Mason Thames has always been a ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ fan (like a huge fan) Thames watched the original 2010 animated film around age 5 and a couple of years later, he was dressing up as ...

The other rascally teens training alongside Hiccup to be dragon slayers — including Nico Parker as his warrior crush Astrid — fare better. But their characters are, well, too cartoony to believe.

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When DeBlois worked on the animated “How to Train Your Dragon,” he recalled Jeffrey Katzenberg, the DreamWorks Animation chief at the time, frequently reminding him, “Don’t forget the 5 ...