Tom Blyth on Westerns and Connecting with His Character in ‘Billy the Kid’

Tom Blyth stars as Billy in Billy the Kid. Season Two: Part Two of the series premieres Sunday, June 2 at 9 PM ET/PT on MGM+.

In Season 2 of Billy the Kid, Billy gets caught in the middle of the Lincoln County War, a murderous conflict driven by money, greed and corruption. After enjoying a monopoly, Murphy’s Store is no longer the only player in town when Englishman John Tunstall moves to Lincoln and sets off a commercial rivalry. Law-and-order is no match for cowboy gangs and a secret society. Wild chases and shootouts abound. There are innumerable ambushes and killings. No-one is safe. After a pivotal assassination, things get very ugly, leaving Billy the Kid with an uncertain fate. Will he make it out of the Lincoln County War alive?

“I gotta say, going back last summer to pick him up where we left off, it really felt good. It felt good to revisit. I mean, it felt good because we’re all so close on the show, it’s a really tight-knit group. Everyone always says that, but this really is. Of all the stuff I’ve done over the years and hopefully will do, this feels special. There is a real tight-knit group camaraderie there,” he shared with me. “But aside from that, just Billy himself, as a character, it’s so fun to get to see him evolve and also, evolve in real-time. I feel like as I’m growing, he’s growing with me and I’m finding out new things about him, which I love doing films and I’m doing lots of films this year, but it is a different experience, being able to revisit a character.”

I spoke with the actor about which of his past characters he’d like to see meet Billy, why he loves the Western genre, the experience of revisiting a role, and more.

Watch my interview below: