Gerard Butler says emotional heart of How to Train Your Dragon is linked to his rescue dog

Gerard Butler says emotional heart of How to Train Your Dragon is linked to his rescue dog

Opening up about the impact the pet has had on his work and life, actor Gerard Butler has declared the emotional heart of How to Train Your Dragon is linked to his rescue dog Shushka.

Gerard Butler Says His Bond With Rescue Dog Shuska Mirrors Hiccup and Toothless

Gerard Butler may have played the stern, dragon-fearing Viking leader Stoick in the How to Train Your Dragon series, but in real life, his heart belongs much more to Hiccup—the gentle, curious son who builds a lifelong bond with a wounded dragon named Toothless. That emotional arc, Butler says, closely …