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Gerard Butler is back—and bolder than ever—as Stoick the Vast in the live-action How to Train Your Dragon. In this behind-the-scenes featurette, watch Butler step back into the role he first voiced over a decade ago, now bringing Stoick to life with powerful on-screen presence and emotional depth. Go inside the training, makeup, and mindset that helped shape Stoick for a new generation, as Gerard reunites with director Dean DeBlois to honor the legacy of a fan-favorite Viking leader.

How To Train Your Dragon Cast:

Mason Thames, Gerard Butler, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, Peter Serafinowicz and Murray McArthur

How To Train Your Dragon will hit theaters everywhere June 13, 2025!
Transcript
00:00I've never met a person in my life who did not love How to Train Your Dragon.
00:05Now I had the opportunity to live and breathe Stoic.
00:09Stoic the Vast!
00:10Literally fill his boots to fight those dragons for real.
00:15He donned that costume and of course my costume was so huge.
00:20I was wearing 90 pounds.
00:23I look like a viking. I feel like an epic viking.
00:27I'm not one of them.
00:32Hiccup is not the kid that Stoic wants him to be.
00:36He's not following in this line of great warriors being respected, revered by the rest of the tribe.
00:41From Stoic's point of view he's threatened her whole way of life.
00:44They've killed hundreds of us!
00:46And we've killed thousands of them!
00:47It's not the animated me. I'm actually going through this emotional journey.
00:51It allows the audience to get even more richly involved.
00:54This is an incredible story and we had a whole fresh medium just increased the magic, the immersion and that's a whole new How to Train Your Dragon we're bringing to the world.
01:05The episode is mrlt.
01:09He's a boy and released a movie from the first time The more he begins quarters.
01:13So what does this material Buddhism take?
01:14That maybe he really needs to be
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