Bringing to live a project like the live-action remake of How To Train Your Dragon requires a lot of moving pieces to work. While fresh faces Mason Thames and Nico Parker being respectively cast as Hiccup and Astrid is one of those important components, sometimes retaining talent from the original iteration can be a huge helping hand.
That seems to be the case in director Dean DeBlois’ revamp of the franchise he helped originate, as we can now confirm that Dragon vet Gerard Butler is reprising the role of Stoick the Vast. Per the announcement from Deadline, Butler’s hiring is the latest piece to the puzzle of How To Train Your Dragon’s jump into the world of flesh and blood storytelling.
