Interview With "Novocaine" Directors Dan Berk & Robert Olsen

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

"Novocaine" stars Jack Quaid as Nathan Caine, a bank executive with the inability to feel pain who goes out to rescue his co-worker after a group of bank robbers takes her hostage. The film has received positive reviews for its comedy, action, and charming lead performance from Jack Quaid. Directors Dan Berk & Robert Olsen were both kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters, from Paramount Pictures. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You were listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Dan Baer's interview with the directors for the film Novocaine, Dan Burke, and Robert Olson.
0:09.4	So, what's your deal?
0:11.5	My deal?
0:12.8	I'm just a regular guy with a regular job, but I've got this condition where I don't feel pain.
0:19.4	Hey, there we go.
0:22.6	Oh my God. You're a superhero. No.
0:23.6	Can you feel this?
0:26.6	Definitely feeling something.
0:28.6	Last night was amazing.
0:33.6	Oh, ho!
0:35.6	Get on the road!
0:39.3	Open the vault!
0:41.3	Cops are here early!
0:43.3	We need a hostage.
0:44.3	Let's do!
0:47.3	Oh my God, what am I doing?
0:55.6	I just want to know where sherry is.
0:57.2	You ever fired a gun before?
1:07.5	Welcome everyone to the next best picture podcast where we are talking with Dan Burke and Robert Olson, the directors of Novakain.
1:10.9	Dan and Robert, thank you so much for joining us today.
1:13.4	Thanks for having us. Happy to be here.
1:18.1	Best picture. I don't know if Novakane is going to be the next best picture, but I like the optimism.
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