Watch Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth Swap Harrowing Audition Stories in Off the Cuff

Vogue

The “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds &amp; Snakes” stars joined Vogue for a round of rapid-fire questions. Joyful chaos ensued.  Director: Nina Ljeti Director of Photography: Riccardo Mejia Editors: Nicole Cimei Producer: Gigi Chavarria Associate Director, Creative Development: Alexandra Gurvitch Associate Producer: Marisah Yazbek Associate Producer, On Set: Emebeit Beyene Assistant Camera: Jon Corum Gaffer: Cameron Sonsini Audio: Gray Thomas-Sowers Production Assistants: Brock Spitaels, Becca Guzman Production Coordinator: Ava Kashar Production Manager: Natasha Soto-Albors Line Producer: Romeeka Powell Senior Director, Production Management: Jessica Schier Assistant Editor: Andy Morell Post Production Coordinator: Jovan James Supervising Editor: Kameron Key Post Production Supervisor: Edward Taylor Director, Video Team Talent: Lauren Mendoza Director of Content, Production: Rahel Gebreyes Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson Executive Producer: Ruhiya Nuruddin VP, Digital Video English: Thespena Guatieri Images: Mike Marsland, WireImage, Murray Close for Lionsgate

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00:00 Is that maybe why our friendship works so well?

00:02 - 'Cause yin and yang?

00:03 - Yeah.

00:04 - A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

00:05 - A little bit. - Bish, bash, bosh.

00:06 - Hi Vogue, I'm Rachel Zegler.

00:07 - And I'm Tom Blythe,

00:08 and we are about to play "Off the Cuff."

00:11 (upbeat jazz music)

00:12 What is the last song you listened to?

00:14 - I think it was "My Hairstyle is Clay"

00:17 was playing like random jazz music.

00:19 You said it made us feel more sophisticated.

00:21 - Oh, that's enough.

00:22 Did you feel more sophisticated?

00:23 - I did, actually.

00:24 - I was listening to my own inner thoughts.

00:25 They were not sophisticated.

00:26 - They were not sophisticated?

00:28 Oh, what is an item you never leave the house without?

00:32 - I guess like in New York,

00:34 my motorcycle key I have on me all the time.

00:36 - Yeah, I was so scared when I found out

00:38 you got a motorcycle.

00:39 - I know, you were like, "What is that?"

00:41 You had like a more adverse reaction than anyone else.

00:43 - I'm so sorry.

00:43 - No, no, it's good.

00:44 It means you care.

00:45 - I care about you. - You do care.

00:46 I appreciate it.

00:47 - Of course, wait.

00:48 - It's my turn.

00:48 - It's your turn.

00:49 - Hey, take, what's your turn?

00:50 - Slow down.

00:51 - What is a costume from one of your movies

00:52 that you wish you could take home?

00:55 - I wear this really pretty aqua blue dress

00:59 when I sing "I Feel Pretty" in "West Side Story"

01:01 designed by Paul Tazwell.

01:03 I didn't realize that people were stealing stuff from set

01:06 or asking to keep things.

01:07 And I have nothing from that set.

01:10 - What?

01:11 - I know.

01:11 - From "West Side Story" you didn't take anything?

01:12 - I have nothing.

01:13 - Did you steal anything from this movie?

01:14 - From this movie?

01:15 I actually, I'm not wearing it today,

01:16 but the ring that Lucy Gray wears throughout the film.

01:19 - That's nice.

01:20 - I like to think that it was her mom's wedding ring.

01:22 - I think I stole like a lock of the wig,

01:24 like a lock of my own hair.

01:25 - Stop.

01:26 - She's really psycho now I think about it.

01:28 (laughing)

01:29 - We called it Jeff, right?

01:30 The wig?

01:31 - Yeah, mine was like a really sophisticated name.

01:33 I think it might've been Alphonse.

01:34 - It was Alphonse.

01:35 - It was Alphonse.

01:35 - You said it and it went through all the memory.

01:36 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:37 Alphonse, Alphonse the wig.

01:39 - We kind of answered this,

01:40 but I want to know if you have any others.

01:41 Any wardrobe souvenirs from this movie?

01:43 - From this movie, yeah, I do.

01:45 Actually, I have a pair of like gray pants

01:47 designed by Trish Somerville.

01:49 Lucy Gray pant.

01:50 No, I genuinely wear them like all the time.

01:53 - Do you have a favorite look from the film?

01:56 - I love all of my looks and it was--

01:57 - Can be any character, by the way.

01:58 - Oh, any character.

01:59 - Doesn't have to be your own.

02:00 - There's this very like toned down tiger's look

02:04 when you come home from having been like

02:06 thrown into the arena and she's got like

02:08 her hair tied up in a knot.

02:10 And it's in like a hair wrap and she's in her robe.

02:13 And Hunter's just one of the most gorgeous people

02:15 in the world. - Exquisite.

02:16 - In general.

02:17 But that look is so beautiful.

02:19 Also everything Fiannula wears.

02:21 - Well, the two of them together feel

02:22 like very old Hollywood.

02:23 - It's incredible.

02:24 - It feels like a callback to the golden age of Hollywood.

02:26 - Yeah.

02:27 - With the head wraps and the kind of like--

02:28 - Absolutely.

02:29 - Adorned dresses and stuff.

02:31 - Who wore this?

02:33 Oh.

02:34 - What is that?

02:35 - Do you know who wore this?

02:36 I know the answer.

02:36 - It kind of looks like something Tigress wears.

02:39 - Maybe you're so close.

02:41 - What is it?

02:41 - This is Hunter's dress from the Berlin premiere.

02:43 - Well, that's what I wondered.

02:44 Is it?

02:44 - Yeah, that's it.

02:45 - Oh my goodness.

02:46 I thought it was gonna be from the film.

02:47 I didn't know that we could just like pick from life.

02:49 - Anyone.

02:49 - Well, that opens up the doors to a whole world

02:51 of like opportunity now in this game.

02:52 - Oh, she looks so beautiful.

02:54 - Okay, what's your favorite red carpet look

02:56 from our promo tour so far?

02:58 - Oh my goodness.

02:59 Well, if we're talking about my own looks,

03:01 which I always feel weird,

03:02 it's gotta be a tie between my two premiere looks.

03:06 The Alexander McQueen is so amazing

03:07 'cause so much of Alexander McQueen

03:09 kind of like inspired the original films.

03:11 And so that fashion moment that the fans picked up on

03:13 so well with the nod to the girl on fire dress

03:16 and the skirt was a rose,

03:18 which is so important to our characters.

03:20 But then also my Dior couture look by Maria Grazia

03:23 for the London premiere, the world premiere,

03:26 was a nod to Katniss' catching fire parade look.

03:29 So I would have to say tie between those.

03:31 But I gotta give it to Josh's gold suit.

03:33 - He was glimmering.

03:34 - And him and Hunter looked like they had coordinated.

03:36 - Matching, I know.

03:37 - It was gorgeous.

03:38 What was the first movie you ever auditioned for?

03:42 - First movie I ever auditioned for?

03:44 - Do you remember?

03:45 - My first role was Feral Child number three

03:48 in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood

03:49 where I learned to shoot bows and arrows.

03:51 - Did you do commercials or anything?

03:52 - I did a couple of little commercials in England, yeah.

03:55 It was hard out there.

03:56 It was hard out there.

03:56 I almost called you Lucy Gray.

03:58 - It was hard out there, Lucy Gray.

03:59 - That's how I'm still a character.

04:00 - It does sound like something like

04:01 Crayley Niss would say. - It was hard out there,

04:02 Lucy Gray.

04:03 Do you have a terrible audition experience?

04:06 - I do.

04:07 I do have a terrible audition experience.

04:09 I was actually, oddly enough,

04:10 auditioning for a Broadway show

04:12 of a very famous Broadway musical

04:16 that was having a revival.

04:17 And the producers and directors were ordering lunch

04:20 while I was singing.

04:22 - What?

04:23 - It was so horrible.

04:23 - Actually while you were singing a song?

04:25 - Yeah.

04:25 I booked West Side Story a week later though.

04:28 I'm so glad this question's in here.

04:29 What monologues did you audition with at Juilliard?

04:32 - It's like classical training, right?

04:33 So you have to do Shakespeare monologues.

04:35 So I did like Edgar from King Lear.

04:36 - Ooh.

04:37 - I did a Romeo one from Romeo and Juliet.

04:39 You might've heard of it.

04:40 And I sang a song.

04:41 Oh, I had to sing a song.

04:42 - Oh, things just got interesting.

04:45 - They don't really wanna hear you sing.

04:46 They wanna hear you lose your inhibition.

04:48 So because I knew that,

04:49 and I'm not much of a singer,

04:50 so I sang "Wanna Be Like You" from The Jungle Book.

04:53 And they were like, "Well, if you're gonna do it,

04:54 then you gotta play a monkey while you're doing it."

04:56 - But you jump around like a monkey.

04:57 - So then they made me jump around like a monkey

04:58 and jump up on chairs and stuff.

05:00 So I had to be a monkey while singing the song.

05:02 - I would pay money for that footage.

05:03 - Never gonna see it.

05:04 - And you got in?

05:05 - I did.

05:06 And here we are still monkeying around.

05:07 (laughs)

05:09 - Pop quiz time.

05:10 Are you ready?

05:11 - Yep.

05:12 - Okay, can you guess where this is from?

05:14 - Well, that's my Prada suit from the London premiere.

05:17 - Is that you?

05:18 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

05:19 - You're correct.

05:20 - Yeah, I got it.

05:21 Where do you think this is from?

05:22 - Oh my gosh, that's my Met Gala dress.

05:27 - Yeah?

05:27 - That was my first ever red carpet

05:29 at the Met Gala in 2021.

05:31 It was a Dior dress of a tarot card.

05:33 - Wow, it's beautiful.

05:34 - Yes.

05:34 - You are correct, and it is beautiful.

05:35 - Thank you.

05:36 - Is this from the Capitol or Met Gala?

05:38 - Oh no.

05:39 Oh, that's Effie at President Snow's party.

05:42 That's the Capitol.

05:43 That party scene is so good.

05:44 - It's such a great scene.

05:45 - And you are correct.

05:46 - I love Katniss's like shoulder feathers

05:48 in that scene, so good.

05:49 - Yeah, it's cool.

05:50 - Is this from the Capitol or the Met Gala?

05:52 - I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say Met Gala

05:54 'cause just 'cause I don't recognize it from the films.

05:56 - This is Amber Valetta at the Met Gala.

05:58 - Beautiful.

05:59 - You got it right.

06:00 Good job.

06:01 - Theater or film?

06:02 - Ooh, theater.

06:04 - Musical or play?

06:05 - Musical for me.

06:06 Favorite TV or movie villain?

06:08 - Honestly, I'm not just saying this.

06:09 Corey Leonard Snow in the original Hunger Games.

06:11 Like if you'd have asked me,

06:12 I would've said, "No, no, really, hang on."

06:13 Well, I'm gonna caveat that by saying like,

06:15 if I don't have to pick my own character

06:16 because I really think Donald Sutherland

06:18 is like one of the best movie villains of all time.

06:20 I mean, Silence of the Lambs is like--

06:22 - 100%.

06:23 - It's like the ultimate one, right?

06:24 - 100%.

06:24 - It's gotta be that.

06:25 - You are correct.

06:26 - Yeah, yeah.

06:27 - Yeah.

06:28 - Favorite species of snake?

06:29 - The milk snake.

06:30 - The milk snake 'cause you handled one.

06:31 - I handled one and they were so sweet.

06:33 But also the garter snake, Kevin,

06:34 that I had during the re-pig.

06:36 I named him Kevin.

06:37 I would hold him up in front of all the extras

06:39 and we'd all clap for him after a take

06:41 and say, "Good job, Kevin."

06:41 - Have you stayed in touch?

06:42 - Yeah, he's working with my agent now.

06:45 - He did well out of the movie.

06:45 - Yeah, he's really great.

06:46 Jumper or sweater?

06:49 - Jumper.

06:50 I do call it a sweater now

06:50 just because I've lived here for a while.

06:52 - Chips or fries?

06:54 - Fries, actually, I do call them fries now.

06:55 - Yeah, interesting.

06:56 - Also, you know, they're different things though.

06:57 Chips are big and chunky.

06:59 - Oh, fair.

07:00 - Yeah, like fluffy in the middle.

07:01 - Steak fries.

07:01 - Fries, like frites are like crispy and thin.

07:04 - We would call them steak fries.

07:05 - But if I had to choose one, I'd choose fries.

07:08 Favorite musical, first of all.

07:10 - Ever?

07:10 - Yeah, what's your favorite musical?

07:11 - Oh, that's hard.

07:12 Janine Tesori and Lisa Krohn's "Spun Home"

07:14 is one of my favorites.

07:15 - Okay, I have a follow-up question for you.

07:17 Sing a line from your favorite song in that musical.

07:20 - Oh.

07:22 ♪ Say something, talk to me ♪

07:25 ♪ Say something, anything ♪

07:27 ♪ At the light of the light of the light of the light ♪

07:30 It's just like, it goes--

07:31 - It's so annoying, even when you're messing around,

07:33 you're still really good.

07:35 Like one of these days, I just want you to open your mouth

07:36 and for some crap to come out.

07:38 Just so I can feel better about myself.

07:40 - Thank you, Tom.

07:41 - You're welcome.

07:42 - Vogue, thank you so much for having us.

07:43 I'm Rachel.

07:44 - I'm Tom Blythe.

07:45 - And this was "Off the Cuff."

07:47 (laughing)

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