"How to Train Your Dragon" star Nico Parker talks about playing Astrid in the new live-action adaptation of the animated movie.

Nico Parker addressed casting discourse over her playing Astrid in 2025's live-action remake 'How to Train Your Dragon,' saying, "I can’t value your opinion on my hair. If I did, I would go mad."

A chaotic dragon stunt in the How to Train Your Dragon remake left Mason Thames bloodied ,and Nico Parker convinced her nails were to blame.

Writer-director Dean DeBlois ‘ new How to Train Your Dragon features Mason Thames as Hiccup, who develops a friendship with dragon Toothless. America Ferrera voiced Astrid in the original animated trilogy that last hit screens with 2019’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

The Hollywood star spent months filming the first live-action remake of the hit animated trilogy in Northern Ireland.

Writer-director Dean DeBlois breaks down how he nailed the film's epic flying scene, from Toothless's design to making Hiccup star Mason Thames look like he was really riding a dragon. Thames' mom suggested playing the film's score while he shot the scene,