How to Train Your Dragon director Dean DeBois has weighed in on the recent controversy around the decision to cast actress Nico Parker as Astrid in the live-action remake. Nico Parker, the daughter of Ticket to Paradise director Ol Parker and Westworld star Thandiwe Newton, has become a star in her own right, appearing in the live-action Dumbo and also as Sarah Miller on the hit HBO series The Last of Us. The decision to cast Nico Parker as Astrid in How to Train Your Dragon has caused a typical backlash that comes with casting a non-white actor as a previously white character, including the disappointing barrage of racist comments.
Director Dean DeBois defends casting Nico Parker as Astrid in ‘How to Train Your Dragon,’ reminding fans the movie is not historical but fictional. Read More