Nico Parker and Mason Thames are the live-action Astrid and Hiccup in the trailer and first look for the upcoming live-action ...

Director Dean DeBlois is defending Nico Parker‘s casting as Astrid in the upcoming live-action adaptation of How to Train ...

Director Dean DeBlois responds to the backlash over the casting of Nico Parker as Astrid in the How to Train Your Dragon live-action movie.

Following the cast announcement for 2025s How to Train Your Dragon, some audiences have criticized the casting of Nico Parker ...

How to Train Your Dragon' director Dean DeBlois says Astrid's appearance doesn't matter because the film is a fantasy, not ...

Director Dean DeBlois defends casting Nico Parker as Astrid in 'How to Train Your Dragon,' reminding fans the movie is not ...

Casting Nico Parker as Astrid in the live-action 'How to Train Your Dragon' has triggered some people. What to know about Nico Parker's ethnicity.

The How to Train Your Dragon director has stepped in to defend Parker, saying that she was chosen as she was the best actor for the role. On Instagram, Dean DeBlois wrote: ...

That's because some fans believe that actress Nico Parker – from "The Last of Us," "Dumbo" and "Reminiscence" – is not a good pick to play the blond main character Astrid after Universal ...

Nico Parker will star as Astrid in the upcoming How to Train Your Dragon live-action remake. While Astrid in the original animated flick was of white ethnicity, Parker is of mixed ethnicity.

Following the trailer debut of their live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon, Universal Pictures has now released ...