Raquel Laguna/ SUCOPRESS. Actor Ray Nicholson and Jacob Batalon star in the movie Novocaine, directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen. In this interview, Ray talks about how much fun was making this movie, and about his character. Jacob talks about working with directors on set. Novocaine tells the story of a mild-mannered introvert man who is born with a rare genetic disorder that makes him impervious to physical pain. When his new beau is taken hostage in a bank robbery, his affliction becomes his superpower. The movie also stars Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh, Lou Beatty Jr., Evan Hengst, and Conrad Kemp. Novocaine premieres in theaters on March 14th, 2025.
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00:00What a crazy ride this is. You know, it reads really fun, it reads really
00:05action-packed, it reads funny, it reads gory, it's got all you want in a popcorn
00:11movie and I just really wanted to be a part of it. I think it was all just such
00:15a great adventure of a movie that you think that it's ridiculous but it's just
00:18so fun and just the idea of having this guy not really have a superpower but
00:25turn like his thing into a superpower is like just a great trope.
00:30Honestly, I read a little bit. I read a little bit about being a sociopath and what that might look like and then I just really had fun with it.
00:38You know, I really, most the parts that I look at, I look at how I can best be of
00:42service to the story, you know, and I felt that it was really important to have
00:46this character that might be a sociopath, might be really crazy, but you also kind
00:51of get where he's going, you know, and just kind of always approach characters like that to what
00:57will make, you can make a great performance, but like what will make the
01:01movie better, you know, and that's always what I try to do is to be of service to
01:05the whole. And working with Jack is really easy because he's such a great
01:08professional and a really nice person and I think that when you're working
01:12with people who are so good at their job, it's easier for you. If anything,
01:16everyone carried me. I just, I was just along for the ride.
01:19That's not true.
01:21But it was a really great time.
01:23It sounds nice, but it also sounds like a really tough thing to deal with, like in your own life as well. It sounds great, but it's definitely, it seems like not a great time.
01:33Yeah. I think that that's one of the fun things that this movie plays on is just love is pain.
01:38Yeah.
01:39You know, pain is love and, you know, definitely for me, pain has been the touchstone of
01:44growth, you know, so pain is like actually a really important part of life.
01:48And I think that that's such a cool commentary for like young people to see.
01:52It's not, it's not the worst thing in the world.
01:55Yeah. They were really awesome.
01:57Complete banes in the ass.
01:59I tried to be nice about it, but you're right. They were kind of bad.
02:03They were amazing.
02:05They're two people in one body.
02:07Yeah.
02:08They go by and you know, they're twitching their foot at the same time.
02:11It's really unbelievable that they could be both completely on the same page.
02:15Yeah. Share the same vision.
02:16Yeah. Really, really incredible.
02:18Yeah.