How to Train Your Dragon actor, Gerard Butler on how Saudi Arabia is opening up to the world

Gerard Butler, known for voicing Stoick the Vast in How to Train Your Dragon, recently attended the film’s regional premiere in Riyadh. He spoke about Saudi Arabia’s surprising transformation into a budding film hub since lifting its decades-long cinema ban in 2018. Butler praised the country’s warm hospitality and its ambitious push into the entertainment industry, drawing a parallel between his character’s journey and the Kingdom’s own cultural opening.