‘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’

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Dan Berk and Robert Olsen grew up obsessed with the golden era of ’80s action movies, worshipping box office hits like “Midnight Run,” “Lethal Weapon” and “Die Hard.” When they came across the script for a high-concept film named “Novocaine” — in which a mild-mannered man named Nate can’t feel pain and has to save […]