‘Billy the Kid’ star Tom Blyth on Westerns making a comeback in Hollywood: ‘People are longing for it again’

Gunfighter Billy the Kid, also known as William H. Bonney, died in 1881 at age 21.

"I grew up with Westerns — reading and watching them," Blyth told Fox News Digital. "I grew up very seriously wanting to embody that world. I remember how, at a very young age, I would stay up late at night reading articles about Billy the Kid, Jesse James and people like that. So, for me, this role feels fated to a certain extent. It feels like it was always on the horizon as an actor."

"I moved here six years ago as a 21-year-old, coincidentally the same age that Billy died," Blyth shared. "I made America my home. I came and trained here as an actor at Julliard. I’ve always felt this pull to America in the same way that his family did because it’s an immigration story. These were Irish immigrants who moved here. So actually, I found more in common, than differences, between us. The more I dug, the more I realized that, yes, he may have been born in New York, but … [his family] came here seeking a better life. I did the same."