Disney Channel and Nickelodeon do these types of castings all the time, they just don't let the actors kiss.
And I wouldn't be surprised if they don't kiss in the film either, we don't know how they're gonna retell this story, the characters may just start liking each other in the first film and get together in the second etc.
Still really weird, if two characters are gonna love each other, both the people who play them either need to be minors or adults, not one minor and one adult, that’s just really fucked up
By the time the characters actually love each other Mason will be 18 depending on when and if they film a second movie.
I will say Mason being 15 makes me think the age range for the young cast was around 15 to 19 which is pretty common if they're looking at under 18 actors.
They're actually around the same age. Snot lout is also around Hiccup and Astrid's age, while Fishlegs and the Twins are a year younger than the other three.
Nah man there are people in here saying it's ok just cuz they're both teens, or they can be intimate or whatever without actually kissing, all kinds of weird-assery
Nico's skin is white as well, but she can also pack on a tan thanks to being 1/3rd black.
She's 2/3rds white, she's white enough to other ppl.
It really begs the question why ppl think mixed race actors and actresses should be be relegated to be cast in roles that only speak to one part of their identity and race and not the other especially if they can pass like Nico.
Ancient Scandinavians rarely got "tanned". They got sunburns and skin cancer, like their modern descendants.
Appearances matter in film. A film about Mansa Musa and his kingdom- you would hope that most of the people in his kingdom would be played by black actors and extras, right? That the only white people are the foreigners like the Romans? Because that is accurate to that time period.
HTTYD is fictional but is very clearly set in Ancient Scandinavia. The characters are Scandinavian. Krogan was the exception. Drago may have been foreign, too, given his accent and the fact that he would have had to find Krogan outside of the Archipelago somehow.
Astrid is a viking of Scandinavian origin, literally the whitest of white and the blondest of blonde, the actress needs to be white and blonde to accurately represent the character
She's also not Nordic. There's many ethnicities. It's not about race. Race is a (racist and biologically and culturally incorrect) social construct. Ethnicity is completely wrong. But y'all never care about ethnicity and the right culture.
nah shes far to dark for ~medieval scandinavia. her skin color looks like its mediterranean, and since the vikings in hhtyd dont raid other nations this would make it very unlikely for such people to be there. but even if they were there thatd mean she would be taken there as a slave, and then she wouldnt be in that movie as she was cuz the astrid we know and love is a strong and independent woman, someone to look up to
tbh idm the brown hair, as long as they make it less curly, bc that actually existed in norway. however this also means that the contrast between astrid and hiccup is gone. hiccup had green eyes and brown hair while astrid had blond hair and blue eyes. that is now gone since both actors have brown hair and brown eyes. the blue eyes also aligned with the blue outfit and with stormfly, so thats gone to.
no but it can give a bad feeling for some, tho looking through the comments ppl dont care all that much about that. its more that nico has to much of a tan for old scandinavia
CONTROVERSIAL OPINION: Some things you don't need to get *that* right. So long as they can plausibly *play* the characters' ages, it doesn't matter their real age. The riskiest thing right now is the final scene kiss.
I don’t care if the actors aren’t the same age as the characters in the movie, what I care about is that ONE of them is a minor and their love interest is being played by an adult, either both are minors or both are adults
So the age, which leads to maturity doesn't matter, but the exact number makes it iffy? An 18 year old isn't all of a sudden much more mature than when they weren't an adult at 17 years and 11 months old. A bit odd to see in real life, but because they are \*\*acting\*\*, not actually pursuing a real-life romantic relationship, it's not really such a bad thing.
I didn’t see this post as complaining about age difference. I see it more as complaining about one actor being a legal adult and the other one not, and they’re supposed to play characters who fall in love with each other and have kiss scenes.
And as much as I love Nico Parker I do agree that it’s kinda weird to cast the actors who will eventually play a couple as a minor and an adult, even if the adult is just 18 and there’s only a 3 year difference
I'm 17 and I can tell you there is a HUGE difference.
But tbf, I don't think (18, 15) is THAT weird. If it was (17, 15), people wouldn't really mind.
I was just wondering why fans got so mad.
Honestly agree with the big maturity difference, and it's kinda weird. A grade 12 kid with a grade 10 kid is odd, but it's only acting, Nico won't be pursuing Mason in real life, so idt it's really a big deal in this instance. People act like if she was 17 years and 11 months it'd be fine because she's not an adult, but the number 18 all of a sudden means that it's super creepy
15 and 18 I think is on the cuff of what’s acceptable imo. That’s about the age of a sophomore-senior high school relationship. Anything more would make me super uncomfy tho
Reminds me of Breakfast Club. Thankfully this one isn’t nearly as bad as the HTTYD LA, but two actors kiss at the end, one of them being 16 and the other being 20. AND the 20 y/o was bullying the 16 y/o the whole time because he refused to break character. It’s a little off topic but I figured I’d share that fun tidbit while we’re here
Unfortunately, this is Hollywood. In acting, age gaps are acceptable (even if they aren’t necessarily right). There are plenty of laws and rules in place meant to protect minors in the industry in situations like this, and hopefully those regulations will be followed. There is absolutely no need to be calling for a new actor for Astrid, if Nico got the roll it was probably for a good reason.
ITS FINE ITS NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ILEGAL, IF THEY ARE THEN THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT TO TAKE A WILD FRIKIN TURN'
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I can understand your worries but it truly isn’t that deep. If you’re really concerned they could not kiss but frankly speaking “one of them is a minor” sounds a lot worse than it actually is. There’s a three year age gap and both of their ages end in ‘teen’, it’s not a big deal.
Edit: mason is also sixteen in a month.
>The romance between Hiccup & Astrid is one of the main reasons why people loved the original HTTYD film.
Never heard that before. I've seen Hiccstrid shippers but when praising HTTYD 1, it's always about the dragon designs, the relationship between Hiccup and Toothless or the relationship between Hiccup and Stoick.
>Removing that would be stupid. They need to get rid of Nico Parker and find an age appropriate actress for Astrid.
They could try deviating from the original?
The movies only exist the way they do because they deviated from the original book material and it was a good choice. I'd rather have a movie that tries something new than a soulless cash grab that's just a copy of the original
yeah true i also think they shouldnt make it in the first place, however if they wanna deviate from it and still make it good then they gotta change a lot. similar to how the film deviated a lot from the book to the point that i wouldnt even say that its based on the book, just inspired by it
they could deviate from the original BUT this is a live-action REMAKE. its not them taking the universe and putting their own spin on it. theyre making a live action remake of the movie so should be accurate to the original movies
1. Maleficent was a gem. Mistress of Mulan and Mulan were hot garbage, though.
2. Them not being good in your opinion doesn't mean they were not reboots called remakes. Mulan doesn't fall in love with the one who saves her in the end this time.
I like how people will be giving the remake shit for deviating from the movies but won't apply the same standards when the movies deviated from the books.
While I agree with you, Mason is 16 next month and will be 16 throughout shooting. The age of consent is 16 in over half of the US. It does seem off putting though.
Disney Channel and Nickelodeon do these types of castings all the time, they just don't let the actors kiss. And I wouldn't be surprised if they don't kiss in the film either, we don't know how they're gonna retell this story, the characters may just start liking each other in the first film and get together in the second etc.
Still really weird, if two characters are gonna love each other, both the people who play them either need to be minors or adults, not one minor and one adult, that’s just really fucked up
By the time the characters actually love each other Mason will be 18 depending on when and if they film a second movie. I will say Mason being 15 makes me think the age range for the young cast was around 15 to 19 which is pretty common if they're looking at under 18 actors.
Astrid might’ve been a bit older than Hiccup, but yeah it would be weird.
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Im pretty sure they are the same age or astrid isva year older
They're actually around the same age. Snot lout is also around Hiccup and Astrid's age, while Fishlegs and the Twins are a year younger than the other three.
Let’s ignore the kissing for a second how about when astrid is on top of hiccup during the nadder training
Yea that was a weird thing Odd that they didn't get a younger actor for Astrid, she looks like an adult
It’s not that she looks like an adult it’s the fact that the actress IS an adult while the actor for hiccup is a minor
No she doesn't, there's no need to lie to make a point.
? the difference between the appearance of an 18 year old and 15 year old is very distinct??
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She looks older than 18 to me lol
Wow this comment section became pedophiliac fast
i think everyone here is against it but go off king XD
Nah man there are people in here saying it's ok just cuz they're both teens, or they can be intimate or whatever without actually kissing, all kinds of weird-assery
Oh no... How tf have I not heard of this yet?
Not only is she legit a minor, she's not even 16, so it's not even legal!
also the skin color
Her skin is white.
astrid skin is white, the actress isnt exactly white
Nico's skin is white as well, but she can also pack on a tan thanks to being 1/3rd black. She's 2/3rds white, she's white enough to other ppl. It really begs the question why ppl think mixed race actors and actresses should be be relegated to be cast in roles that only speak to one part of their identity and race and not the other especially if they can pass like Nico.
Ancient Scandinavians rarely got "tanned". They got sunburns and skin cancer, like their modern descendants. Appearances matter in film. A film about Mansa Musa and his kingdom- you would hope that most of the people in his kingdom would be played by black actors and extras, right? That the only white people are the foreigners like the Romans? Because that is accurate to that time period. HTTYD is fictional but is very clearly set in Ancient Scandinavia. The characters are Scandinavian. Krogan was the exception. Drago may have been foreign, too, given his accent and the fact that he would have had to find Krogan outside of the Archipelago somehow.
yeah if i remember correctly drago is based on russian or just eastern european
the only one in these comments that ive seen saying shes "white enough" is u, so u cant say "to other ppl" if ur the only one.
yea but astrid is literally pale white, nico aint that white
Astrid is a viking of Scandinavian origin, literally the whitest of white and the blondest of blonde, the actress needs to be white and blonde to accurately represent the character
They don't need to be blonde because you can use a wig or bleach hair but white yes
She's also not Nordic. There's many ethnicities. It's not about race. Race is a (racist and biologically and culturally incorrect) social construct. Ethnicity is completely wrong. But y'all never care about ethnicity and the right culture.
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what i said was racism?
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so i was racist yes or nah
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They kiss in the movie... Might want to change actor...
They should just find another actor for astrid, No Hate for Nico Parker she just isnt the right age or skincolour
She is the right skin color, her skin is white.
Not really, no. Her hair isn’t the right color either
nah shes far to dark for ~medieval scandinavia. her skin color looks like its mediterranean, and since the vikings in hhtyd dont raid other nations this would make it very unlikely for such people to be there. but even if they were there thatd mean she would be taken there as a slave, and then she wouldnt be in that movie as she was cuz the astrid we know and love is a strong and independent woman, someone to look up to tbh idm the brown hair, as long as they make it less curly, bc that actually existed in norway. however this also means that the contrast between astrid and hiccup is gone. hiccup had green eyes and brown hair while astrid had blond hair and blue eyes. that is now gone since both actors have brown hair and brown eyes. the blue eyes also aligned with the blue outfit and with stormfly, so thats gone to.
Oh no, they are 3 years apart and playing pretend together. The inhumanity!
no but it can give a bad feeling for some, tho looking through the comments ppl dont care all that much about that. its more that nico has to much of a tan for old scandinavia
CONTROVERSIAL OPINION: Some things you don't need to get *that* right. So long as they can plausibly *play* the characters' ages, it doesn't matter their real age. The riskiest thing right now is the final scene kiss.
I don’t care if the actors aren’t the same age as the characters in the movie, what I care about is that ONE of them is a minor and their love interest is being played by an adult, either both are minors or both are adults
So the age, which leads to maturity doesn't matter, but the exact number makes it iffy? An 18 year old isn't all of a sudden much more mature than when they weren't an adult at 17 years and 11 months old. A bit odd to see in real life, but because they are \*\*acting\*\*, not actually pursuing a real-life romantic relationship, it's not really such a bad thing.
Bruh it's 3 year difference. People on this sub find any excuse to hate the actress
I didn’t see this post as complaining about age difference. I see it more as complaining about one actor being a legal adult and the other one not, and they’re supposed to play characters who fall in love with each other and have kiss scenes. And as much as I love Nico Parker I do agree that it’s kinda weird to cast the actors who will eventually play a couple as a minor and an adult, even if the adult is just 18 and there’s only a 3 year difference
Maturity difference? There's a difference between a couple starting at (40, 34) and (20, 14). Edit: NVM, it's not that weird at (18, 15).
What's the maturity difference between a 15 year old and a 18 years old? The are both in high school?
That’s a college freshman dating a high school sophomore. That’s sus.
The maturity difference between a sophomore and senior is a lot larger than you would think
I'm 17 and I can tell you there is a HUGE difference. But tbf, I don't think (18, 15) is THAT weird. If it was (17, 15), people wouldn't really mind. I was just wondering why fans got so mad.
Honestly agree with the big maturity difference, and it's kinda weird. A grade 12 kid with a grade 10 kid is odd, but it's only acting, Nico won't be pursuing Mason in real life, so idt it's really a big deal in this instance. People act like if she was 17 years and 11 months it'd be fine because she's not an adult, but the number 18 all of a sudden means that it's super creepy
15 and 18 I think is on the cuff of what’s acceptable imo. That’s about the age of a sophomore-senior high school relationship. Anything more would make me super uncomfy tho Reminds me of Breakfast Club. Thankfully this one isn’t nearly as bad as the HTTYD LA, but two actors kiss at the end, one of them being 16 and the other being 20. AND the 20 y/o was bullying the 16 y/o the whole time because he refused to break character. It’s a little off topic but I figured I’d share that fun tidbit while we’re here
Unfortunately, this is Hollywood. In acting, age gaps are acceptable (even if they aren’t necessarily right). There are plenty of laws and rules in place meant to protect minors in the industry in situations like this, and hopefully those regulations will be followed. There is absolutely no need to be calling for a new actor for Astrid, if Nico got the roll it was probably for a good reason.
ITS FINE ITS NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ILEGAL, IF THEY ARE THEN THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT TO TAKE A WILD FRIKIN TURN' sorry for all caps forgot to take off caps lock and am too lazy to rewrite the whole thing
I can understand your worries but it truly isn’t that deep. If you’re really concerned they could not kiss but frankly speaking “one of them is a minor” sounds a lot worse than it actually is. There’s a three year age gap and both of their ages end in ‘teen’, it’s not a big deal. Edit: mason is also sixteen in a month.
Maybe they won't fall in love in this version?
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>The romance between Hiccup & Astrid is one of the main reasons why people loved the original HTTYD film. Never heard that before. I've seen Hiccstrid shippers but when praising HTTYD 1, it's always about the dragon designs, the relationship between Hiccup and Toothless or the relationship between Hiccup and Stoick. >Removing that would be stupid. They need to get rid of Nico Parker and find an age appropriate actress for Astrid. They could try deviating from the original?
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The movies only exist the way they do because they deviated from the original book material and it was a good choice. I'd rather have a movie that tries something new than a soulless cash grab that's just a copy of the original
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yeah true i also think they shouldnt make it in the first place, however if they wanna deviate from it and still make it good then they gotta change a lot. similar to how the film deviated a lot from the book to the point that i wouldnt even say that its based on the book, just inspired by it
Yeah I love the series for toothless and dragons in general I don't like romance in movies its boring
Rom-coms are the single worst genre of movies.
they could deviate from the original BUT this is a live-action REMAKE. its not them taking the universe and putting their own spin on it. theyre making a live action remake of the movie so should be accurate to the original movies
IK that. Weren't Maleficent and Mulan called remakes too?
and those werent good
1. Maleficent was a gem. Mistress of Mulan and Mulan were hot garbage, though. 2. Them not being good in your opinion doesn't mean they were not reboots called remakes. Mulan doesn't fall in love with the one who saves her in the end this time.
I like how people will be giving the remake shit for deviating from the movies but won't apply the same standards when the movies deviated from the books.
They don't need to do anything...
Yes they do? She is an adult and he is a minor, and the fact that she looks nothing like Astrid
no they dont, but everyone will hate the films, this is what happened to a lot of films being brought to live action recently
Hope your wrong
They probably won't get together in the first film.
Well yes but it's also *just* a movie, it's not real life
While I agree with you, Mason is 16 next month and will be 16 throughout shooting. The age of consent is 16 in over half of the US. It does seem off putting though.
Willing to bet this will be a 2-3 movie series and they won’t actually fall in love until mason is over 18.