Summary
Quaids mild-mannered Nathan Cainelives with a rare disorder that leaves him feelingliterallyno pain.
The film also starsMatt Walsh(Veep) andBetty Gabriel(Get Out).
Ahead of the film’s release, Colliders ownJoe Schmidthad an absolute ball interviewing Berk and Olsen.
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Why Would Horror Directors Make An Action Flick?
If we wanted to get into action, it had to be something that felt really unique.
What inspired this direction that you set?
DAN BERK: Listen, we’ve always wanted to make action movies.
We loved action movies growing up.
ROBERT OLSEN: We watchedCommandoa lot.
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BERK: Yeah, we watched movies likeCommandoquite a bit.
But it’s really hard to make action movies.
It’s very hard to do it earlier in your career.
We always want there to be something unique and something surprising about the movies that we come onto.
It had kind of all of the stats that we needed to get excited.
It’s interesting because he doesn’t feel pain.
you might’t do that like you do any other action movie.
What were the challenges of doing something like that?
Its probably pretty intense to figure out.
OLSEN: Honestly, Jack had to train himself to be able to get punched and not flinch.
Your whole life as an actor, you’re getting punched and flinching.
That’s part of the job.
It’s something that we worked on a lot with our stunt coordinator.
He’s still worried.
He’s still anxious about what might happen to his body, but it’s not pain.
He’s never wincing in the movie.
So, yeah, that’s absolutely a difficult thing.
It’s like, what can it be?
How can he utilize this to his advantage?
And that was just a really fun thought exercise that we had.
Wee Hughie feels no pain as he fights to rescue his new Companion.
The whole movie would fall apart if that was the case.
And then we looked at each other.
We were like, Wait, it works!
So, that was actually very validating thought.
And this is so much more fun.
There’s gore, but it’s funny.
The chemistry that they have is so good.
What made them perfect for this film in this pairing?
BERK: I mean, they were both perfect in their own ways for each of the roles.
They’re both very cerebral.
They’re both very generous scene partners.
This isn’t believable.
Why the fuck is this guy doing this?
You’re just doing this to tell the story that you want to tell.
But it really did work because they both are just so magnetic for one another.
Novocaineopens in theaters on March 14.
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