June 15, 2025 • 4 mins
Welcome to KIDS FIRST! Coming Attractions – where your VIP pass to the silver screen comes with a side of authentic, kid-powered insights! On today's episode, KIDS FIRST! sat down with the star of “How to Train Your Dragon,” Mason Thames. Discover his candid thoughts on connecting with the original film, the personal resonance of his role, and the fascinating challenge of acting with – and flying alongside – a computer-generated companion.
"How to Train Your Dragon" releases in theaters on June 13, 2025.
That's a wrap, movie lovers! Thanks for joining us on KIDS FIRST! Coming Attractions. Our super-savvy critics are always on the hunt for the next big thing, so don't miss out! Subscribe now for more honest, kid-approved reviews. I'm Tiana Sirmans, and this has been the real deal from KIDS FIRST! See you next time!
How to Train Your Dragon is set on the mythical isle of Berk. For ages, this village of Vikings has battled dragons to sustain life. When a young man, Hiccup (Mason Thames) struggles to contribute to this life of dragon slaying, he discovers his own purpose and talents through an unexpected bond with a dragon named Toothless. The friendship forges a path to a new way of life for the entire community.
"How to Train Your Dragon" releases in theaters on June 13, 2025.
That's a wrap, movie lovers! Thanks for joining us on KIDS FIRST! Coming Attractions. Our super-savvy critics are always on the hunt for the next big thing, so don't miss out! Subscribe now for more honest, kid-approved reviews. I'm Tiana Sirmans, and this has been the real deal from KIDS FIRST! See you next time!
How to Train Your Dragon is set on the mythical isle of Berk. For ages, this village of Vikings has battled dragons to sustain life. When a young man, Hiccup (Mason Thames) struggles to contribute to this life of dragon slaying, he discovers his own purpose and talents through an unexpected bond with a dragon named Toothless. The friendship forges a path to a new way of life for the entire community.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Welcome to Kids First Coming Attractions, where your VIP passed
to the silver screen comes with a side of authentic,
kid powered insights. On today's episode, Kiss First, reporter Even
Manly sits down with the star of How To Train
Your Dragon, Mason Thames, discover his candid thoughts on connecting
with the original film, the personal restaurants of his role,
and the fascinating challenge of acting with and flying alongside
(00:28):
a computer generated companion. How to Train Your Dragon releases
in theaters on June thirteenth, twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Hi, I'm even mainly importing for Kids First and did
I have the pleasure speaking with Mason Thames for his
role and the upcolling film How To Train Your Dragon?
Thank you so much for joining me. And this is
such a beloved franchise. Did you do anything to take
care to prepare to take on a role that has
such a strong fan based history.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yeah, I mean, this character means so much to me
and so many other people, so going into it, there's
a lot of pressure to get it right and to
make the fans happy and to make me happy. I
love these movies in this world so much so that
it wasn't a lot of rewatching the original, because I mean,
of course I did rewatch the original before going into it,
but you know, it was already embedded in me because
(01:14):
it was just my childhood. It was more of what
new things can I bring to this character and new
colors and new depths that were a lot of fun
to explore.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
I love that and I feel like you definitely achieved that.
Like watching the movie, and one of my favorite parts
of it was how Hiccup grows as a leader. Was
there like a scene that you feel like helped you
understand Hiccup was of like a character.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
What I love so much about Hiccup is the message
of you know, all Hiccups every wanted was to be
like everybody else and to be accepted by the other
Vikings and make his dad proud and be accepted into
the cool Viking friend group. And to do that he
had to kill a dragon and be like everybody else.
But once he got the chance to do that in private,
he realized he couldn't. That he was different, and once
(02:00):
he accepted that, it made him made him who he was.
It made Hiccup Hiccup, And it was sort of that
fact of at least in the film where Hiccup found
out that he doesn't care about if his village accepts
him or not, that fighting dragons is not the way.
It's kind of the time where Hiccup realizes that he's
the leader of his own I love that.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
I love how he's branching away from the new and
I feel like the movie was so detailed and I
couldn't really see a gap between the real world and
where like the Dragon World began. It was one set
when you had to imagine so much.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
I mean, what made it so incredible is that they
built every set, every village, the arena, and the workshops
like it was all real. Everything you saw in the
film was practical except for the dragons, and that was
so special to me. And I'm so happy because I've
never been a part of a movie that size, so
I didn't know if it was going to be green
(02:52):
screens or what was going to go on. But the
fact they built the sets was insane, and I really
only had to imagine the dragon imagine dragons.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Was there anything you really wanted the audience to understand,
Like through your performance of Hiccup.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
The message that he taught me was being different is school,
but I like it. Like in school, I'll tell my
friends I wanted to be an actor, and they they've
kind of laugh and and just kind of hope fun
of me a bit, and so kind of the thing
where Hiccup taught taught me that being different is cool
and that doing something different, even though maybe frowned upon
(03:27):
or looked out weird, they for will work eventually.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
That's awesome. And is there anything you want fans to
take away As a final message from the film.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
The dragons are awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yes, I love that so much. Thank you so much
for being here with you.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
That's a rap movie lovers, Thanks for joining us on
Kids First Coming Attractions are super savvy critics are always
on the hunt for the next big thing, so don't
miss out. Subscribe now for more honest, kuld approved reviews.
I'm Tiana Sermons and this has been the real deal
from Kids First, See you next time.
Welcome to Kids First Coming Attractions, where your VIP passed
to the silver screen comes with a side of authentic,
kid powered insights. On today's episode, Kiss First, reporter Even
Manly sits down with the star of How To Train
Your Dragon, Mason Thames, discover his candid thoughts on connecting
with the original film, the personal restaurants of his role,
and the fascinating challenge of acting with and flying alongside
(00:28):
a computer generated companion. How to Train Your Dragon releases
in theaters on June thirteenth, twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Hi, I'm even mainly importing for Kids First and did
I have the pleasure speaking with Mason Thames for his
role and the upcolling film How To Train Your Dragon?
Thank you so much for joining me. And this is
such a beloved franchise. Did you do anything to take
care to prepare to take on a role that has
such a strong fan based history.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yeah, I mean, this character means so much to me
and so many other people, so going into it, there's
a lot of pressure to get it right and to
make the fans happy and to make me happy. I
love these movies in this world so much so that
it wasn't a lot of rewatching the original, because I mean,
of course I did rewatch the original before going into it,
but you know, it was already embedded in me because
(01:14):
it was just my childhood. It was more of what
new things can I bring to this character and new
colors and new depths that were a lot of fun
to explore.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
I love that and I feel like you definitely achieved that.
Like watching the movie, and one of my favorite parts
of it was how Hiccup grows as a leader. Was
there like a scene that you feel like helped you
understand Hiccup was of like a character.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
What I love so much about Hiccup is the message
of you know, all Hiccups every wanted was to be
like everybody else and to be accepted by the other
Vikings and make his dad proud and be accepted into
the cool Viking friend group. And to do that he
had to kill a dragon and be like everybody else.
But once he got the chance to do that in private,
he realized he couldn't. That he was different, and once
(02:00):
he accepted that, it made him made him who he was.
It made Hiccup Hiccup, And it was sort of that
fact of at least in the film where Hiccup found
out that he doesn't care about if his village accepts
him or not, that fighting dragons is not the way.
It's kind of the time where Hiccup realizes that he's
the leader of his own I love that.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
I love how he's branching away from the new and
I feel like the movie was so detailed and I
couldn't really see a gap between the real world and
where like the Dragon World began. It was one set
when you had to imagine so much.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
I mean, what made it so incredible is that they
built every set, every village, the arena, and the workshops
like it was all real. Everything you saw in the
film was practical except for the dragons, and that was
so special to me. And I'm so happy because I've
never been a part of a movie that size, so
I didn't know if it was going to be green
(02:52):
screens or what was going to go on. But the
fact they built the sets was insane, and I really
only had to imagine the dragon imagine dragons.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Was there anything you really wanted the audience to understand,
Like through your performance of Hiccup.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
The message that he taught me was being different is school,
but I like it. Like in school, I'll tell my
friends I wanted to be an actor, and they they've
kind of laugh and and just kind of hope fun
of me a bit, and so kind of the thing
where Hiccup taught taught me that being different is cool
and that doing something different, even though maybe frowned upon
(03:27):
or looked out weird, they for will work eventually.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
That's awesome. And is there anything you want fans to
take away As a final message from the film.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
The dragons are awesome.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Yes, I love that so much. Thank you so much
for being here with you.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
That's a rap movie lovers, Thanks for joining us on
Kids First Coming Attractions are super savvy critics are always
on the hunt for the next big thing, so don't
miss out. Subscribe now for more honest, kuld approved reviews.
I'm Tiana Sermons and this has been the real deal
from Kids First, See you next time.
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