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The director openly lies about Astrid's casting and says,
>"She was cast because she was the best that came in, and within the context of this movie, and sort of the expanded mythology of the tribe, the whole idea that Astrid has to be white and blue-eyed and blonde goes away."
Nico Parker is a nepo baby, actress mother and director father. If she was the "best" they had, the other nepo babies they had applying for the role couldn't act themselves out of a paper bag. They did not consider searching for a proper blonde haired, blue eyed young actress. End of story.
They hired a quarter-black mutt with nappy dreadlocks. Her hair is an eyesore in every shot.
The movie is fantastic because the cgi dragons are badass and they copied the original story nearly 1:1, not because of Nico's performance or appearance. Americans will say she is "white-passing enough" lol. My condolences to anyone that was hurt because they didn't cast Astrid accurately, and add insult to injury by lying about it.