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‘Novocaine’ Amped Up the Romance and Limited Jack Quaid’s Head Wounds So It Was Funny, Not Grim: ‘We Didn’t Want His Face to Be Mashed Potatoes’
"Novocaine" directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen discuss finding humor in the Jack Quaid action film and their hopes for a sequel.
Luckily, Berk and Olsen, who had previously written and directed films such as the 2019 horror comedy “Villains” and the 2022 sci-fi trip “Significant Other,” were able to take a pass at the script and add a levity that would welcome audiences in. The film’s tricky tone of gory violence and comedy rests on Nate’s shoulders, and early on the duo visualized Jack Quaid as the perfect lead. Despite Nate’s ability to not feel pain, Berk and Olsen were meticulous in working to make sure the internal logic of the film stayed grounded, no matter how heightened the situations became.
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