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." ...

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 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. Being cast in the new live ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

In-flight entertainment has changed the course of Mason Thames’ life. Thames inherited the role that Jay Baruchel voiced in DeBlois’ three animated films throughout the 2010s, and it couldn ...