The cast of 'Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' test who knows one another best in this episode of Vanity Fair Game Show. They filmed the movie together, but how much do they actually know about each other? What is Tom Blythe's greatest fear? What is the most watched video on Rachel Zegler's YouTube channel? What is the first musical Josh Rivera ever performed in?
Director: Madison Coffey
Director of Photography: Jack Belisle
Talent: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Josh Andres Rivera
Producer: Madison Coffey
Line Producer: Romeeka Powell
Associate Producer: Rafael Vasquez
Production Manager: Kayla Rodriguez
Production Coordinator: Tanía Jones
Talent Booker: Meredith Judkins
Cam Op: Chloe Ramos
Gaffer: David Djaco
Audio Engineer: Sean Paulsen
PA: Griffin Garnett
Director: Madison Coffey
Director of Photography: Jack Belisle
Talent: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Josh Andres Rivera
Producer: Madison Coffey
Line Producer: Romeeka Powell
Associate Producer: Rafael Vasquez
Production Manager: Kayla Rodriguez
Production Coordinator: Tanía Jones
Talent Booker: Meredith Judkins
Cam Op: Chloe Ramos
Gaffer: David Djaco
Audio Engineer: Sean Paulsen
PA: Griffin Garnett
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LifestyleTranscript
00:00 (whistling)
00:03 - It's impressive.
00:03 - That made me nervous.
00:05 - Yeah, you were shaking.
00:06 - I know, did you see my lips quivering?
00:07 - Yeah, I was nervous for you.
00:07 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:08 (upbeat music)
00:11 Hi, I'm Tom Blythe.
00:13 - I'm Rachel Zegler.
00:14 - And I'm Josh Andres Rivera.
00:15 - We're the cast of "The Hunger Games."
00:17 - A ballad of songbirds and snakes.
00:19 - And today, we're gonna be competing against each other
00:21 to see how well we know our friend Tom Blythe.
00:25 - All right, let's get it going.
00:26 - Okay.
00:27 - Okay, first question.
00:29 What is my biggest fear?
00:30 - Oh, no.
00:32 It's kind of funny to like look at you
00:33 and be like, "Let me guess."
00:34 (laughing)
00:35 "Let me guess, you don't wanna die alone."
00:38 I have a guess.
00:39 - I mean, mine is gonna be probably
00:41 a little bit more shallow,
00:42 but I think I got a guess too.
00:44 - Mine's the opposite.
00:45 I have a fear of like open water.
00:47 - Ooh.
00:48 - Okay, you don't.
00:49 - Is that your guess?
00:50 - Yeah, that's my guess.
00:51 - Okay, Josh.
00:52 - I was gonna say mountain lions.
00:53 (laughing)
00:54 - In what way is that more shallow?
00:56 - You ever seen Tarzan?
00:57 I thought you were gonna say something like conceptual.
01:00 - Actually, ironically, and this is like my childhood fear,
01:03 which I've since gotten over.
01:04 - Yeah.
01:05 - Snakes.
01:06 - That's so funny.
01:07 - Yeah, I was afraid of snakes as a kid
01:08 because I saw "Indiana Jones" a lot.
01:11 I used to watch a lot of "Indiana Jones"
01:12 and because he was afraid of snakes,
01:14 I think that fear transferred on me.
01:15 - Because cool people can be afraid of snakes.
01:17 - Because cool people are afraid of snakes,
01:18 so to be cool, you have to be afraid of snakes.
01:20 - On set, we had two live snakes
01:22 and Tom never let on that you were afraid of them.
01:24 - I'm not anymore.
01:25 - You were there on set.
01:26 - I've done a lot of therapy.
01:27 - I know.
01:28 - With snakes.
01:29 - So that's not your biggest fear.
01:29 - So it's technically not.
01:30 - No, but it was my biggest childhood fear.
01:32 It's the one that first comes to mind
01:33 if you ask me that question.
01:35 Who is my ideal dinner guest?
01:38 - This is not anything that has ever come up.
01:41 - I know, I'm like Kafka.
01:42 No, I'm gonna say Francis Lawrence,
01:46 director of "The Hunger Games."
01:48 To be fair, we have all been his dinner guests
01:50 and he's the best dinner host.
01:51 - He's a great dinner guest, or host, rather.
01:53 - Yeah.
01:54 - He knows all the hot spots.
01:56 - That's your ideal, somebody who can tell you
01:58 about the wine and loves the food.
02:00 - Well, that's Josh's ideal.
02:01 Francis turns Josh into a fake wino.
02:04 - I'm not a fake, I'm a real wino now.
02:06 - He's still mad about it.
02:08 - What was the question?
02:09 - His ideal dinner guest.
02:10 - My ideal dinner guest.
02:10 - You know, Cyndi Lauper.
02:13 - Sure, okay.
02:13 It's actually, I think it would be David Bowie.
02:15 - Yeah, I was gonna give that.
02:17 - Which is, I just think he'd be a lot of fun.
02:19 Okay, so that's again, no points for Josh or Rachel.
02:23 - I think I made a compelling argument.
02:25 I'm gonna give myself a point in my head.
02:26 - I think you'll get the next one.
02:27 - Oh, me?
02:28 - Okay, maybe actually, I think I've told you this.
02:31 - That makes it worse.
02:32 - What is my go-to karaoke song?
02:35 - I didn't go to karaoke with you.
02:36 - 'Cause we did go to karaoke.
02:37 - I didn't go to karaoke with you guys.
02:38 - I don't think you sang, though.
02:40 - I did sing.
02:41 - Oh no, okay.
02:43 I'm gonna say it was definitely like some punk rock thing.
02:47 - Do you want a clue?
02:47 - Yes.
02:48 - What, no.
02:49 - No, okay, no.
02:50 - You also get a clue, too.
02:51 - Yeah, but I wasn't there.
02:52 - Well, I might as well have not been there.
02:54 I don't remember.
02:55 - I will give you a clue.
02:56 It's probably not what you would expect.
02:57 - I don't know.
02:58 - That's actually not what I would expect.
02:59 - Mambo number five.
03:01 - Mambo number five from Josh.
03:02 - I'm gonna say.
03:03 - No, I'm gonna change my mind to All the Small Things.
03:05 - All the Small Things, okay.
03:07 - I'm gonna say I Miss You by Blink 182.
03:09 - Oh wow, we're in like a real two thousand years.
03:10 - Where are you?
03:11 - Those are the ones.
03:12 - The answer is, somewhat surprisingly,
03:16 Señorita by Justin Timberlake.
03:18 I think because I like the challenge.
03:20 He really goes hard on the falsetto.
03:23 - Oh my God.
03:24 - I know.
03:25 - There's no way you got that.
03:26 - I told you you wouldn't expect that.
03:27 - You did not sing it together.
03:28 - I actually think we did.
03:29 I'm honestly sure we did.
03:30 - I don't think I know the words to the song.
03:32 - That's the point of karaoke.
03:33 They're up on the screen.
03:34 - That's not the point of karaoke.
03:36 - You don't need to know the words.
03:37 Anyway, moving on.
03:39 What is my favorite mode of New York transportation?
03:42 You should both know this one.
03:44 - Wait, no, of New York transportation.
03:46 - Oh, okay, I'm gonna rephrase it.
03:47 What is my favorite mode of transport
03:49 to get around New York?
03:51 - You have a motorcycle.
03:52 - You do have a motorcycle.
03:54 I'm gonna say motorcycle.
03:55 - Do you motorcycle around?
03:56 It's a motorcycle.
03:57 - Motorcycle.
03:58 And I'm gonna take an extra step and say,
03:59 I think it's a Honda.
04:02 - The answer is motorcycle,
04:05 but Josh is wrong.
04:06 It's not a Honda.
04:07 So that point goes to Rachel.
04:08 Sorry, Josh.
04:10 - This is what happens when you give 110%.
04:12 (laughing)
04:14 Is this the example that we wanna set?
04:15 - For our children?
04:16 - Okay, so Rachel gets one point.
04:19 Josh gets three quarters of a point.
04:21 - You get 75% of the point.
04:23 - 75%.
04:23 (laughing)
04:24 - Ridiculous.
04:25 - Next question.
04:26 If I wasn't an actor,
04:27 what would my profession be?
04:29 Like my other dream profession.
04:31 - I wanna say something like really interesting,
04:34 like a wildlife photographer,
04:36 but that's what I wanna be.
04:38 - Okay.
04:39 - Is this if you were like not in the industry whatsoever
04:42 or just not an actor?
04:43 - I'll give you a clue.
04:44 It's not in the industry.
04:45 It's not in the industry.
04:46 - Okay, there we go.
04:47 I like thinking you're gonna be a wildlife photographer
04:50 'cause I feel like you could be really still
04:52 and then like the jaguars,
04:53 the mountain lions would come up to you,
04:55 which you're so definitely afraid of.
04:56 - I wanna say architect.
04:59 - Oh, okay.
05:00 - That's nice.
05:00 - Well, that's not it.
05:01 - I'm glad you're surprised by that.
05:02 - No, but I'm glad you think I'm sophisticated enough
05:04 to wanna be--
05:05 - I do think you're sophisticated.
05:06 - The answer actually,
05:07 since I was a kid,
05:08 I've always thought if I wasn't gonna be an actor,
05:10 I'd wanna be a safari park ranger.
05:11 - Really close.
05:12 - Wait, I was close.
05:13 - And you were pretty close,
05:14 so I think that's like 0.75 for Rachel.
05:16 (laughing)
05:17 - I'll take it.
05:18 - Yeah.
05:19 - Next question, what is my coffee order?
05:22 - I think you drink black coffee.
05:23 - Yeah.
05:24 - Is that like my order?
05:25 Everyone drinks black coffee.
05:26 - I say an almond milk latte.
05:28 Or an oat milk latte.
05:30 Oat milk latte.
05:31 My answer is, I'm changing my answer to oat milk latte.
05:33 - I think it's just a coffee with almond milk.
05:38 No, that's mine.
05:39 I'm gonna say a coffee with a little bit of cream
05:41 and some sugar, why not?
05:42 - My answer actually is--
05:43 - No way!
05:44 - Oat milk latte.
05:45 So that is a point to Rachel.
05:47 - She just pulled ahead from Josh's 0.75.
05:50 (laughing)
05:51 - To be fair.
05:52 - You look so pissed.
05:54 You look so pissed right now.
05:55 - He is so mad.
05:56 - What is my biggest pet peeve?
05:58 - So many things come to mind that annoy Tom.
06:00 (laughing)
06:03 - Am I a grumpy old man to you?
06:04 - You are a grumpy old man.
06:06 No, you're not, you're not.
06:07 But you make your opinionated
06:09 and you make it known and I love that about you.
06:10 - Tom has always been so relaxed and easy going.
06:13 Go ahead and put a point on that.
06:13 (laughing)
06:14 - Yeah, that point goes to Josh.
06:17 One point to Josh.
06:19 - I actually feel like it's like people who,
06:23 it's wasted time.
06:24 You don't like wasted time.
06:26 - Okay.
06:27 - That's pretty good.
06:28 I'm gonna say loud chewers.
06:29 - That actually is correct.
06:30 - Yeah!
06:30 Josh is on the board!
06:32 - Yeah, that is actually exactly right.
06:34 - Yeah, hell yeah.
06:35 You're on a roll, man.
06:36 Okay.
06:37 - What's next?
06:38 - I'm one away from being tied.
06:39 - Hey.
06:40 - What was my first job?
06:44 - Oh my God, it was with Oscar Isaac.
06:45 Wasn't it?
06:46 - Well, I suppose it depends if you mean first acting job.
06:48 - Oh, your first ever job!
06:50 - In life.
06:51 I've had a lot of jobs.
06:53 I have like done everything that a surviving actor
06:55 can do pretty much.
06:56 - Hit man.
06:57 - Yeah, I was also a hit man.
06:59 - I know this one.
06:59 - Do you actually?
07:00 - Which is really frustrating.
07:01 - Well, you told me a long time ago.
07:02 - I've heard my kids do.
07:04 - I'm gonna go ahead and guess a grocery store,
07:07 like a Stalker.
07:09 - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:10 - Like a Stock Boy?
07:11 - Like a shelf shopper.
07:12 - Like you did in the gas station.
07:13 - I did that for some reason.
07:13 - Yeah, yeah.
07:14 - It was a lot of fun.
07:15 - I'm gonna say, you shine shoes.
07:18 - A shoe shine boy?
07:19 - Yeah, maybe.
07:20 - Like a Victorian child.
07:21 - You're talking about yourself as if you were Oliver Twist.
07:23 - Yeah, yeah, I know, yeah, yeah.
07:25 My first ever job when I was like 13 or 14 was a paper boy.
07:30 I did, I had a paper round.
07:31 - Oh, that is crazy.
07:31 - So you were Oliver Twist.
07:32 - So I literally, I had like a trophy.
07:33 - You were a newsie.
07:34 - A little cart and I went and dropped papers off
07:36 in people's yards.
07:37 But I think Josh was a lot closer, so.
07:40 - You're gonna give him a point?
07:40 - Yeah, I don't know, I'm just in the mood.
07:42 I'm gonna give Josh.
07:43 - A point?
07:44 - 'Cause your answer was, what was your answer again?
07:46 - A point?
07:47 - What was your answer?
07:48 - A shoe shiner.
07:48 - A shoe shine boy.
07:49 - You were, they're both like 1930s chic.
07:51 - Okay, fine, you both get a point just for being like.
07:53 - All right.
07:54 - Close.
07:55 - For being hot.
07:56 - Rachel is at 3.75 and Josh is at 2.75.
07:58 - We both got a point 'cause both of our answers had boy.
08:02 - What is my hidden talent?
08:04 I'm not sure I even know what my hidden talent is.
08:05 - Well, this is, okay.
08:06 - Well, then this is great.
08:07 - Well, think of yours and when you got it, then I'll guess.
08:10 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.
08:11 - Oh, oh.
08:13 - I know what mine is.
08:15 - I think you both will know this
08:17 because I think you've both mentioned it, but.
08:19 - You're good at whistling.
08:20 - Is that it?
08:22 - You made a face.
08:23 - You didn't give me a chance to answer.
08:24 - I haven't answered, I haven't said anything.
08:26 - 'Cause I was gonna say that you're good at whistling.
08:27 - No, you were not.
08:28 - You're so full of shit.
08:29 - You were not.
08:30 - I was.
08:31 - Well, you are, you're very good at whistling.
08:32 'Cause I have so many videos on my phone of you
08:34 being like, "Shoo-wee, shoo-wee, shoo-wee,"
08:35 and I can't do stuff like that.
08:37 - All right, so the answer is whistling.
08:39 - Yeah, I had a feeling.
08:40 - So, both Josh and Rachel get a point.
08:42 I have like a weird.
08:42 - That is so.
08:44 - Melodic whistle.
08:45 - You are such.
08:45 (Josh whistling)
08:48 It's impressive.
08:51 - That made me nervous.
08:52 - Yeah, you were shaking.
08:53 - I know, did you see my lips quivering?
08:54 - Yeah, I was nervous for you.
08:55 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:56 Next question.
08:57 - All right.
08:58 - Where is my dream destination?
09:00 - In general?
09:02 - If I could live anywhere in the world.
09:04 - I can imagine you like just in,
09:06 like with a house in the mountain, you want land.
09:08 - He is scared of mountain lions.
09:10 For the sake of having a different answer than you,
09:14 I'll say Spain.
09:16 - Spain?
09:17 - Mm-hmm.
09:18 - Nice.
09:19 This was a hard one, 'cause I think I wanna go everywhere.
09:20 - You do, you are a nomad.
09:22 - But I think if I had to like be stuck somewhere
09:23 for the rest of my life,
09:24 it would be a desert island with lots of waves.
09:27 - Oh, I was completely wrong.
09:28 - Well, I like to surf, so I wanna like be somewhere
09:30 where I can be in the ocean.
09:32 I used to be afraid of the ocean.
09:35 And then I started, so yeah, you weren't totally off.
09:38 I used to like have a fear of like what was underneath me,
09:39 not knowing what was underneath me.
09:40 - Yeah, I'm currently afraid of you.
09:42 - What's that score, dude?
09:43 - So that was the last question.
09:45 The final scores on the board are Rachel with 4.75
09:50 and Josh with 3.75.
09:53 So Josh, you are one point behind.
09:56 I'm sorry.
09:57 - That sucks.
09:58 - It hurts, but I think I'll find a way.
10:00 - How will you find a way?
10:01 What will you do?
10:02 - I guess I'll explore the worlds.
10:04 - No, we're gonna flip the script on Tom.
10:06 (laughing)
10:07 - That actually works too, and it's much less expensive.
10:09 (laughing)
10:11 - We actually have some questions for you.
10:12 - Okay.
10:13 - And if you get them wrong, we get points.
10:15 - Okay, if I get them wrong, you get points.
10:17 - Yeah.
10:18 - You go first.
10:18 - Okay, what is the most watched video
10:21 on my YouTube channel?
10:22 - I'm gonna guess it's you singing something,
10:28 and I'm gonna guess what would draw a lot of people in.
10:31 Rachel singing a cover of a Taylor Swift song.
10:35 - I think that's a great guess.
10:36 - Can I guess as well?
10:38 - But you don't get points for it.
10:39 - I know.
10:40 - You can guess, but you don't get points.
10:41 - Yeah.
10:42 - But that's your final answer.
10:43 - Taylor Swift?
10:44 - I think Rachel singing a Taylor Swift song
10:45 is a guess. - I think it's a great guess.
10:46 - I think it's you singing "Shallow."
10:48 - It is me singing "Shallow."
10:49 - From?
10:50 - From "My Star is Born."
10:51 I had a video go viral of me singing "Shallow,"
10:55 and then people looked it up,
10:56 but the video on my YouTube channel,
10:57 which was a different video, went viral.
10:59 And I actually don't like that video very much,
11:01 but I can't take it down.
11:03 - All right, I got one for you, Tom.
11:04 - All right.
11:05 What is the first musical I ever performed in?
11:08 - I know this.
11:10 - Oh, man.
11:10 - I know it, and it's so great.
11:12 - Okay, I don't know, Josh.
11:13 I can imagine you as like a newsie.
11:15 - That was you, babe.
11:16 (Taylor laughs)
11:17 - Yeah, I'm the newsie.
11:18 I think Josh's first ever musical performance
11:21 was playing Annie in "Annie."
11:24 - You saw-
11:25 - Wait, there's no freaking way.
11:27 - Wait, no, I'm gonna give you that.
11:29 I was in "Annie" in fifth grade.
11:33 - But he played Rooster.
11:34 - I was Rooster Hannigan.
11:36 - Yeah.
11:37 - And man, the reviews were wild.
11:39 - How old were you?
11:40 - "New York Times" said, "Go and see it."
11:42 - I was 10 years old.
11:43 - Oh, baby.
11:44 - Yeah, I can't believe I got that.
11:45 - That's Tim Curry's part.
11:46 - Maybe I knew that subconsciously.
11:48 - It could be.
11:49 - But that's so, I just like,
11:50 because you're like, "Oh, a little kid, curly hair, Annie."
11:52 - So I know it was my second guess,
11:54 but I did amend it, so do I get a point?
11:56 Oh no, I don't get a point.
11:57 - You don't, you don't.
11:57 You're not on the board.
11:58 - No, I don't get a point.
11:59 - Okay, cool.
12:00 So this is, I guess, me.
12:01 Who did I Zoom call during the Academy Awards?
12:05 This was before you knew me.
12:06 - Before you knew me, so it definitely wasn't me.
12:08 - Aw, I wish.
12:10 - You didn't have, I was gonna say your dog,
12:11 but you don't have a dog at that point.
12:12 - I didn't have Lenny yet, my little precious boy.
12:15 - I mean, you have a lovely family
12:18 who you're very close with.
12:19 - I do, yeah.
12:20 - It was maybe your lovely mom and dad.
12:22 - I love that guess, and honestly,
12:23 like, I'm a shitty daughter.
12:26 I didn't.
12:27 I have friends.
12:29 - Yes.
12:30 I'm glad.
12:32 - Who have a variety spoof show
12:34 called the George Lucas Talk Show.
12:36 - Oh, I've heard about that.
12:37 - And there is a running gag on it.
12:39 We had this joke that I was always,
12:40 if I went to the Academy Awards, I was gonna call in.
12:43 - So you called in.
12:44 - And I called in the George Lucas Talk Show.
12:45 - Like live on the podcast?
12:47 - Live on their show, yeah.
12:47 - Oh, that's fun.
12:48 So I got it wrong, which means you get points.
12:50 So Rachel has a--
12:50 - So that basically solidifies my loss.
12:53 And now we're doing the super ultra deluxe round,
12:56 which is worth winning points.
12:58 - No!
12:58 - 16 points.
13:00 What was the first album I ever bought?
13:03 - Oh yeah. - That's a good one.
13:04 - Yes.
13:05 - Annie. - Annie.
13:05 - Annie, you think it's a good one.
13:06 - No, first album you ever bought.
13:09 - And I'll give you a hint.
13:10 I was also 10 years old.
13:13 - Oh, so it was the same year as Annie.
13:15 - I'm gonna, it's a wild guess here.
13:16 I don't know.
13:17 I'm gonna say it was
13:19 Seal's album.
13:22 - Kiss from a Rose.
13:23 - I love that song.
13:24 - Because you sing it all the time.
13:25 - And I do, I do sing it all the time.
13:27 - I thought I knew and I was wrong,
13:29 but I just saw your answer.
13:30 I guessed Off the Wall.
13:31 - I think that was actually my third album
13:33 that I ever bought.
13:34 - What was the second one?
13:34 - The second one was the Essential Billy Joel.
13:36 - Yes. - Nice.
13:37 - And the first one was the
13:39 Shrek original motion picture soundtrack.
13:42 - Hell yeah.
13:43 So I was closer with Annie.
13:45 I probably should have gone with Annie.
13:46 Rachel is the clear winner in this game
13:49 of How Well Do We Know Each Other.
13:50 Round of applause for Rachel.
13:52 - When you're the best, you're the best.
13:53 - Thanks. - Listen.
13:54 - For me?
13:55 - You win this little Oscar.
13:58 Do you have a speech?
13:59 - Do I have a speech?
14:00 No.
14:01 I'd like to thank Tom
14:02 for telling me everything about his life.
14:04 - And I would like to thank Vanity Fair for having us.
14:07 - That was a great little loop right there.
14:10 - If you let me off, I'll put it in.
14:11 - Off the backboard.
14:13 - I'm so sorry.
14:14 (dramatic music)