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Mason Thames chats with THR at the 2026 Oscars red carpet and dishes on filming 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' and gushes over working with Cate Blanchett in the live-action sequel. Plus, he reveals the one thing he has to do before his Oscars night ends.

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00:00Is this your first time at the Oscar?
00:01Yeah, it's really scary. Not scary, it's cool.
00:04Have you taken a second yet to look around and really take it all in?
00:08I'm doing it right now because it is just being here and seeing all these people
00:13and all these fantastic artists and people that I've looked up to is really special for me.
00:18And my hands are sweating. I don't know if it's because it's really hot right now or I'm nervous, but
00:22maybe both.
00:23It's hot.
00:24Okay.
00:24We'll blame it on that.
00:25Yeah, that works.
00:26Now, what's a film you saw this past year that you loved?
00:30I mean, this is one year that it's really difficult because there are so many fantastic movies,
00:34and especially here because everybody keeps asking me who I think is going to win and what's going to win,
00:39and I don't have an answer because I genuinely don't. I don't know. I'm very excited to see.
00:44Do you have a pick for Best Picture or you're like, I can't decide?
00:48I can't decide, but I think, I hope Ethan Hawke wins. I love Ethan, and he's a fantastic person, so
00:56yeah.
00:57Is that someone you'd be excited to meet tonight, or who is?
01:01I've worked with him, but I'd like to see him again. Yeah. Yeah.
01:05That's amazing. And of course, you've been working on How to Train Your Dragon 2, right? How has that been
01:10going?
01:11It's amazing. It's amazing. I mean, it's all the same crew and same people, and then we have Cate Blanchett,
01:15and then some new members who are just fantastic, and they're killing it, so I'm excited for people to see
01:21the film
01:21and see what we do with it because it's a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun, so I
01:25think the fans will really like this, so yeah.
01:28And what has it been like having Cate Blanchett now join the live-action world as the character she plays
01:33in the animated movie?
01:34She's fantastic. She's fantastic, and she brings so much depth to the character, more than she did already,
01:40and just seeing it brought to life, and it's awesome. It's awesome. It's amazing.
01:45And what's one thing on your Oscar bucket list tonight? Like, what do you have to do before you leave
01:49here at the end of the night?
01:50Shaking hands with Leonardo DiCaprio. That is all I want.
01:54That's a good one.
01:55That is my...that's my dude. That's my dude.
01:58We're manifesting it. It's going to happen.
02:00Please, please. It'd be so awesome.
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