Director Dean DeBlois is defending Nico Parker‘s casting as Astrid in the upcoming live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon, stating that they have created a fantasy movie, not one based on “historical fact.

How to Train Your Dragon director Dean DeBlois defends the casting of Nico Parker in the live-action version of the original animated movie.

Recently, Dean DeBlois addressed the hate that the How to Train Your Dragon live-action film has gotten for its casting of Nico Parker as Astrid.

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Reactions to the trailer have been mixed. Many fans have been overjoyed that Toothless in the live-action reimagining looks almost the same as the dragon from the animated films, but some have questioned the point of the remake if every shot is identical.

Directed, written, and co-produced by Dean DeBlois, who was also part of the original animated movie, the How to Train Your Dragon live-action film has been in the works since early 2023 and will finally see the light of day in 2025 after being filmed in Belfast,

The live-action "How to Train Your Dragon" movie just dropped its first trailer, and the early footage has left fans excited.