Wasteman LFF Premiere: Tom Blyth Wants To Keep Us Guessing!

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00:00Hello again, how are you?

00:02It's nice and cozy, aren't you?

00:03Oh my god, it's nice to see a friendly face.

00:04I know you as well.

00:05Oh, we're doing the European kiss.

00:06I don't know why I do that.

00:07So European of us.

00:08Oh my god.

00:09You look gorgeous, I love you.

00:10Thank you, so are you.

00:11No, I'm not.

00:12It's like, I don't know what day it is about LFF.

00:14You know how it is.

00:15I don't know what day it is, period.

00:18Listen, you're amazing in this.

00:20What a gear shift from playing clothes.

00:22I mean...

00:23That's the last thing we spoke about, right?

00:24Oh, yes.

00:25Your character is literally a maniac.

00:28I mean, I know that, as an actor, you're not supposed to judge your character.

00:31But you must have been side-eyeing him a little bit.

00:33I mean, yeah, a little bit.

00:34When I first read the script, I obviously judged him.

00:37But then very quickly, in order to play him and empathise with him,

00:40you have to stop judging and start loving him.

00:44And so I had to, like, learn to love this maniac,

00:47who kind of is like a wild animal in a cage.

00:51I actually weirdly found it easy to love him,

00:53even though he's problematic.

00:55Yeah.

00:56But he's charming, you know?

00:58He's a charming maniac.

01:00I know, I know.

01:01That's the problem, Drew.

01:02Yeah, yeah.

01:03In a way, is it kind of...

01:05I don't want to say fun, because that's not the right word,

01:07but in a way, is it, like, cool to tap into those dark hearts?

01:10Do you know what I mean?

01:11Yeah, it is.

01:12It's kind of messed up to call it fun, but it is.

01:16You're so messed up.

01:17No, sorry. Sorry!

01:18No, no, I've been saying the same thing.

01:20It is fun, because...

01:23Not because of the content or what he does.

01:26But I grew up with people like that, who are off the walls.

01:31You know, he's probably extremely ADHD.

01:34He's probably got some undiagnosed things going on.

01:37And hasn't had the support or the system behind him to, like, manage it.

01:42And he's also...

01:43The story we built for Dee is that he comes from a lot of trauma

01:46and a really messed up family life.

01:49And so that's what he's covering up.

01:50So it is fun to get to be loose and wild

01:53and very different to things I've done before,

01:55but also to try and empathise with that kind of person who is damaged.

01:59Absolutely. And obviously there's a rise in toxic masculinity at the moment.

02:04I mean, what was it like exploring all that side of things within this

02:07and the present setting as well?

02:09Yeah, I mean, I feel like a lot of the roles I do in some way or another

02:13are in conversation with what it means to be masculine

02:17and what masculinity actually looks like.

02:20And so I'm starting to...

02:23But then again, I think that's just like the nature of making art

02:26is that it's about people and so it's inherently socio-political

02:30no matter what it's about, you know?

02:32So, yeah, I'm glad to be making work that is hopefully entertaining

02:35and also shining a light on, like, the pros and cons

02:40of how masculinity is upheld and performed.

02:44Your work is so important, but am I right in saying

02:47after this you went and did a rom-com for a bit of light, right?

02:50Genuinely, I needed to. I did Plain Clothes and then this

02:53and then a film called Watch Dogs, which is coming out next year.

02:55who is even more problematic in many ways.

02:58And so, yeah, after those three characters that were a lot of trauma

03:01and pain, I needed to do something fun.

03:03And also I want to keep people guessing

03:05and not know what to expect next, you know?

03:08Okay, thank you so much. It's so nice to see you again.

03:10So nice to see you. Love to see you. Thank you.

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