After a breakout role in "The Black Phone," rising star Mason Thames pulls from his childhood fandom for new movie "How to Train Your Dragon." ...

"How to Train Your Dragon" stars Mason Thames and Nico Parker share their favorite scenes to bring from animation to ...

Mason Thames has always had a special connection to How to Train Your Dragon. "That was my childhood, growing up with those movies," the actor, now 17, tells PEOPLE.

The How to Train Your Dragon live-action star Mason Thames explains why he did not try to match original actor Jay Baruchel's voice in the new movie.

After a breakout role in "The Black Phone," rising star Mason Thames pulls from his childhood fandom for new movie "How to Train Your Dragon." ...

Mason Thames (right) as Hiccup with his Night Fury dragon, Toothless, in Universal Pictures’ live-action How to Train Your Dragon, written and directed by Dean DeBlois.

Mason Thames may be leading the new How to Train Your Dragon movie — but he’s been a fan since day one. “That was my childhood, growing up with those movies,” the 17-year-old actor tells ...

For Thames, beating out more than 300 other potential Hiccups to star in the live-action “How to Train Your Dragon” franchise — the first film is now in theaters, with a sequel to follow in ...

Mason Thames has always been a ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ fan (like a huge fan) Thames watched the original 2010 animated film around age 5 and a couple of years later, he was dressing up as Hiccup ...

Let’s get him in the room,’” Thames tells The Hollywood Reporter in support of How to Train Your Dragon ’s June 13 theatrical release.