Its a complicated thing, a long goodbye.
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I dont think Ive fully processed it.
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Ive not ever played any character as long as Ive played Hiccup.
My first recording session playing Hiccup was over a decade ago.
So thats something, man.
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But the weight of it has not fallen on me yet.
I would say it snuck up on me.
And I had to do it twice, because I do the TV shows as well.
Like, good lord.
How do you process that?
I was completely unaware and caught up in the logistics.
I did my last TV session and then had one or two more for the movie.
Home again, right?
Youll have voiced Hiccup from when you were 24 to when you turned 36.
How are those growths linked?
And now to be at the end of that?
And so when I watch him, Im not watching my son grow up.
It feels like me.
And Im myself a much, much different person than I was when we started.
Will you be growing Hiccupsfinale beardas well?
[Laughs] I love it!
Theyre movies, and a movie is an inherently collaborative form.
The best ones have the fingerprints of everyone involved.
You are the steward of this character.
I know that for me, the process is better because of that.
I like to think he was there.
Thats how the sausage is made.
Hes a real special guy.
[Laughs] It was pretty cool, man.
Its something that makes me proud as a Canadian.
I just dont know if I have an answer to it.
I can foresee a situation where I say no, absolutely unequivocally no.
But I can also see a situation where I say, you know what?
This could be fing cool, if theres an appetite for it, if people want more adventures.
But its all completely hypothetical, talking out of my ass.
The best thing I could say is that I really, really love the work.
So Im honored to be part of this thing.
And yeah, who knows?
As Im sure youve seen, theyre a very passionate group.
Its really cool, man.
And its like… man, thats all of it.
Thats the whole thing.
Im very, very proud and grateful to have the culture of fans that we have.
I find it fascinating that the fandom emerged right from the very beginning, from that very first film.
Its an outsiders perspective.
The trilogy is a love letter to square pegs.
Its also had a lot to say.
There are themes exploring disability, coexistence and how we do that, even conservationism and natural interventionism.
We can all change the world.
You could read this entire trilogy as a portrait of a leader.Thats it.
And the best kind of leaders are always reluctant, to a degree.
[Laughs] Yes!
Theres a bona fide Pavlovian response that has been created over 12 years of recording this character.
And in France hes called Harold.
Are you kidding?Nope.
And Toothless is called Krokmou, which means soft bite.
