[laughs] for the rest of my life. Stuck.

It would be a desert island with lots of waves.

Oh, I was completely wrong.

Well, I had to surf, so I wanna be somewhere where I can--

There you go. Yeah, I forgot,

you like to surf. Be in the ocean.

I used to be afraid of the ocean,

and then I started surfing.

My deep waters were right?

Yeah, well, you weren't totally off.

I used to like have a fear of

what was underneath, not knowing what was underneath.

Yeah, I'm currently afraid of the ocean.

Are you? Yeah.

Get on a surfboard.

So that was the last question.

The final scores on the board are Rachel with 4.75

and Josh with 3.75.

So Josh, you are one point behind.

I'm sorry. That sucks.

It hurts, but I think I'll find a way to carry on.

How will you find a way?

What will you do?

I guess I'll explore the world.

No, we're gonna flip the script on Tom. [laughs]

That actually works too, and it's much less expensive.

[Rachel laughs]

We actually have some questions for you.

Okay.

And if you get them wrong, we get points.

Okay, if I get 'em wrong, you get points.

Yeah. [playful music]

You go first. Okay.

What is the most watched video on my YouTube channel?

I'm gonna guess it's you singing something,

and I'm gonna guess, what would draw a lot of people in?

Rachel singing a cover of a Taylor Swift song.

I think that's a great guess.

Can I guess as well?

But you don't get points for it.

I know, I wanna guess. You can guess,

but you don't get points.

Yeah, but that's your final answer.

Taylor Swift?

I think Rachel singing a Taylor Swift song is a guess.

I think it's a great guess.

I think it's you singing Shallow.

It is me singing Shallow. From?

From from A Stars is Born. Oh.

I had a video go viral of me singing Shallow

and then people looked it up,

but the video on my YouTube channel,

which was a different video went viral.

[Tom] No way.

And I actually don't like that video very much,

but I can't take it down.

All right, I got one for you, Tom.

[playful music] All right.

What is the first musical I ever performed in?

I know this. [laughs] Oh man.

I know it, and it's so great.

Okay, I don't know, Josh.

I can imagine you as like a newsie.

That was you babe. Yeah, I'm the newsie.

I think Josh's first ever musical performance

was playing Annie in Annie.

You saw.

Wait, there's no freaking way.

Wait-- He was in Annie.

I'm gonna give you. He wasn't Annie.

I'm gonna give you that.

I was in Annie. He was in Annie.

In fifth grade-- But he played Rooster.

I was Rooster Hannigan. Yeah.

And man, the reviews were wild.

[laughs] How old were you?

The New York Times said go and see it.

Off the charts.

I was 10 years old. Oh, baby.

I can't believe I got that.

[Rachel] That's Tim Fergy's part.

Maybe I knew that subconsciously.

It could be. But that's,

because you're like, oh, little kid, curly hair, Annie.

So I know it was my second guess, but I did amend it.

Fair. So do I get a point?

No, I don't get a point.

But you can get a point.

You're not on the board.

No, I don't get a point. Okay, cool.

[playful music] So this is, I guess me.

Who did I Zoom call during the Academy Awards?

This was before you knew me.

Before you knew me, so definitely wasn't me.

Oh, I wish.

You didn't have, I was gonna say your dog,

but you didn't have a dog at that point.

I didn't have Lenny yet, my little precious boy.

I mean, you a lovely family who you're very close with.

I do, yeah.

It was maybe your lovely mom and dad.

I love that guess, and honestly I would be--

You wish it was. [laughs]

I'm a shitty daughter, I didn't.

I have friends. Yes, I'm glad.

Who have a variety spoof show

called the George Lucas Talk Show.

Oh, oh, I've heard about that, yeah, yeah.

And there is a running gag on it.

We had this joke that if I went to the Academy Awards,

I was gonna call in.

So you called in. And I called in

the George Lucas Talk Show.

Like live on the podcast.

Live on their show, yeah. Oh, that's fun.

So I got it wrong, which means you get points.

So Rachel, you are good at math.

So that's basically you are gonna solidifies my loss.

And now we're doing the super ultra deluxe round,

which is worth winning points. [playful music]

No! 16 points.

What was the first album I ever bought?

That's a good one. Oh, yeah.

That's a good one, Annie, Annie the Musical.

[Rachel laughs]

No, first album you ever bought?

And I'll give you a hint.

I was also 10 years old.

You're 10.

Oh, it was the same year as Annie.

It's a wild guess here, I don't know.

I'm gonna say it was Seal's album.

Kiss from a Rose. I love that song.

'Cause you sing it all the time.

I do, I do sing that song.

Yeah.

I thought I knew when I was wrong,

but I just saw your answer.

I guessed Off the Wall.

I think that was actually my third album

that I ever bought.

What was the second one?

The second one was the Essential Billy Joel.

Yes. Nice.

And the first one was

the Shrek Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Hell yeah, so I was closer with Annie.

We love Shrek.

I probably should've gone with Annie.

[point dings] Rachel is the clear winner

in this game of how well do we know each other?

Round of applause for each other.

[group applauding]

When you're the best, you're the best.

Hey [gasps], for me?

And you win this little Oscar.

Do you have a speech?

Do I have a speech?

No. Okay. [laughs]

I'd like to thank Tom

for telling me everything about his life.

And I would like to thank Vanity Fair for having us.

That was a great little alleyoop right there.

Yeah, if you lift me up, I'll put it in.

[Rachel laughs]

Off the backboard.

I'm so sorry. [bold electronic music]